Culture - Sports

Truong Thi Kim Tuyen earned Vietnam's eighth Olympic slot on May 21 night in Amman, Jordan.

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

An exhibition on studying and following late President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style opened at the Presidential Palace historical site in Hanoi on May 18 to mark his 131st birthday on May 19.

The organising board of the Miss Eco Vietnam 2021 pageant has launched an online photo contest with the aim of discovering local beauties who can help spread a positive message of environmental protection for the wider community.

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

Vietnam are due to take on Lebanon on May 23 and May 25 in a two-legged tie played in the UAE, its final bid to advance to the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup finals in Lithuania in September.

The career of the number one Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem entered a new chapter when he accepted to coach a chess team of the US’s Webster University, replacing Susan Polgar, former women's World Champion.

‘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.

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

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap recently released a plan on preserving and bringing into play the art of “Don ca tai tu” music and song and “Ho Dong Thap”.

A month-long photography event themed “Photo Hanoi ‘21” is taking place in the capital city to honour local and foreign photographers.

The first-ever Miss Earth Vietnam was launched during a press conference held in Lac Duong district of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on April 28.