CULTURE AND SPORT

FIFA on Friday launched an overhaul of the international football calendar beyond 2024, saying it is open to "everything" including the organisation of a World Cup every two years, despite opposition from wilting players and fears over a devalued product.

A portrait, titled La Joconde (Mona Lisa), by late painter Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980) will be available for bidding on May 24 as part of the Christie’s Hong Kong Spring Auctions.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued fines to the producer of the award-winning film Taste for "releasing without licence".

Nguyen Tran Khanh Van, a Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2020, received the highest number of votes from fans to enter the Top 21 after finishing the final round that took place in Florida, the US, on May 17

More than 80 percent of Japanese oppose hosting the virus-postponed Olympics this year, a new poll published Monday showed, with just under 10 weeks until the Tokyo Games.

French creative duo Punk Dragon have launched an exhibition in Hanoi with a range of special boxes showcasing the Vietnamese landscape and local people going about their daily lives.

Khanh Van, the Vietnamese representative at the ongoing Miss Universe 2021, left a great impression on both the judges and audiences during the national costume competition in the United States on May 14.

Vietnam’s national U23 team is ranked 13th and among five squads in the top seeded group of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Vietnam are due to take on Iraq in a friendly game on May 17 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of the team’s preparations for the play-off round of the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Poems and literary works by late writer Hoàng Cầm, a leading poet in revolutionary literature during the 1950s and 1960s, will be featured in a special project called Hoàng Cầm 100 Năm (Hoàng Cầm - 100 Years).

Japan will prolong a virus state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions and impose restrictions in more areas on Friday as cases surge less than three months before the Olympics.

Vietnamese rowers Luong Thi Thao and Dinh Thi Hao performed brilliantly in the Asia and Oceania Olympic qualification tournament in Japan to officially secure their place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, rescheduled for this summer.

‘Dien Bien Phu’ – a massive painting of 132m wide and 9m high that took three years to be completed – was approved by an art council on May 4.

Head coach of the Vietnamese national football team Park Hang-seo announced on May 4 a list featuring 35 footballers named in the latest national team squad which will take part in fixtures in June as part of qualifiers in

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to hold the first ever Vietnam International Photography Festival.

The Vietnam Children’s Fine Arts Awards 2021 is scheduled to be held to encourage and facilitate the development of children's fine arts inside and outside school, according to the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry

The V.League 1 match between Hanoi FC and Sài Gòn FC will be played behind closed doors to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has asked local authorities to suspend all festivals and limit other cultural, sporting and tourism activities to focus on Covid-19 preventive measures.

The photography month, entitled “Photo Hanoi ‘21”, will be held during May, aiming to connect the public with the art of photography.