CULTURE AND SPORT

The 2021 Grand Ho Tram Chess Tournament is set to take place from March 10-17 at The Grand Ho Tram complex in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The 2021 Saigon Urban Arts, the first international street art project of its kind in Vietnam, is scheduled to begin this April.

Japan's Naomi Osaka will take her perfect record in Grand Slam deciders into the Australian Open final on Saturday, where she will attempt to make it four out of four at the expense of America's Jennifer Brady.

The Vietnamese Writers’ Association has decided to cancel the annual Vietnamese Poetry Day, slated for February 26th, due to the complex developments of COVID-19.

Going through a 2020 full of upheavals, the biggest success of Vietnamese sports was to sail through the obstacles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to successfully organise and complete the majority of events, tournaments and plans.

With countries around the world asking their citizens to stay at home to fight COVID-19, the gaming and e-sports industry has taken off.

Vietnamese filmmakers are ready for the busiest season of the year, the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on February 12, with new movies to be released during the long holiday.

Referee Truong Quoc Dung has been included by the FIFA Referees' Committee in the list of potential referees for the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021.

Vietnamese and foreign photographers will be able to enter their photos on environmental protection in a contest launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Career & Life magazine.

Miss Universe Vietnam H'Hen Nie 2017 has introduced traditional Dong Ho paintings in a new photoshoot to celebrate the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival 2021.

The head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, Park Hang-seo has just received a present from PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc for the Lunar New Year Festival.

Cerezo Osaka of Japan have announced their successful signing of goalkeeper Dang Van Lam from Muangthong United of Thailand.

This year, Sai Gon FC plan to send two players to compete for FC Ryukyu in Japan, who play in the J2 League.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi organised a programme on February 4 (the 23rd day of the last month of the lunar year) themed "Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) - a sacred space", with the participation of researchers

The Xuan Que Huong “Spring in the Fatherland” 2021, an annual special programme exclusively held for overseas Vietnamese people, was held in a virtual format and broadcast live on the national television (VTV1 and VTV4 channels) on February 4.

Vietnam will host rescue and sniper competitions within the 2021 International Army Games.

Hanoi will not organise the opening ceremony for the Huong Pagoda Festival this year for Covid-19 prevention.

Mai Tarumi has been looking forward to volunteering at the Tokyo Olympics for years, but now she's wondering if the Games will end up being a disappointment.

A photo exhibition featuring Lunar New Year during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) is being held at Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) in Hanoi.