Culture - Sports

The Vietnamese Cultural Week in the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, also known as RUDN University, concluded on March 15th with a colourful music festival.

A major project on developing an arts industry in Ho Chi Minh City by 2020, with a vision to 2030, has been submitted to the city People’s Committee.

A ceremony took place at the Ly Thai To Statue Square in downtown Hanoi on March 15th evening to celebrate the 2019 International Francophone Day (March 20th).

The Ban Flower Festival 2019 – the popular spring flower festival of the north and northwestern regions, kicked off in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La on March 15th.

The Ban Flower Festival 2019 – the popular spring flower festival of the north and northwestern regions, kicked off in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La on March 15th.

A variety of Italian cultural activities will be introduced in Hanoi in March under the third Italian Design Day themed “Cities of the Future and Heritage Preservation”.

In the framework of the 7th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival, the Buon Don Elephant Festival 2019 has taken place in Krong Na commune, Buon Don district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Ho Chi Minh city and the central province of Nghe An will coordinate to organize the “From Sen village to dragon house wharf” art performance and the 31st Ho Chi Minh city Television Cycling Tournament 2019 to mark 50 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh’s Testament.

At the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thailand, Vietnam Contemporary Art Theater participated in the ASEAN Ethnic Festival in Thailand from March 6th to 11th.

French piano talent Simon Rochon Cohen will return to Vietnam for his second tour in March.

The first seeds of the new season are sown during the seeding ceremony at Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, carrying the wishes of the people in the Central Highlands for a harmonious and good crop.

A series of traditional Japanese cultural activities and performances took place at the Japan Culture Day at Da Nang Museum on March 10th.

An exhibition on the history of the world’s coffee industry opened on March 9th at the Coffee World Museum in Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Vietnam will take part in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U16 Women’s Championship Finals for the first time after finishing second in the group stages in Vientiane, Laos, on March 8th.

The first Mekong Delta Marathon Hau Giang 2019 will be organised on April 21st in Vi Thanh city in Hau Giang province, aiming to raise public awareness of climate change.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore, in collaboration with the ArtBlue Studio, opened a painting exhibition featuring the beauty of Vietnamese women on March 8, on the occasion of 109th International Women’s Day.

As many of 75 photos on the daily life, beliefs, and traditions of the Bru-Van Kieu ethnic people by Hungarian anthropologist Vargyas Gabor are on display at an exhibition which opened in Huong Hoa district, the central province of Quang Tri, on March 7th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh has introduced the book “Ho Chi Minh’s Biography” published in Bengali by The Gioi Publishers.

Women wearing Ao dai, both Vietnamese and foreigners, are being provided free entrance when visiting Hue relics sites from March 7th to 9th.

Binh Son Refining And Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR) has organized a gala diner for women in the company on the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8th).

A ceremony to call for donation of documents and objects related to Dien Bien Phu campaign has been held in Hanoi to promote values and contribute to enriching, diversifying documents and exhibits to prove the heroic historical period of the nation.

Diverse cultural and tourism activities will take place during Ban Flower Festival 2019 in the northwestern province of Dien Bien from March 13th to 18th.

Five young Vietnamese have been honoured at the European heritage essay contest, winning the prize of a tour of EU member countries like France, Italy, Belgium and Sweden.

The Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper on March 4th coordinated the High Command of Vietnam People’s Navy to organize the Truong Sa Spring 2019 program.

Well-known Japanese fingerstyle guitarist Satoshi Gogo will tour Vietnam from April 5th to 7th to bring to Vietnamese audiences delicate, touching music pieces that he composed and transcribed.

The traditional brocade weaving of the K’ho and Chau Ma ethnic groups will be introduced and honoured for the first time at Hue traditional handicrafts festival 2019 from April 26th to May 2nd.

The Management Board of Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism has announced a series of activities in March under the theme “Like Spring Flowers”.

Newly-appointed U22 football coach Lee Young-jin has been tasked with securing gold at the South Asian Games later this year in the Philippines.

Vietnamese composer Trinh Cong Son (1939-2001) was commemorated with a doodle on google.com on February 28th on the occasion of his 80th birthday anniversary.

A Vietnamese cuisine week was held at the Ascott Dhaka hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from February 17th to 28th, drawing a large number of gastronomy lovers.