Many people organise buffalo fighting festivals to gamble illegally, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy reported at a conference held on April 20 in Hanoi.

A free music gala will be held on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown HCM City on April 21 night to celebrate the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975).

The international Color & Style Trophy hairstyle competition will be held in Vietnam this year, with the winners chosen in October.

HCM City will ban all vehicles between 6pm and 10pm on Nguyen Hue Street on Reunification Day, April 30.

The country’s highest ranking tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam will face current national champion Pham Minh Tuan in the semi-final of the Vietnam Tennis Federation Pro Tour.

Nguyen Thanh Tam of Gao Hat Ngoc Troi An Giang won the 20th stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament on April 19.

Vietnam’s national U23 team go into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championships in the top seeded group.

Unseeded Vietnamese player Nguyen Hai Dang won in the boys’ singles category of the Cyprus Junior International Badminton Tournament on April 16.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a bronze medal at the Pro Swim Series Mesa 2018 in Arizona, the US, on April 14.

Goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh of the Vietnam national women’s team will be presented the Labour Order, third class, for her contribution to national football.