Culture - Sports

Vietnam end 2019 as the Southeast Asian No 1 team, following the December rankings released by FIFA on December 19.

Becamex Binh Duong beat Vietnam’s U20 team 3-0 to lift the 2019 BTV Cup international football tournament on December 18 in southern Binh Duong province.

Vietnam U23s will play a friendly against Bahrain ahead of the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship next month in Bangkok, Thailand.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai is one of the top 24 nominees of the Best Footballers of Asia 2019 award held by China's Titan Sports newspaper.

Tan An city has just approved a plan to organize activities and decorate the streets on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2020.

The Ho Chi Minh City International Music Festival 2019 (HOZO 2019) kicked off at the Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, District 1, HCM City on December 13.

Three outstanding female scientists of Vietnam on December 12 received L’Oreal – UNESCO awards for their research.

“Then” singing practice of Vietnam’s ethnic groups of Tay, Nung, Thai has been named in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Cultural Heritage

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lavished praise on the men's and women’s football teams after their resounding success in the finals of the SEA Games against Indonesia and Thailand at the Government Office on December 11.

Long An will shoot fireworks on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2020 at 6 places: Tan An city, Kien Tuong town, districts of Duc Hoa, Ben Luc, Can Duoc and Can Giuoc.

Media in Asia have given words of praises to coach Park Hang-seo and his Vietnam U22s disciples after they defeated Indonesia 3-0 to become the champion of the 30th SEA Games men’s football in the Philippines on December 10.

Runner Nguyen Thi Oanh secured the first gold medal for Vietnam on the 10th competition day (December 10) of the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines.