Culture - Sports

The Vietnam – Japan cultural exchange festival took place at Dong A University in the central city of Da Nang to mark the 47th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan (September 21st, 1973 - September 21st, 2020).

The northwestern mountainous Dien Bien provincial People’s Committee has approved a project on preserving and promoting values of the special national relic site of Dien Bien Phu victory.

There are more than 4.3 million hits from more than 700,000 accounts in VCNet for the multiple-choice contest on studying the traditional day of the Party’s popularization and education sector.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has promulgated a plan organizing a training course on improving capacity of preserving and promoting Thai ethnic cultural identity, building and promoting Thai ethnic folk singing clubs in the central province of Nghe An.

From January to June, 2020, the Vietnam National Museum of History welcomed 23,508 visitors.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, nine special films from nine ASEAN member countries, including eight feature films and one animation, will be screened at ASEAN Film Week 2020 in Vietnam.

More than 20 unique photos of Long Bien Bridge are on display at an exhibition which has opened at The Gate Lounge & Lifestyle - Ciputra Club Main Hall, Ciputra Urban Area, Xuan Dinh Ward, Bac Tu Liem District, Hanoi.

The Management of Book Street will coordinate with 16 publishing and distributing units to organize activities for children during weekends from July 18th to 30th at the book street in Hanoi.

Fantastic Da Nang Festival 2020 – a large-scale event to boost tourism development and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic – will take place in the central city of Da Nang from July 30th to August 5th with diverse interesting activities.

Many exciting activities will take place during the 14th Sea Culture and Sports Festival in the central province of Binh Dinh from August 28th to 30th.

A photo exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties was opened in the central province of Quang Tri on July 11th.

The central Thua Thien Hue provincial Department of Culture and Sports has organized a symposium themed “Hue – Capital of Vietnam’s Ao Dai” in Hue city.

Six Japanese films will be screened in Hanoi, the central city of Hue and Ho Chi Minh city, from July 20th to September 9th.

The northwestern mountainous Dien Bien provincial People’s Committee has issued Decision 661/QD-UBND approving a project on the preservation and promotion of Dien Bien Phu battlefield until 2030.

The Hanoi City Department of Culture and Sports has launched a singing contest to mark the 66th anniversary of capital liberation and 1010 years of Thang Long – Hanoi.

On July 8th, the Party Central Committee (PCC) Commission of Popularization and Education held a conference to review its work from January to June and deploy the tasks for the rest of 2020.

A broadcast ceremony to honour winners of the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day Contest 2020 was held on July 7th night connecting Hanoi with 10 locations around the world, including Hung Kings' Temple in Phu Tho province and those in Malaysia, Taiwan, the UAE, Germany, Slovakia, the US, Canada, Australia, and Nigeria.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City is to open its third night pedestrian street in September with 48 food and souvenir stalls to serve people in District 10 and its surroundings.

As many of 32 traditional Japanese dolls will be displayed at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange at 27 Quang Trung street, Hanoi from July 11th to August 10th.

On July 6th, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper coordinated with the Gold Time Group to support money to build a gratitude house for two policy beneficiary families at Ly Nhan district, the northern province of Ha Nam.

A delegation of UNESCO experts held a working session with northern Cao Bang province’s authorities on July 6th to review a survey result on the status of Non Nuoc Cao Bang UNESCO Global Geopark since its operation two years ago.

The highlight of activities for July at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi will be a program for children.

Muong ethnic cultural festival 2020 will take place in Thanh Hoa province from October 29th to 31st with the participation of many provinces and cities, including Hanoi.

On July 5th, Ho Chi Minh city’s District 5 People’s Committee held a ceremony to receive a certificate to recognise the Hoa people’s Nguyen Tieu Festival as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Thirty-two Vietnamese racing drivers received their racing licences during a ceremony in Hanoi on July 4th.

The People’s Committee of Lien Chieu district in central Da Nang city held a ceremony on July 4th to receive a certificate recognizing Nam O fish sauce making as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper on July 3rd held an online dialogue “Issues from model grassroots upper level party congress at present”.

In the near future, Vietnam and Angola will have cultural cooperation activities, sports, tourism, especially exchanging and fostering experts in this field in order to enhance the exchange between the people of the two countries and help them better understand the long history and culture of each country.

The second Dak Nong provincial brocade cultural festival aims to preserve and promote the value of the traditional brocade weaving culture of Dak Nong province in particular and Vietnam in general.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved the Planning task of Bac Kan province in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.