Culture - Sports

A programme in celebration of International Children's Day 2019 under the theme “Discovering Korean culture” will take place at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology at Nguyen Van Huyen street, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, on June 1st and 2nd.

Tickets for the upcoming U23 friendly football match between Vietnam and Myanmar are set to go on sale on June 4th.

The 10th European - Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city from May 31st to June 9th.

Vietnam National Political Publishing House and Lao National Publishing and Book Distribution House on May 23rd held a signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement.

A ceremony to publish and present “President Ho Chi Minh who laid foundation for present Vietnam-Thailand relations” book took place on May 22nd at Lampang Rajabhat University, the northern province of Lampang, Thailand.

The To Mon festival of Ba Na ethnic minority group in Klot village, Kon Gang commune, Dak Doa district, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, aims to help the community be more united, easing difficulties in life.

As many of 47 Ottchil artworks by 15 Korean contemporary artists will be displayed at an exhibition in Hanoi for one month, starting from May 23rd.

Nearly 1,000 athletes from 47 countries and territories will take part in the Vietnam Jungle Marathon 2019 on May 25th in the central province of Thanh Hoa’s Pu Luong Nature Reserve, which is home to an ancient jungle, soaring limestone peaks, vibrant rice paddy fields, and small ethnic minority villages.

The horse race will feature the competition of jockeys from Lao Cai and the neighbouring provinces of Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang and Lai Chau. (Photo: nhandan.org.vn)

Ho Chi Minh city Organizing Board of Great Festivals has held a special arts performance on President Ho Chi Minh to mark the 129th anniversary of his birth (May 19th) and 108 years since he left Vietnam to seek ways for national salvation (June 5th).

Zeng weaving products of Ta Oi and Co Tu ethnic minority groups in A Luoi district, the central province of Thua Thien Hue, have been granted collective mark at the cultural exchange, sports and tourism festival of ethnic minority groups living in the Vietnam - Laos border area, central region and the Central Highlands.

On May 19th, as many as 10,788 visitors, including 1,149 foreigners, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on the occasion of the 129th anniversary of the President’s birth.

As many of 38 paintings on Uncle Ho and lotus by famous artists To Ngoc Van, Mai Van Hien, Pham Van Don, Tran Chat, Dinh Quan, Ngo Hai Yen and Le Duc Tung were displayed at an exhibition at Hoan Kiem lake pedestrian zone.

A culture, sports and tourism festival of ethnic minority groups in Vietnamese and Lao border localities is taking place in A Luoi district, Thua Thien-Hue province.

Within the framework of the National Tourism Year 2019, an exhibition of Vietnam’s culture heritage, sea and islands tourism will take place in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, from June 14th to 18th.

The Hanoi culinary culture festival 2019 will take place at Thong Nhat Park, Hanoi, from June 7th to 9th, converging Vietnam’s three regions.

According to archeologists from the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre and the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, a number of architectural vestiges, which reflect various historical and cultural aspects of Thang Long-Hanoi, have been discovered at a recent excavation at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

The 2019 national women’s football championship marks a change in the competition’s regulations as each team will play all others in a two-round format, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Deputy Secretary General Nguyen Minh Chau.

Nearly 200 outstanding documents, exhibits and images on President Ho Chi Minh will be on show at the Vietnam National Museum of History from May 17th to the end of August.

The Vietnam Festival in Japan 2019 will take place at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo from June 8th to 9th.

A Mong ethnic culture program held by the northwestern Yen Bai provincial People's Committee will take place at Ly Thai To statue, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi from May 18th to 19th.

“Ho Chi Minh - Sketching a Portrait of a Politician”, a documentary portraying President Ho Chi Minh by French director Gerard Guillaume (1931-2015), will be broadcast in Vietnam for the first time on May 15th.

(CPV) – Mr. Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC Commission on Popularization and Education on May 14th pressed a button to launch the new interface for the online page on President Ho Chi Minh.

The Vietnam Embassy in Poland and overseas Vietnamese in Poland have participated in the first-ever Embassy Festival in Warsaw on May 11th - 12th, promoting the nation’s image and landscape to people from across the world.

From May 17th to 19th, the cultural exchange, sports and tourism festival of ethnic minority groups living in the Vietnam - Laos border area, central region and the Central Highlands, will take place in A Luoi district, the central province of Thua Thien - Hue.

The northern Bac Ninh provincial People’s Committee has issued Document 1497/UBND-NV on promoting Quan ho folk singing abroad in 2019.

A postage stamp was launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on May 11th to celebrate the UN Day of Vesak 2019.

Diverse interesting and attractive activities will take place at Hoa Binh Culture and Tourism Week 2019 from November 2nd to 6th.

International Food Festival 2019 will take place in Da Nang city from June 2nd to 6th for the first time, with the participation of 14 leading chefs from around the world.

As many of 100 photos of Uncle Ho and northwestern ethnic people are on display at an exhibition which opened in Yen Chau district, the northwestern province of Son La, on May 8th.