Culture - Sports

According to Korean Consulate General in HCM city Lim Jae Hoon, currently, about 69,000 Vietnamese-Korean multicultural families are living and working in Vietnam and RoK. Each Vietnamese - Korean cultural family is a symbol of the harmony between the two countries' cultures and a valuable asset for both sides.

The street cultural festival, part of Moscow Days in Hanoi, has taken place at the pedestrian zone near Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi in late November.

Authorities of Sancheong county, South Gyeongsang prefecture in southeast of the Republic of Korea, the hometown of the head coach of the Vietnamese football team Park Hang-seo, plans to build a Vietnam village to attract more Vietnamese tourists.

Vietnam beat Indonesia 6-0 in the second match of Group B on November 29th, winning the first ticket to the women’s football semifinals at the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30).

The Open Putaleng Paragliding Tournament 2019 kicked off in Tam Duong district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on November 29th.

In January 2020, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city Department of Culture and Sports will submit the city People’s Committee a regulation on protection and promotion of historical and cultural relics in the city as well as a list of historical and cultural relics in the city in the 2021-2025 period.

Hanoi is scheduled to hold 15-minute firework shows at 30 places across 30 districts in the locality on lunar New Year’s Eve 2019.

The Exemplary Band of the National Guard Forces of the Russian Federation will have exchanges and performances in Hanoi and Ha Long city from December 5th to 10th.

The Vietnamese men’s U22 team trounced Laos 6-1 in their second match of Group B at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines on November 28th.

On November 26th, President Ho Chi Minh's Relics Site at the Presidential Palace coordinated with the Vietnam Administration of Forestry to organize a scientific seminar on 60 years since President Ho Chi Minh launched the tree planting festival (1959-2019) and Vietnam Forestry Day.

Ho Chi Minh Museum is scheduled to coordinate with several units to organize diverse exhibitions in 2020.

The Putaleng XC Open, the first international cross country paragliding competition in Vietnam, will be organized in Tam Duong district, the Northwestern province of Lai Chau, from November 28th to December 1st, 2019.

(CPV) - An online dialogue titled “Office culture: Situation and solutions” will take place at the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper in Hanoi at 08h30 on November 27th.

As many of 20 oil paintings on nature and people by Nguyen Ngoc Ha are on display at the Fine Arts Exhibition Center at No.16 Ngo Quyen street, Hanoi.

The men’s football team of Vietnam secured a perfect start for their 30th SEA Games journey with an emphatic 6 – 0 victory against Brunei at Binan stadium in the Philippines on November 25th afternoon.

The event "Italian Square" was an opportunity for local people and tourists to admire the image of the Italian country in Hanoi, to experience and know the masterpieces of Italy in design, fashion, cuisine, music, cinema and sports.

Vietnamese films have created good impressions on thought-leaders, creative professionals and member of the public from around the world at the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) and the Asian Academy Creative Awards held within the Singapore Media Festival 2019.

The Vietnamese taekwondo team failed to hit its targets at the last two Southeast Asian Games, but the team is ready to shine again at this year's Games in the Philippines.

A Spanish film festival was opened in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on November 22nd.

Both men’s and women’s U22 national football teams of Vietnam left for the Philippines on November 22nd afternoon to compete in the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30).

The PPC’s Commission for Popularization and Education has issued an instruction on dissemination on the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3rd) and lunar New Year 2020.

A training course on Xoan singing is taking place in Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho, from November 19th to 28th.

On November 23rd and 24th, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will organize a music program of Khomu ethnic minority group from the central province of Nghe An and the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

Diverse activities are taking place during the Cambodia cultural week 2019 in Vietnam in Can Tho city and An Giang province from November 18th to 23rd.

Vietnam tied goalless with Thailand in their second leg in the 2020 World Cup qualifiers at My Dinh stadium in Hanoi on November 19th.

A festival highlighting the cultures of Vietnam and other countries will take in HCM city from November 29th to December 1st.

The Ha Long World Circus Festival 2019 has attracted 114 artists, actors and actresses from Mongolia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Canada, Moldova, Brazil, Germany, Tajikistan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Iran, Laos, Egypt, the US, Japan, Mexico, Chile, Slovakia, Ukraine and Cambodia, and host Vietnam.

Cinema lovers in the central city of Da Nang have an opportunity to understand the culture and people of Spain by enjoying free Spanish film screenings during the second Spanish Film Festival 2019 from November 15th to 19th.

More than 100 circus artists from 20 nations and territories are taking part in the first International Circus Festival in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The European Music Festival will return to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City featuring international and Vietnamese musicians from November 18th to 30th.