Vietnam advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing football tourney AFC Asian Cup 2019 with pride after a breath-taking shootout with Jordan in the evening of January 20 in the United Arab Emirates.

The Vietnam Trail Marathon 2019 took place in Moc Chau district, the northwestern mountainous province of Son La on January 19.

The sixth Vietnam-Japan Festival kicked off at the September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 1 on January 19 with the theme “Holding Hands Tightly”.

Football website Fox Sports Asia has named Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai one of the ten best performers of the third round of matches as the group stage of the ongoing AFC Asian Cup 2019 came to a close.

Vietnam’s coach Park Hang-seo said his team can still progress in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 as they prepare to face Jordan.

More than 500 ceramic and porcelain objects retrieved from ancient shipwrecks in Vietnam’s sea are being on display at an exhibition opened at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi on January 18.

Vietnam secured the last ticket to the knockout round of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 in the United Arab Emirates after narrowly qualified over Lebanon on fair-play points.

Vietnamese water puppetry will represent the national performing arts at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK), which will be held from January 20 to 26 in India.

Vietnam defeated Yemen 2-0 in the last match of Group D in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup 2019, which was held at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UEA) on January 16 (local time).

The first Vietnam brocade culture festival wrapped up in the Central Highlands of Dak Nong on January 16.

The California-based Vietnamese zitherist Vo Van Anh, whose stage name is Vanessa Vo, is set to perform in Ho Chi Minh on January 16 evening.

For the first time ever, Vietnamese designers have been invited to display their wares at one of the world’s ‘Big Four’ fashion weeks.

A carnival themed “Con duong tho cam” (Brocade road) took place in Gia Nghia town, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on January 16.

The Italian Embassy in Hanoi will organise the Italian Design Day, themed ‘future city’, and a seminar on cultural preservation on March 22, according to Italian Ambassador Antonio Alessandro.

A painting exhibition, themed “the Year of the Pig”, featuring 60 works by 33 contemporary painters, is taking place in Hanoi from January 15 to 23.

Yemen media have said their team is less likely to beat Vietnam in their critical match on January 16, the result of which will decide who might have the opportunity to enter the ongoing Asian Cup 2019’s knockout stage.

Football website Fox Sports Asia has named Vietnamese defender Que Ngoc Hai one of the 10 best performers from the second round of matches at the ongoing AFC Asian Cup 2019.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recommended the Ministry of Information and Communications and media agencies build a strategy to promote Vietnamese brocade products.

Young women from across the country are encouraged to join the first national Miss World Vietnam 2019 competition.

A brocade culture space programme opened in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on January 14 as part of the first Vietnam brocade culture festival.