Culture - Sports

Head coach of Vietnam’s U23 team Park Hang-seo has expressed his gratitude for the country’s support for him and the team.

The Ha Giang International Marathon Race, called ‘Running on the Road of Happiness’, is scheduled for April 30th, the event’s organising board has announced.

(CPV) - The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology recently held a program on Vietnamese Tet with the participation of students from primary and secondary schools in Hanoi.

From February 15th to 17th (from the 30th day of the last lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month), Hoi An ancient city will be open free for visitors on the occasion of lunar New Year (Tet) 2018.

The Japanese cherry blossom festival will take place at Ly Thai To statue garden, Hoan Kiem, from March 23rd to 26th.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that the Vietnamese Government always creates favourable conditions for football to develop healthily and sustainably in the country while welcoming Gianni Infantino, President of the world football governing body FIFA on February 8th.

(CPV) - Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has been listed among the Top 5 nominees for Rising Star of the Year in Southeast Asian Football Awards selected by FourFourTwo.

The Trade Union of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on February 5th coordinated with the Management Board of Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism to organize a program erecting a Neu pole and making Chung cake for the poor on Tet 2018.

On the occasion of lunar New Year (Tet) 2018, visitors to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will have an opportunity to study, discover and experience the traditional festival of the nation through diverse significant activities.

(CPV) - In the ongoing 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Vietnam beat Chinese Taipei 3-1 on February 5th at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium to clinch top spot in Group A and advance to the quarter-finals.

On the occasion of lunar New Year (Tet) 2018, Hue heritage sites will open free for visitors from February 16th to 18th (from the 1st to the 3rd day of the first lunar month).

The murals painted on the sealed archways of the railway viaduct on Phung Hung street, Hanoi have been completely finished, bringing a new, lively look to the area.

Vietnam’s futsal team defeated Bahrain 2-1 in their second Group A match at the AFC Futsal Championship in Taipei (China) on February 3rd.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai’s goal against Uzbekistan in the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship was voted the best goal of the tournament by fans on the AFC website.

Diverse activities in the framework of the programme on Vietnamese Tet in Hanoi Old Quarter are taking place in Hoan Kiem district from February to March 4th.

More than 60 photos on activities around APEC Economic Leaders’ Week from November 6th to 11th are on display at an exhibition which opened in the central city of Da Nang on February 1st.

Hanoi city People’s Committee has promulgated a plan on set off 31 fireworks displays welcoming the lunar New Year (Tet) 2018.

(CPV) - The Ministries of Labor, War-Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), and Information and Communications (MIC) on February 1st received a ball and shirt with signatures of the all U23 footballers from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for an auction to raise funds for policy beneficiaries and poor households.

Top Vietnamese chess player Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the eighth match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 30th.

The film week to celebrate the 88th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and lunar New Year 2018 will take place nationwide from February 3rd to 18th.

Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations on January 30th organized the international art exchange welcoming lunar New Year 2018.

A special jazz concert with Japanese pianist Yamashita Yosuke will take place at Hanoi Opera House at 20h00 on February 1st and 2nd.

According to Phu Tho provincial People’s Committee, a ceremony to receive the UNESCO recognition of Xoan singing as an intangible cultural heritage of the humanity will take place at Lai Len Shrine, Viet Tri city, on February 3rd.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has complimented Vietnam’s U23 football team - the runner-up of the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship (AFC), on their excellent performance and historical achievements at the continental sport event.

(CPV) The U23 Vietnam football team landed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi at noon on January 27th after winning the silver medal of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. To see the players face to face, tens of thousands of fans overwhelmed the roads that the delegation travelled.

A grand ceremony took place at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on January 28 evening to honour the U23 team, who just brought home the silver medal from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship.

Vietnam became the runner-up at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship after losing 1-2 to Uzbekistan in the final in Changzhou, China, on January 27th.

The 5th Vietnam-Japan Festival kicked off at the September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on January 27th.

Qatar took the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship after beating the Republic of Korea (RoK) 1 - 0 in a 90-minute playoff in Changshu, China on January 26th.

(CPV) - The Singapore Embassy in Hanoi and the Vietnam-Singapore Friendship Association on January 27th co-organized the Singapore - Vietnam friendship charity run at the Ly Thai To park at Hoan Kiem lake.