Culture - Sports

Vietnamese people and other friends of India in Vietnam will have an opportunity to experience Indian culture at the Diwali and Dussehra Celebration at Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center, 63 Tran Hung Dao street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi on November 2nd.

More than 1,000 entries by 126 domestic and foreign photographers were sent to the Organizing Board of the Vietnam - Japan friendship photo contest, contributing to promoting the bilateral relationship.

Diverse cultural activities will take place during “The Deutschland Fest 2018: German experiences in Hanoi” at Ly Thai To Statue Area, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi from November 2nd to 3rd.

The Vietnam - Germany Friendship Golf Tournament 2018 was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy at Gross Kienitz Golf Club in suburban Berlin, Germany.

The Embassy of China in Vietnam has coordinated with Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize an art performance in Hanoi.

A series of paintings by Vietnamese artist Hoang Dinh and his Dutch colleague Somsak Chaituch are on display at an exhibition which has opened at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s women national football team have jumped one place from 37th to 36th in the FIFA’s third quarter world rankings with a grand total of 1,638 points.

Vietnam’s FIFA world ranking for October remained unchanged from the previous month, with 102nd place still good for the top spot in Southeast Asia.

The Fund for Cultural Preservation of the US Embassy in Vietnam on October 26th presented an aid worth 92,500 USD for a project repairing the dome and southern gate of the Ho Dynasty Citadel in the central Thanh Hoa province.

245 artworks about Vietnam and Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, will be displayed at an exhibition which will run from October 30th to November 8th.

Son La - Houaphanh Culture-Tourism Days will take place in Houaphanh province, Laos, from November 6th to 9th.

Visitors have an opportunity to gain insight, through photos and documentaries, into six genres of folk paintings and related products such as household products and decorative items using patterns and colours of Kim Hoang paintings.

Since 2008, the ancient city of Hoi An, central Quang Nam province, has established projects to restore 239 architecture relics with the total cost of over VND92 billion.

Ha Lau mountainous market in the northern Quang Ninh province’s Tien Yen district has been reinstated to encourage local people to make agricultural and forestry products, and special traditional handicrafts.

Guitarists from Vietnam, Thailand, Canada and the Netherlands will participate in the second Alma Hanoi International Festival and Competition at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi from October 26th to 28th.

The festival of folk singing and musical instruments of three Vietnamese regions has taken place in Ha Long City, the northern province of Quang Ninh, as part of the National Tourism Year 2018.

The National Ca Tru Festival 2018 will take place in the central city of Ha Tinh from November 1st to 5th with the participation of artisans and artists from Ca tru clubs in 15 provinces and cities.

The new rice celebration of the Xo Dang ethnic minority in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has been recreated at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi, in the framework of activities in October.

An international art photo contest titled “Tu hao Hanoi” (Proud of Hanoi) was launched in the capital city on October 18th.

A photo exhibition on Vietnam pagodas by Nicolas Cornet will take place from November 9th to December 31st, at the French Culture Center at No.24 Trang Tien street, Hanoi.

Late historian and People’s Teacher Phan Huy Le has been posthumously awarded the Certificate of Merit from the Japanese Foreign Minister Kono Taro, in recognition of his great contributions to the promotion Vietnam - Japan academic exchange.

The Russian Center of Science and Culture in Hanoi has carried out multidimensional activities as part of cultural, scientific and educational cooperation between the two countries over the past years, contributing to bilateral comprehensive partnership.

The 4th Kon Tum provincial Culture and Tourism Week 2018 will be held from December 14th to 17th to introduce the provincial potential in economic development, culture, tourism and investment.

The Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival 2018 will be held in Ninh Binh province by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to introduce and popularize the area’s potential and strength in culture, sports and tourism development and national cultural heritage.

Former students from Phan Dinh Phung high school are putting a new look with frescoes of old Hanoi on the wall surrounding the school.

Nearly 100 black and white photos by German photographer Barbara Klemm are on display at an exhibition “Hell-Dunkel” (Light-Dark), which opened at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on October 17th.

The 1st Sports Congress in Gwangju - Jeonnam took place last weekend at Yeonggwang stadium in Gwangju city, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

More than 2,500 athletes from nearly 50 countries and territories worldwide have registered to join the Hanoi International Heritage Marathon 2018 which will take place in the capital city on October 21st, heard a press conference on October 16th.

As many 68 photos on Vietnam - Cuba solidarity and friendship are on display at an exhibition which opened in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city on October 15th.

(CPV) - B’s Bees, a Canadian jazz band from Montréal (Canada) brought its talent to the stage of the Hanoi Opera House on October 15th to celebrate 45 years of Vietnam - Canada diplomatic relations.