Culture - Sports

The Terry Fox Run Vietnam 2018 will be held in Ho Chi Minh city on November 18th by the Canada - Vietnam Business Association, in order to raise funds for cancer research projects in the country.

Diverse activities under the Korean Cultural Days in Hoi An 2018 have taken place at An Hoi Sculpture Garden in the ancient city of Hoi An.

Vietnamese chess players brought home two more gold medals on October 12th – the sixth day of the 2018 Asian Para Games (APG) in Indonesia.

A running race around Hoan Kiem Lake kicked off the 6th Mottainai Festival on the morning of October 13th with the participation of representatives from the Vietnam Women’s Association and the Japanese Embassy in Hanoi.

Movie star and producer Ngo Thanh Van’s latest film, Song Lang (The Tap Box), will compete in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 (TIFF).

The photo contest on the beauty of Dien Bien province has been launched to introduce and popularize its land, people, culture and tourism to domestic and foreign tourists.

On October 9th, thousands of Cham ethnic people in the south central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan celebrated Kate Festival 2018.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia led by Ambassador Pham Vinh Quang on October 8th arrived at the Athlete Village of Kemayoran in Jakarta to congratulate the Vietnamese sports delegation attending the Asian Para Games 2018.

Diverse cultural activities to celebrate 15th anniversary of Russian Center of Science and Culture in Hanoi will take place from October 10th to 17th.

The sixth Latin American Film Festival in Vietnam will take place at the National Cinema Centre (No.87 Lang Ha street, Hanoi) from October 8th to 13th, 2018.

The National School of Languages, Linguistics and Translation under the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico held a Day of Vietnamese Language and Cuisine and screened films to introduce Vietnamese culture to lecturers and students on October 5th.

According to Hanoi city Department of Culture and Sports, artistic performances and entertainment activities scheduled for October 6th and 7th will be postponed due to the state funeral of former Party General Secretary Do Muoi.

The fifth international puppetry festival 2018 will take place in Hanoi from October 8th to 15th, with the participation from Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Wallonie Bruxelles (Belgium), France, Brazil, and the host Vietnam.

Diverse activities related to the culture of the southwestern Vietnam is taking place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi from October 1st to 30th.

Vietnamese athletes are ready to compete in the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 6th-18th.

More than 200 photos and objects on General Vo Nguyen Giap and Viet Bac base will be displayed at an exhibition to open on October 3rd at Vietnam Military History Museum at No.28A Dien Bien Phu street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.

The first Khmer ethnic folk singing festival of the Mekong Delta region is taking place in the southern province of Soc Trang from October 1st to 5th.

Diverse cultural activities will take place in Hanoi Old Quarter and the mural space of Phung Hung street from October 5th to 9th to mark the 64th anniversary of the capital’s liberation (October 10th).

A delegation from the PCC Commission for Popularization and Education led by Vo Van Phuong, 12th PCC member and standing deputy head of the Commission, has paid a working visit to the Netherlands to study and exchange experience in communications and information policy.

A ceremony to see off a Vietnamese sport delegation to the third Asian Para Games took place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 28th.

The People’s Committee of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa held a ceremony on September 28th to honour winners of a writing contest on the land and peoples of Vietnam and Japan.

More than 50 works of fine arts on Hanoi in Autumn are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on September 26th.

According to Vu Manh Ha, Secretary of Hoang Su Phi district Party Committee, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, the culture and tourism week on Hoang Su Phi terraced fields will take place from September 28th to 30th.

The film “Shoplifters” by Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda will open the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) and “A Fantastic Woman” by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, will be screened at the closing ceremony.

According to the Department of Cinema, Vietnamese film “Co Ba Sai Gon” (The Tailor) directed by Kay Nguyen and Tran Buu Loc will compete at the 2019 Oscars for the Best Foreign Language Film award.

Vietnamese chess players on September 24th scored their first win, emerging victorious over Taiwan and Honduras, in the first round of the 2018 Chess Olympiad taking place in the Batumi, Georgia.

When State President Tran Dai Quang was still alive, he always gave special love and interest to ethnic people.

More than 1,000 young people and Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union members in Hanoi volunteered to deliver free water around the National Funeral House during the State funeral for President Tran Dai Quang.

The 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) is taking place in the central city of Hue from September 23rd to 28th with the participation of 700 archaeologists from 35 countries, including the host Vietnam.

Several great tourism and culture events in provinces and cities were suspended due to President Tran Dai Quang’s sudden passing.