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Victory 8, the first professional boxing competition, took place recently in Hanoi, attracting the participation of boxers from Vietnam, Australia, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea.

Truong Dinh Hoang will take the limelight as ‘The King’ will vie for the World Boxing Association Asia East Super Middleweight title against Lee Gyu Hyun from the Republic of Korea in Hanoi on October 19.

The Investigation Police Agency of central Nghe An province has begun criminal proceedings against the case of “illegally transporting drugs, not denouncing criminals and taking property by force” for further investigation.

The police of the central province of Nghe An on April 17 busted a drug trafficking ring, seizing 700kg of crystal meth and arresting three suspects.

A collection of 105 art works by 102 women artists are on display at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

Ca tru or ceremonial singing is a complex form of sung poetry found in the north of Vietnam which has been preserved and revived in many localities nationwide. In the atmosphere of a new spring.

“Reality and Consciousness” is the title of a group exhibition of five Vietnamese and French artists at the Ho Chi Minh City Exhibition Centre.

The Vietnam-Australia boxing friendly event, Victory 8, is scheduled to take place on November 3 in HCM City’s Nguyen Du Gymnasium.

Vietnamese female boxer Nguyen Thi Tam secured a gold medal at the fourth Women’s and Women’s Youth Boxing Tournament in Bulgaria on October 16.

Boxer Nguyen Thi Tam won a bronze medal in the women’s 51 kg event at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 31.

Vietnamese boxers are competing with professional boxers from the Republic of Korea at the Vina Boxing Cup 2018, held in the southern province of Dong Nai on July 7.

Sexual harassment has been one of the biggest problems facing female journalists, but adequate attention has yet to be paid to the building of policies and mechanism to deal with the issue, heard a conference in gender equality in journalism held in Hanoi on May 22.

Four Vietnamese women artists are showcasing their paintings at the Spring Song Art Exhibition in Nanjing, capital of China’s Jiangsu province.

BanhTet is a traditional cake in southern Vietnam. Ingredients, skilled hands and experience passed through generations are the key elements to make delicious cakes.

As the traditional theatre has attracted fewer audiences in recent years, costume designers in HCM City are facing challenges to keep their art alive.

Hundreds of hectares of scallion seedlings in south-central Binh Dinh province’s Phu My district are dying because of a shortage of water due to prolonged drought, local farmer said.

A collection of 49 outstanding paintings by Vietnamese contemporary artists are on display in an exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

With two weeks remaining until the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, Nhat Tan village on the edge of Hanoi's West Lake is blooming with a variety of flora, especially peach flowers.