Culture - Sports

The northern province of Quang Ninh will host the 9th National Sports Games in November 2022, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The 22nd edition of the Vietnam Film Festival will be basically organised as an online event from January 18-20 next year to ensure safety regulations amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Cinematography Department Vi Kien Thanh.

Vietnam trounced Maldives 16-0 in their first match held on September 23 at the qualifying round of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Local photographer Ninh Manh Thang has won a gold medal in the portrait category of the 6th International Salon of Art Photography Acruvium Circuit 2021.

New large archaeological excavations are expected to begin this month in Ninh Binh province's Hoa Lu district, which is home to Hoa Lu Ancient Capital.

Vietnam missed out on their first point in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers after losing 0-1 to Australia in their second Group B match at Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium on the evening of September 7.

Ninh Binh chess player and other seven Vietnamese players have successfully advanced to the final round of the ongoing 2021 FIDE Online Cadets & Youth Rapid World Cup.

The Vietnam People's Army (VPA)'s art troupe came fourth among 13 countries in the Choreographic Skills (solo) event as part of the "Army of Culture" contest in the International Army Games 2021.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has approved a project on digitalising all types of Vietnamese festivals for the 2021-2025 period. They involve traditional and cultural ones, industry festivals, and those of foreign origin.

Vietnam earned three more points and maintained their 92nd place in the latest edition of the FIFA Men's World Ranking, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

One of the most unexpected results in badminton Olympic history saw unseeded Indonesia pair Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu beat China's number four seeds in two sets 21-19, 21-15.

Vietnamese Olympic athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Games will receive VND1.85 billion (over US$80,600) in bonuses for each gold medal win.

Ninh Binh province's athletes competed in numerous domestic sport events in the first half of 2021 and won 21 medals, including six golds, four silvers and 11 bronzes.

Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out a 1-1 extra-time draw at a raucous Wembley on Sunday.

All matches of the AFC Cup 2021 ASEAN Zone, comprising Group G, H and I fixtures as well as the playoff stage, have been cancelled due to the impacts of COVID-19, as confirmed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on July 7.

Top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in her third Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, next month.

Tran Anh Khoa, playing Rom in the movie of the same name, took home the Best Actor Award at the 18th Asian Film Festival taking place in Rome from June 17 - 23.

Vietnamese photographer To Thi Anh Bach won the gold medal at Spain's competition Biennial International Digital Photojournalism 2021 in the category of photos on COVID-19, for her photo entitled "Xet nghiem COVID cho tre em" (Conducting COVID-19 testing on children).

A photo contest with the theme of "Vietnam through the lens of foreign photographers" has been launched for Vietnamese and foreign photographers.