Culture - Sports

The “Spring on the M’nong plateau” festival took place on February 22nd in Gia Nghia town, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, attracting hundreds of artisans, youth union members from districts, towns, mass organizations, armed forces, and people in the province.

The Hanoi Dragon Boat Racing Festival to take place at West lake on February 24th is expected to draw the participation of 400 athletes.

French photographer Rehahn plans to build a Co Tu museum on an area of over 2,000 square metres in Tay Giang district, the central province of Quang Nam, to offer information on the ethnic group living in the mountainous areas of the province.

Vietnamese photographer Kieu Anh Dung won the first prize of USD500 for his photo depicting early morning trading in Soc Trang floating market.

The cultural program “Spring colours across Vietnam” 2018 will take place from February 24th to 25th at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, Son Tay town, Hanoi.

(CPV) - FIFA has officially invited Vietnamese female referee Truong Thi Le Trinh, 34, to manage AG Cup 2018 to be held in Portugal from February 24th to March 7th.

Vietnamese footballers are working hard to realise new missions in 2018: attending the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD), winning the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 and playing well in the final round of the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Artisans Pho Thi Kim Duc and Kim Duc Ca Inn will organize a Ca tru singing performance on spring worshipping at 19h30 on February 24th at the first floor, Phusalab, 21/52 To Ngoc Van street, Hanoi.

When spring comes, hundreds of flowers blossom around President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum.

According to the Management Board of President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, more than 18,000 people visited the mausoleum during the recent lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 15th to 18th (from the 30th day of the last lunar month to the 3rd day of the first lunar month).

Retired police officer Dang Minh Tam is passionate about preserving the artefacts of ethnic groups in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region.

(CPV) - The Vietnam Tennis Federation has selected players Ly Hoang Nam, Trinh Linh Giang, Pham Minh Tuan and Le Quoc Khanh in preparation for the Davis Cup’s Asia/Oceania zone (Group 3) to be held in April in Hanoi capital.

Visiting pagodas at the beginning of Lunar New Year has become an age-old tradition of Vietnamese people.

At the beginning of spring, diverse specific great festivals take place in all regions in Vietnam, creating a cheerful and happy atmosphere.

Passing down through generations and continued with equal enthusiasm today, “Xong dat” (first footing), a Tet tradition in Vietnam, has always been associated with hopes for a fruitful year ahead.

Over the past years, the Ba Na ethnic group in Glar commune, Dak Doa district, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, has maintained and promoted their traditional brocade weaving, contributing to preserving their specific cultural values.

Vietnamese folk games are often associated with the traditional living environment and are close to nature, because they were born under the shortage of facilities as well as simple living conditions as Vietnam is an agricultural country.

(CPV) - The Lunar New Year (Tet) is the most significant holiday of Vietnamese people because it not only marks the closing of an old year and the beginning of a new year, but also is an occasion for family reunions.

National U23 goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung will auction his gloves to support billiard player Do Hoang Quan, who is suffering from cancer.

(CPV) - The top goals of Ukrainian Ambassador to Vietnam Oleksiy Shovkoplias in his mission are to make the best efforts to bring Ukraine closer to Vietnam and to give Vietnamese people better understanding about the beautiful country of Ukraine, especially to develop the bilateral relations in many areas.

(CPV) - On the occasion of lunar New Year (Tet) 2018, diverse cultural activities have taken place nationwide, contributing to preserving and promoting Vietnamese advanced culture imbued with national identities.

Many Vietnamese painters have introduced dog paintings in early 2018, attracting the praise of art lovers.

As a rule, pho Ong do (or street of calligraphers) opens in Ho Chi Minh City just a couple of weeks before the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Vietnam’s football teams could achieve more success at the regional and international arena, said national team coach Park Hang-seo in an exchange program with hundreds of Vietnamese students in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on February 11th ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

(CPV) - The gold medallist in men's 10m air pistol shooting at the Rio Olympics 2016, Hoang Xuan Vinh, ranks second in the February 2018 world’s ranking. He has kept his top position for over one year.

(CPV) - Japan has officially offered training courses for the Vietnam national football teams of U16 and U19.

(CPV) - The Vietnam Basketball Federation has decided to kick off the Vietnam Basketball Association 2018 tour, set for June-September, as the National Sports Festival 2018 will begin in this November.

To meet the demand of entertainment on lunar New Year 2018, the programme entitled “Tet of the Oriental” will be held the West Lake Water Park at No.614 Lac Long Quan street, Tay Ho district, Hanoi from February 16h to 25th (from the 1st to the 10th day of the first lunar month).

In the hustle and bustle of Hanoi capital, people still see the image of Vietnamese ancient lunar New Year (Tet) on calligraphy street when spring comes.

Vietnam’s futsal team lost to Uzbekistan 1-3 in the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship in Taipei, China on February 8th.