Culture - Sports

Vietnamese gymnasts scored resounding victories at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup 2016 in Hungary on October 9 securing two gold medals in the men's vault and parallel bars disciplines, and one bronze in the men's rings event.

The Vietnam muay team won two gold, two silver and six bronze medals at the 2016 IFMA Muay thai Youth World Championship which recently wrapped up in Bangkok, Thailand.

Vietnam as a whole and Da Nang in particular have been exerting the utmost efforts in order to successfully organise the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG-5), creating a good impression on Asian and world friends, said Vuong Bich Thang, Director of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

Ninh Binh province, with its romantic and imposing scenery has become an ideal destination for domestic and foreign film makers.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum has received over 1,000 historical objects and documents about late President Ho Chi Minh collected from August 2015 up to now.

A Romanian version of the great epic poem by poet Nguyen Du (1766-1820) has just been handed as a gift to the Nguyen Du Memorial Centre in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Says 'there should not be a seperate title for me but for Vietnam's sports sector'.

A documentary report on Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange titled "Long Thanh will lichen" by German director Philipp Abresch has been nominated for an Emmy Award.

Ancient bibliographies were written mainly on 'buong' leaves (a unique material for making the paper of the Cham people) and 'do' papers (paper made from the bark of the Rhamnoneuron balansae), featuring the essence of their daily lives, culture and belief through many generations.

Vietnam's No. 1 shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh bagged a silver medal in the Olympic men's 50m pistol event on August 10, becoming the first ever Vietnamese athlete to win one gold and one silver medal at the Olympic Games.

Vietnam's no. 1 shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh captured the men's 10m air pistol gold medal at the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics in the early morning of August 7, thus ending the country's long-standing thirst for a first Olympic gold.

Vietnam aims to win one or two medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with highest hope pinned on weightlifters Thach Kim Tuan and Vuong Thi Huyen and marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh.

The artists' appearance at HANIFF celebrates the 20th anniversary of Indochine's release. The movie was filmed in Vietnam in 1992, mainly in the central city of Hue, in Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh, and at Phat Diem Cathedral in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

The Vietnamese delegation to the Rio Olympic Games took part in a flag-hoisting ceremony held in the Olympic village at 6pm on August 1 (Brazil time), officially marking their presence in Rio De Janeiro to compete in the world's largest sporting event.

Vietnam ranked sixth at this year's contest.

Read on to save yourself from the shame of misbehaving at Vietnamese weddings.

The annual football Fair Play Awards to honour fair performances and rejection of violence and gambling, were announced in Ho Chi Minh City on July 28.

The track-and-field team including athletes Nguyen Thanh Ngung and Nguyen Thi Huyen and coaches Vu Ngoc Loi and Tran Anh Hiep and the fencing team including Vu Thanh An, Nguyen Thi Le Dung, Nguyen Thi Nhu Hoa, Do Thi Anh, and trainer Sergey Koryazhkin departed from Hanoi.

The imposing scenes and thrilling beauty of Ha Long Bay, Trang An Complex and mountains in Quang Binh Province are showcased in the official trailer for the Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island.