Culture - Sports

Diverse activities in the framework of the program “A touch of Belgium” will take place at the Hanoi's King Ly Thai To square on May 12th.

More than 150 members of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union have laid a wreath at the monument and offered incense at all tombs at Martyrs’ Cemetery A1 in Dien Bien Phu city of northwestern Dien Bien province.

The 5th Hung Kings Cup football tournament was organized by the Liaison Committee of the Overseas Vietnamese community in Singapore on May 6th.

The 6th National Festival of Traditional Then singing will take place from May 12th to 14th in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Diverse activities under the theme “Uncle Ho with Central Highlands, Central Highlands with Uncle Ho” will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism this month to celebrate the 128th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19th).

According to Tay Ho district People’s Committee, Trinh Cong Son pedestrian street will open for a pilot period from May 11th to 13th.

Vietnam has sent six female athletes to take part in a test competition of kurash (Turkish wrestling), one of official sports of the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 18), which is slated for next August in Indonesia.

Twelve artists from Be Clown will perform a contemporary circus show, taking the audience on a timeless journey away from everyday reality, in Hanoi on May 5th.

Five popular Vietnamese feature films are being screened in Buenos Aires during a film fest to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Vietnam – Argentina diplomatic ties.

A kaleidoscope of European cultures has been brought to Hanoians through the Europe Days 2018 programme which opened in Hanoi on May 4th.

An action month on environmental protection will be launched in June under the theme “Resolving pollution caused by plastic and nylon” as part of activities to mark World Environment Day on June 5th.

The sixth edition of the National Festival of Traditional Then singing will take place on May 12th-14th in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, with the participation of artists from 14 provinces and cities nationwide.

The Hai Phong Red Phoenix-flower Festival 2018 will take place from May 11th to 13th in the northern port city of Hai Phong to mark its 63rd anniversary of liberation (May 13th).

As many as 144 overseas Vietnamese players from nearly 10 European countries participated in the friendly table tennis tournament for Vietnamese people in Europe 2018, held in Prague, the Czech Republic, on May 1st.

Nearly 400 artisans will participate in the special artistic program to receive UNESCO’s recognition of Bai Choi singing as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a ceremony to launch the 2018 Artistic Photo Exhibition to call for entries from photography lovers across the country.

Vietnam were placed into Group A for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2018, following the draw on May 2nd.

On April 30th, the opening ceremony of the 2018 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival under the theme “The Legends of Bridges” took place in the central city of Da Nang.

People queued in a long line at Ba Binh Square as they waited to visit the President Ho Chi Minh relic site in Hanoi on the morning of April 30th – the National Reunification Day.

In a letter sent from the battlefield to her mother in 1968, war martyr Vo Thi Tan wrote, “Bombs can shake mountains, but they can’t stir our will and hearts, my dear mother.”

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc beat a drum to kick off the Trang An Festival 2018 in the Trang An Landscape Complex, the northern province of Ninh Binh, on April 29th.

Vietnamese boxer Tran Van Thao will be honoured by the World Boxing Council Asia at an award ceremony set to be take place in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 30th.

A myriad of art performances were staged by foreign and local artists in the ongoing Hue Festival, the 10th of its kind, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Nearly 350,000 tourists are expected to visit the central city of Da Nang on April 30th (the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day) and May 1st (the International Labour Day), showing a year-on-year rise of 10.2 percent.

(CPV) – During the past Hue Festivals, the program of Street Parades created a joyful of atmosphere and fabulously contributed to stir the crowd. Taking the theme “Colours of Culture”, the event of this year will be held every afternoon and its itineraries cover both residential areas on the north and south of the Perfume River.

Some 200 people attended a friendship exchange held in Hanoi on April 27th to mark the traditional New Year of India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.

The Giao ritual (worshipping ritual for Heaven and Earth) was re-enacted at the Nam Giao Esplanade in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 27th, the twelfth day of the third lunar month.

(CPV) - Taking the theme “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development: Hue – One destination, five World Heritages,” Hue Festival 2018 kicks off on April 27th 2018.

From May 4th - 6th, Europe Days in Vietnam 2018 will take place at Ly Thai To square (Hanoi) and Ho Chi Minh city to mark Europe Day (May 9th).

Phu Yen Culture and Tourism Week 2018 is taking place at Tuy Hoa city, Song Cau town and Tuy An district, from April 25th to May 1st.