Culture - Sports

The "Italy: The Beauty of Knowledge” exhibition has opened at Hanoi Museum, featuring the heritage, development and achievements of Italy.

More than 100 photos and documents on Con Dao relics and landscape are on display at an exhibition which opened in the southern province of Vinh Long on May 7th.

Four feature films and three documentaries on Dien Bien Phu are screening free of charge at Ngoc Khanh Cinema, 523 Kim Ma street, Hanoi, from May 7th to 10th.

Ho Chi Minh City needs to invest more to convert the Southern Women’s Museum into a tourist attraction, said member of Politburo and Chairwoman of Vietnam’s National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan during the recent working visit to the museum.

An exhibition featuring images of Uncle Ho with people from northwestern groups opened on May 5th in Son La province.

Musicians and composers Dominik Fuss and Jorg Leichtfried from Austria will make a tour of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on May 5th-7th, marking their first-time performance in Asia.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi will open an exhibition of posters depicting President Ho Chi Minh on May 10th, as part of the activities marking the 50-year implementation of his testament (1969 – 2019) and his 129th birth anniversary (May 19th, 1890 – 2019).

As many of 60 works on Uncle Ho will be displayed at an exhibition which will open at Ho Chi Minh Museum, 19 Ngoc Ha street, on May 10th.

As many of 39 works by 27 artists on different materials on Dien Bien Phu campaign are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.

The “Dien Bien Phu March 13th - May 7th, 1954” book authored by French writer Ivan Cadeau has made debut in Hanoi.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, a series of cultural activities under the theme “Singing on President Ho Chi Minh” will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi in May to celebrate the 129th anniversary of the President’s birth (May 19th).

According to the Management Board of President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the mausoleum welcomed 45,615 visitors, including 4,658 foreigners during the holidays in celebration of the 44th National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day.

Ceremonies were held on late April 29th within the ongoing Hue Traditional Craft Festival to commemorate patrons of all crafts, and honour artisans and craft villages.

More than 1,000 runners, including 91 foreigners from 22 countries, joined a marathon tournament in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on April 30th.

The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang launched the 100th festival of Khau Vai Love Market – a unique cultural practice of locals in Khau Vai commune in Meo Vac district – on April 29th evening.

The Vietnamese women’s football team secured their first win in the second round of the 2019 AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers by beating Lebanon 4-1 in their second Group B clash in Hanoi on April 28th.

Vietnamese dishes were served to people from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members during an event held in Malaysia on April 29th.

The 2019 European Book Festival will take place simultaneously in Hanoi, Da Nang city and Ho Chi Minh City from May 2nd to 25th, promising to offer visitors a wide range of activities.

A bronze drum casting contest using traditional crafting methods was launched in Yen Dinh district on April 29h in celebration of the 990th founding anniversary of the north-central province of Thanh Hoa (1029-2019).

A festival on ao dai (Vietnam’s national dress) took place in the former imperial city of Hue, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on April 28th.

Nguyen Tien Minh won his and Vietnam's first ever Badminton Asian Championship’s bronze on April 27th in Wuhan, China.

The Ninh Thuan Grape and Wine Festival 2019 opened in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city, the south central province of Ninh Thuan on April 27th.

The third Hue International Hot Air Balloon Festival 2019 opened on April 27th with the participation of hot air balloons from Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Netherlands, and host Vietnam.

Two Vietnamese movies, Song Lang (The Tap Box) and Co Can Nha Nam Nghe Nang Mua (Like an Old House), attend the 4th ASEAN International Film Festival from April 25th to 27th, in Kuching City, Malaysia.

The Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019, the 8thedition, opened in the former imperial capital of Hue on April 26th with a grand ceremony.

An exhibition spotlighting the role of frontline porters during the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, which lasted from March to May 1954, was opened in Hanoi on April 25th.

The 100th festival of Khau Vai Love Market – a unique cultural practice of locals in Khau Vai commune, Meo Vac district of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, will be held from April 28th to May 1st.

The duo exhibition titled “The Sap Still Runs” showcasing works by French and Vietnamese artists, has been opened at Millennium Masteri building in HCM city.

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

The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang will investigate intangible cultural heritages in Thach An, Hoa An, Thong Nong and Ha Quang districts from May to October 2019.