Culture - Sports

Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has planned fireworks displays celebrating Southern Liberation and National Unification Day (April 30th) and May Day at two locations.

Around 220 Lao people living in Vietnam’s Buon Don district, Dak Lak province, celebrated their traditional Boun Pi Mai (New Year) festival on April 14th and 15th.

The northwestern Dien Bien provincial People’s Committee has held a ceremony to grant the certificate of “national intangible cultural heritage” to the water splashing festival of the Lao ethnic minority group in Na Sang 1 village, Nua Ngam commune, Dien Bien district.

(CPV) - The Australian Consulate-General Ho Chi Minh city ready for the annual Taste of Australia Da Nang Family BBQ, a public outdoor community barbecue for the general public, Australians, Australian alumni and their families on April 22nd from 12h00 to 18h00 at The Ocean Villas.

Vietnam ended their journey in the group stage of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Cup in Amman, the capital of Jordan on April 13th after beaten by the Republic of Korea (RoK) 0-4.

The Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on April 13th and 14th visited and delivered greetings to local Khmer monks, nuns and people on the occasion of their New Year Festival - Chol Chnam Thmay.

Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud, who was on his first-ever visit to Vietnam, showcased his cooking skills during a stop in Ho Chi Minh City on April 13th.

A series of cultural and entertainment activities and art performance shows will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings in 2018.

Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee has held a meeting to discuss the plan for a ceremony to receive recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity from UNESCO.

Vietnam’s Non Nuoc Cao Bang geopark in the northern province of Cao Bang has been recently declared a new member of the UNESCO global network of national geoparks, making it the second Vietnamese geopark to be awarded the title, following the recognition of Dong Van karst plateau in Ha Giang province in December 2010.

The Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has directed museums nationwide to provide free entrance for tourists on International Museum Day (May 18th).

A special art performance to open the Vietnam Ethnic Groups’ Cultural Day 2018 (April 19th) will take place at 20h00 on April 19th at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo tourism area of Son Tay town in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France and French postal service firm La Poste issued a set of stamps to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties on April 12th.

The northern Hoa Binh provincial Department of Information and Communications has coordinated with Lac Thuy district People’s Committee to organize an exhibition on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.

The Vietnamese Institute for Musicology coordinated with Dak Lak provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism just co-hosted a seminar in Buon Ma Thuot city on preserving traditional music of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands and central Vietnam.

A ceremony to hand over the Vietnam-funded headquarters of the Lao military art troupe took place in Vientiane on April 10th to mark the 70th anniversary of the Lao army and its 50th birthday.

A friendship meeting to celebrate Lao Bunpimay Festival took place on April 9th at the Thai Nguyen College of Economics and Finance in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

Traditional markets in the northwestern province of Son La will be recreated in a series of activities in April at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo tourism area of Son Tay town, Hanoi.

According to the Vietnam National Museum of History, an exhibition on Vietnamese archaeological treasures will happen in Hanoi from April 12th to July 2018.

(CPV) - As many as 8 teams will compete for the 2018 VTV9 - Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, hosted by Central Quang Nam province from May 12th-20th.

The southern traditional cake festival 2018 will take place in the Mekong River Delta city of Can Tho from April 25th to 29th.

The Nho Rohe festival of the K’Ho ethnic minority group has been reinstated at Bo Lieng inhabitant areas in Dinh Van town, Lam Ha district, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

A festival of traditional then singing, featuring art troupes from 16 provinces and cities in the country, will be held in the mountainous province of Ha Giang on May 13th-14th.

England’s World Soccer magazine has named Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai in its unranked list of 500 most important players on the planet.

According to the Department of Grassroots Culture under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Chau Van and Van singing festival will take place from April 25th to 29th in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue.

A wide variety of activities will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo tourism area of Son Tay town in Hanoi from April 19th to 24th to celebrate the Vietnam Ethnic Groups’ Cultural Day (April 19th).

Films nominated for Golden Kite Awards 2018 will be screened free at the August Cinema, the National Cinema Center, and the Studio for Documentary & Scientific Film in Hanoi, from April 9th to 14th.

Then singing performances will take place on April 28th at 10h00 at Kim Ngan communal house at No.42 Hang Bac street and 14h00 at the Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Centre at No.50 Dao Duy Tu street, Hoan Kiem district.

The Asian Carom Billiards Championship 2018 kicked off in Ho Chi Minh city on April 4th, gathering leading cueists from Japan, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam.

Vietnamese athletes in Quang Ninh province won two gold medals at the 13th SEA Youth Athletics Championships 2018 which took place at Thammasat University Sports Complex, Thailand, on April 3rd - 4th.