Arts & Entertainment

Vietnam took the lead in medal tally of the 5th Asian Beach Games, winning 31 gold, 26 silver and 31 bronze medals on day five.

A special exhibition themed "Archaeological treasures of Vietnam" will be held at the LWL Museum in Germany from October 7 to February 26, 2017.

World famous basketball tournament American National Basketball Association (NBA) will be telecast live in Vietnam for three seasons starting from this year.

After three days of competition at the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) in the central city of Da Nang, Vietnam lead the ABG5’s medal table with 18 gold, 17 silver and 23 bronze medals.

The Vietnamese Embassy in New Delhi opened a logo design competition on September 26 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Vietnam.

The central province of Ha Tinh held a ceremony last weekend to receive a certificate recognising the Woodblocks of Phuc Giang School as a documentary heritage by UNESCO’s Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP).

A photo exhibition featuring the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos during the 1961-1975 period was kicked off in Vientiane, Laos on September 26, celebrating the 55th anniversary of the Tay Truong Son (West Truong Son) road (1961-2016).

Some of Shakespeare’s most famous written lines are on display in an exhibition in Hanoi until October 15.

On the first day of competition at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5) in the central city of Da Nang, Phan Thi Phuong won the first gold medal for Vietnam in the women’s Fairway single event of Beach Woodball.

A flag-raising ceremony for the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5-2016) was organised in Pham Van Dong park, central Da Nang city, on September 22.

With a convincing 3-1 victory over Kyrgyzstan on September 22, U16 Vietnam will play Iran at 5.50pm (Vietnam time) on September 25 at the knock-out stage as the sole representative of the South East Asia region in the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship 2016 in India.

A photo exhibition on the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail from 1961 to 1975 will be held in Laos to mark the 55th anniversary of the Tay Truong Son (West Truong Son) road.

The event is expected to make people think about the first phase of the renewal period, reflect on quiet moments in the art field and find a new way to further nurture the country’s fine arts in its international integration process today, according to the organising board.

The movie Trung So (Jackpot) is the only Vietnamese representative at the 25th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Tangshan, in north China’s Hebei Province.

The sixth edition of the international dance festival “Europe meets Asia in contemporary dance” will be organised from September 21-25 in Hanoi and HCM City from September 24-27.

Vietnam’s futsal (indoor football) national team made history by reaching the knockout stage at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in its first-time appearance at the event in Colombia.

An international workshop was held in the central province of Thua Thien Hue on September 16 to seek ways to preserve and promote cultural heritage values during the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945).

The Vietnam Cai luong Theatre will attend the China-ASEAN Theatre Festival, performing a cai luong show for the first time, in Nanning, Guangxi, from September 17 to 23.

Four films selected from the FIFA Mons, the Festival of Films about Love of Mons (Festival international du film d’amour de Mons), are being screened in Hanoi from September 14 through September 17.

The central city of Da Nang has launched “Impressive Moment", a video clip competition marking the 20th anniversary of its recognition as a central government city.