Culture - Sports

The Vietnam Festival in Japan 2024 opened at Yoyogi park in Tokyo on June 1 with art and cultural performances and over 130 booths showcasing typical Vietnamese products.

A cuisine space opened on May 31 as part of the second Ho Chi Minh City River Festival.

(CPV) - Vietnamese student athlete delegation attending 13th ASEAN Schools Games includes 52 union officials and 138 athletes, all of whom are student athletes with excellent sports achievements from provinces and cities in 6 sports.

(CPV) - The northern mountainous Cao Bang provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with Thach An district People's Committee to open a 9-room ancient stilt house tourist site in Tuc Nga hamlet, Duc Xuan commune, Thach An district, Cao Bang province.

(CPV) - Many fun Children’s Tet activities, including the program "Fun discovery of countries' heritage" with many activities and folk games for children, will be held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi from June 1 to 2.

Concert on loving Vietnam will take place in Hue city on June 29, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and in Hanoi October 12 to 13 to mark the fifth anniversary of Green Wind Choir.

The Vietnamese Women's Association in Hungary and the Vietnamese Embassy in Budapest have jointly organised an award ceremony for the contest theme "Vietnam through the eyes of children" for junior high school age.

Renowned JW Marriott chefs from Vietnam and Thailand will join a special gastronomy extravaganza to take place in Phu Quoc Island to mark World Wellness Day.

Five award-winning films from Morocco, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Rwanda will be screened for free at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio at 465 Hoang Hoa Tham street in Hanoi.

Diverse activities will be held during the Ho Chi Minh City River Festival 2024 from May 31 to June 9 to contribute to building values related to tourism - economy, culture - education, and the brand of HCM City, attracting both domestic and international tourists.

Possessing a rich and diverse cuisine created over thousands of years of history, Vietnam has great potential to develop culinary tourism, turning cuisine into an advantage in attracting tourists.

Vietnam’s food booth has made a strong impression at the 2024 Seoul Friendship Festival, which takes place from May 24-26 and gathers representatives and residents from over 70 countries living, working, and studying in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Nearly 1,300 players from 53 teams nationwide are participating in the 2024 National Youth Chess Championships, that opened in the northern province of Bac Giang on May 25.

The 19th Vietnam Culture Week in Cambodia is taking place from May 20-25 to introduce to the Cambodian people and international friends the beauty of Vietnamese culture through traditional music and dance performances.

The Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum is coordinating with the Thailand – Vietnam Association in Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom Province to organize a painting exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh to commemorate the 134th birth anniversary of President (May 19, 1890-2024).

2024 Vietnam Culture Week in Cambodia will take place from May 20-25 to introduce to the Cambodian people and international friends the beauty of Vietnamese culture through traditional music and dance performances.

The Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPost) has released a postage stamp collection on Vietnamese tea plant to introduce the beauty and economic values of this industrial tree and promote the Vietnamese agricultural product to international friends.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnamese students won the second prize in the Systems Software category at the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

(CPV) - Promoting cinema to the world is a challenge that any cinema industry sets goals and strategies to achieve, aiming to establish the name of national and ethnic cinema on the world cinema map; promote culture; and build the film industry of each country. The Party and State of Vietnam are very interested in promoting the image of the country and people in the eyes of international friends through the film industry.

Brigade 88 (Chemical Corps), the Chemical Corps’ Political Department has coordinated with the Military Library to organize an exhibition, book display and cultural exchange on Uncle Ho in celebration of his 134th birth anniversary.

Renowned classical pianist Boris Giltburg will bring several world famous pieces to two concerts themed “Boris Giltburg - Piano Recital” in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on May 21 and May 22.

Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee has just announced that the Korean - Da Lat Music Festival will be part of the 2024 Dalat Flower Festival series of events.

A photo exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s daily life has opened in the south-central province of Binh Thuan to celebrate the 134th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) and the 113th anniversary of his departure from the country in search for the way for national salvation (June 5).

The programme drew the participation of more than 300 teachers and students from 14 class groups, who performed 17 songs and dances with the content of praising the Party, beloved Uncle Ho, and praising the homeland and the Dien Bien Phu victory.

160 photos spotlighting colours of 54 ethnic groups will be displayed at a photo exhibition which is scheduled to take place from November 22 to November 26 at Dak Lak provincial museum and the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, Hanoi.

A film week "The life and career of President Ho Chi Minh" is taking place in Thanh Hoa province from May 12 to 19 to mark the 134th anniversary of Uncle Ho's birth (May 19, 1890 - 2024).

An immense light festival will be held as part of the Hue Festival 2024 with the support of the French Embassy and the French Institute in Vietnam (IFV), expecting to bring visitors an immersive experience in a fantasy universe of light and sound.

A special cultural program to celebrate the 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2024), and Workers' Month 2024 took place in the northern province of Quang Ninh province on May 11.

A special programme combining Vietnamese circus and Japanese magic will take place in Hanoi on May 17.

On May 13, the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony in Hanoi to launch the seventh young fine arts festival.