Culture - Sports

Vietnam’s national women’s football team thrashed host Indonesia 6-0 in their first match at the 2018 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship on July 3rd.

Ly Son island district has organized the first Ly Son cultural-tourism week 2018, including an activity of a crowd of 3,000 singing the national anthem and standing in line to form a 45m x 25m national flag in the island.

The central Hue City Department of Tourism has held an event celebrating the lotus flower as part of a plan affirming Hue - the festival city of Vietnam.

The Management Board of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park has launched an online contest on the park starting from July 1st to December 31st.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a document to Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee to pursue a project preserving and embellishing the southern Hien Luong bridge and Ben Hai river relics.

(CPV) - Coach Hoang Anh Tuan has finalized the best players to participate in the annual ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U19 Youth Championship to be held in Indonesia from July 1st-15th, looking towards the final round.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ratified Bac Ninh province’s proposal on compiling a dossier on the Vietnamese folk art of Dong Ho painting to submit to UNESCO for recognition as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

According to Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, a “Royal Inspiration” art program will take place at Hue imperial city in the every evening from this July 1st.

Bac Ha market is held every Sunday in Bac Ha town, the northwestern province of Lao Cai.

The “We explore the museum and study the beauty of Vietnamese Ao dai” heritage education program has taken place at Da Nang Fine Arts Museum to mark the Vietnam Family Day (June 28th).

Alpha Book Joint Stock Company has coordinated with the Vietnam Intellectual Cooperation Center (VICC) to introduce a book on late Prime Minister Phan Van Khai’s life.

According to Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences, Professor Phan Huy Le, one of the leading historians in Vietnam, passed away at the age of 85 at Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi on June 23rd.

(CPV) - The Vietnam national futsal squad won 7-0 over New Zealand in the last match of CFA International Futsal Tournament - Changsha 2018 on June 24th, ranking second after Russia.

Vietnam and France have agreed to further expand cultural cooperation in all aspects, including new forms, to encourage more and more Vietnamese youths to study French culture and language.

The Ministry of Information and Communications will publish a collection of stamps on seas and islands every two years starting from 2018.

Vietnam aims to obtain at least three gold medals at the upcoming 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD 2018), said Tran Duc Phan, Deputy Head of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

The Party Committee of Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has organized a conference studying Directive 05 - CT/TW about building the working style of leaders of cadres and party members in following and studying the ideology, morality and style of President Ho Chi Minh.

The operation of new interface of the system of documents on the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) at http://tulieuvankien.dangcongsan.vn will continue being one of the most reliable addresses for the system of classic works by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh.

Politburo member, secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and head of the PCC Commission for Popularization and Education Vo Van Thuong has visited and congratulated Ho Chi Minh city Journalists Association on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21st).

The Nhan Dan Online on June 18th held a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication.

The Army Television and Radio Center (the General Department of Politics under Vietnam People’s Army) has organized an exchange on studying Uncle Ho’s ways to work for newspapers to mark the 93rd anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21st).

The 50th anniversary of Dong Loc victory (July 24th), along with a specific artistic program, will take place at 20h00 on July 21st, 2018 at Dong Loc T-junction historical site.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ratified Ninh Thuan provincial People’s Committee’s proposal on compiling a dossier on Cham ethnic pottery to secure UNESCO’s recognition as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and the Monument to Heroic Martyrs will be closed for maintenance from June 15th to August 15th, 2018.

Politburo member, secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee Commission for Popularization and Education Vo Van Thuong on June 14th visited and congratulated two senor journalists to mark 93rd anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21st).

The Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Businesses Bloc on June 13th opened a photo exhibition at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens to mark the 70th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s Appeal for Emulation (June 11th).

The first Vietnam brocade culture festival will take place from December 27th to 30th, 2018, in Gia Nghia town, the Central Highlands of province of Dak Nong, to mark the 15th founding anniversary of the province (January 1st).

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Russian Federation launched a movement to celebrate the World Cup 2018 on June 13th.

Mr. Nguyen Nhan Chien, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Bac Ninh provincial Party Committee and Head of the provincial National Assembly delegation, visited the display “Uncle Ho with Bac Ninh’s agricultural sector” at the provincial museum on June 9th.

(CPV) - The exhibition Crafting Futures was launched on June 12h at Hanoi Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Centre, No.50 Dao Duy Tu street, Hoan Kiem district.