CULTURE AND SPORT

A countdown event for the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is scheduled to be held by the General Department of Sports and Physical Training in Hanoi on November 15.

The Vietnamese men’s national football team have remained in 94th position following the release of the world rankings for October by FIFA.

Kim Hyun-tae from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will take up the position of goalkeeper coach with Vietnam’s young national football teams, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) revealed on October 23.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has refused to allow the U22 team to take part in the Toulon Tournament in France.

An exhibition featuring ASEAN traditional costumes is being held in Hanoi, which is among activities to mark the fifth anniversary of the ASEAN Community and Vietnam’s Chair of ASEAN in 2020.

The organiser of Vietnam's first Formula One grand prix has decided to officially cancel the race due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some 5,500 people will join in the VPBank Hanoi Marathon ASEAN 2020 (VPHM).

A contest on making English video clips was officially launched by the Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, in collaboration with Thanh Giong (Saint Giong) Knowledge Portal and AMES English system.

An exhibition introducing 238 best works by 182 photographers selected from the Vietnam Art Photo Contest 2020 was opened in Hanoi on October 14.

The draft for Sri Lanka's upcoming Premier League tournament has been postponed, the cricket board said Thursday, as the island nation battles to contain its biggest-ever coronavirus outbreak.

Young songwriter and singer Jack will be the representative of Việt Nam at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) Best Southeast Asia Act 2020 event.

Qatar will host East Zone matches for Asia's Champions League after the West Zone games were successfully staged in the Gulf state following a long coronavirus hiatus, officials said Friday.

Many well-known artists will attend the 7th Ao Dai Festival held in HCM City from October 11 to November 20.

Over 700 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the Korean Ambassador Taekwondo Cup 2020 which will be held in Thua Thien-Hue Province from October 12 to 20.

Music composer Phu Quang won the Grand Prize of the 13th Bui Xuan Phai – For Love of Hanoi Awards during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in Hanoi on October 7.

Heavy penalties have been levied on a Vietnamese female football team which refused to continue playing in a match as they opposed the referee’s decision.

An exhibition entitled “Hanoi - Hue - Saigon: Tradition and Development” opened at Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on October 5.

A photo exhibition entitled ‘Thang Long - Hanoi: Historical Milestones’ has just opened in Hanoi as an event to mark the 1010th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi and the 66th anniversary of the capital city's Liberation Day.

Internationally acclaimed conductor Honna Tetsuji led a concert featuring works by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and Czech composer Antonin Dvorak at the HCM City Opera House.