Culture - Sports

The northern mountainous Lao Cai provincial Museum has submitted a report to the authorities to invite experts from the Institute of Archeology and the Center for Southeast Asia Prehistory to research and scientifically and exactly assess newly discovered objects in the locality.

112 photos and documents on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics and lifestyle are on display at an exhibition which has opened at the southern Can Tho city Museum.

Twelve Vietnamese films nominated for the Golden Kite Awards 2018 will be screened for free at the Studio for Documentary & Scientific Film, Hanoi, from April 5th to 10th.

223 artworks, among 5,291 ones to the artistic photo contest on Vietnam’s sea and islands, are on display at an exhibition which opened in Ninh Binh province on April 2nd.

Arriving in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, visitors not only enjoy spectacular and charming scenery, but also experience remote villages to discover the life of local people.

The third Culture and Sports Day of Ethnic-inhabited Communes in Lam Dong under the theme “Culture of South Central Highlands” will take place in Bao Loc city from April 25th to 26th.

The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will invest VND5 billion from the budget in the 2016-2020 period to restore several relics at Dien Bien Phu battlefield and attract tourists on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory.

A variety of cultural activities related to the culture of Vietnamese ethnic groups are taking place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi from April 1st to May 2nd.

The Nung ethnic cultural festival in Xin Man district 2019 will take place in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on April 2nd.

Some 20,000 cherry blossom branches and 100 cherry trees of Japan, along with hundreds of local flowers are showing off their beauty in Hanoi during a festival that kicked off on March 29th night.

Tran Quoc ancient pagoda in Hanoi has been included in the list of the top ten most beautiful pagodas in the world by wanderlust.co.uk website of the UK.

116 works by 110 artists are on display at the first Vietnam - Republic of Korean (RoK) international fine arts exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on March 27th.

Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia have attended the Asia - Europe Meeting (ASEM) Cultural Festival in Indonesia, together with those from 19 other diplomatic agencies of member nations of ASEM cooperation mechanism.

Vietnam’s U23 team beat Thailand 4-0 in the last match of Group K within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship qualifiers at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on March 26th, securing a berth in the final rounds in Thailand next year.

According to Hue Monument Conservation Centre, Hue heritage relics offers free entrance tickets on March 26th to mark the 44th anniversary of Thua Thien - Hue provincial liberation (March 26th).

The Department of Grassroots Culture under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched a poster contest to mark the 129th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth (May 19th) and 50 years of implementing his Testament.

The fourth "International Gastronomy Village" with the participation of more than 40 countries, including Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Russia and France, is taking place from March 21st to 24th, at Trocadero Garden, in Paris. The event introduces the culinary culture and unique foods of countries.

The Singapore Tourism Board and the Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam on March 23rd morning opened the Singapore Festival 2019, the first of its kind, at the pedestrian street around the Hoan Kiem Lake right in the heart of Hanoi.

Vietnam thrashed Brunei 6-0 as they opened their campaign in the 2020 AFC U23 Championship Qualifier in a stunning fashion at the My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi, on March 22nd.

Photos on Vietnam and Vietnam-Chile relations are being exhibited at the Chilean National Congress’s headquarters in Valparaiso.

Construction started on the Formula One (F1) Hanoi Grand Prix racetrack in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem district on March 20th.

The Architecture Magazine of the Vietnam Association of Architects will coordinate with AkzoNobel Group to organize an international seminar entitled “Urban Heritage Preservation - A Key to Sustainable Development” in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city.

The story I want to tell is about female engineer Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong at the Quality Management Department, Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR), the central province of Quang Ngai.

The photographic work on the dawn in Mu Cang Chai by Vietnamese photographer Nguyen Ngoc Thien has just been voted one of the 12 best photos of the day on Daily Dozen of National Geographic Magazine (USA).

The Prime Minister has agreed with the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism on behalf of the Government to sign dossiers on Xoe Thai dance and Cham ethnic pottery making arts to submit to UNESCO to seek the title intangible cultural heritage of humanity and intangible cultural relics that needs urgent protection.

As many of 35 unique paintings and multimedia installation works created by American Artist Mark Cooper and French-Vietnamese artist Vu Trong Thuan will be displayed at an exhibition opening from March 20th in the central city of Da Nang.

Nearly 2,500 French-style dinner dishes will be prepared at restaurants and French embassies in 150 countries throughout the world during the culinary event 2019 (Goût de France 2019) to take place on March 21st.

Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee on March 17th held a ceremony to review the city Ao Dai Festival 2019 which kicked off on March 2nd at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street.

The President has issued Decision 356/QD-CTN bestowing the State title of People’s Artisan to 62 performers of folk art to honor their outstanding contribution to preserving and developing the country’s intangible cultural heritage.

The annual National Press Festival 2019, themed “Renovated, creative, responsible Vietnamese press for the interests of the nation and people”, wrapped up in Hanoi on March 17th.