One of a kind athlete Hùng hopes for more success in career

Nguyễn Văn Hùng is a dab hand on the basketball court and in the dojo and has the distinction of being one of few Vietnamese national champions in two sports.

Việt Nam's answer to Don King aims for boxing glory Kim Sang Bum walks into his club and enters a room filled with boxing equipment, a champion's belt and photos of well-known boxers on the wall.

Foreigner passes on Vietnamese martial arts training

The Barbey family moved to Việt Nam to teach the Vietnamese traditional martial art called Sơn Long Quyền Thuật.

The celebrated pen of Nguyễn Du

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Nguyễn Du, Việt Nam’s most beloved poet.

Lantern Festival in Chợ Lớn receives certificate of national intangible cultural heritage

The Tết Nguyên Tiêu (Lantern Festival) on the 15th day of the first lunar month, celebrated by the Hoa ethnic group in Chợ Lớn (Big Market) in HCM City’s District 5, will receive a certificate recognising the festival's inclusion on the national list of intangible cultural heritage. 

Coronavirus forces athletes to train at home

Locked out of training because of the coronavirus V.League 1 players have made their homes training centres, waiting for the pandemic to be over

Boxing coach Thanh can’t wait to face Olympic challenge

After about 16 years in and around the sport, Thanh has made many ‘firsts’ and the national head coach is looking for more challenges.

Martial arts master shares his skills

Maybe not many Vietnamese people know Việt Vũ Đạo, a kind of Vietnamese traditional martial arts), but in France, it is the popular martial arts sect and is known widely in Marseille port city.

Grandmaster Chiếu passes away after spectacular vovinam life

Chiếu, the top master in vovinam in the world since achieving the highest-level while belt dan for masters in 2015, reportedly died at his home in District 8, HCM City.

Visitors flock to spring festivals

Despite winter breezes and cold weather, thousands of visitors from the capital city and other localities, flocked to the Đống Đa Mound in Hà Nội on Wednesday morning, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, to attend the opening of the Đống Đa Festival.