Culture - Sports

(CPV) - The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) said that Vietnam fans can enjoy Champions League 2017-2018 live after all by visiting http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/index.html#md/33347.

(CPV) - The nation on September 26th welcomed the 12th gold medal at the ongoing AIMAG5 in Turkmenistan by duo Le Quang Liem - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son in men’s rapid chess.

Tran Duy Quang, a Vietnamese national, won the 100km race at the fifth edition of the Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) 2017.

The 9th Thai festival will take place at Thong Nhat park, Hai Ba Trung street, Hanoi from September 30th to October 1st.

A contest on the Vietnam-Laos friendship and comprehensive cooperation has taken place in Vientiane, Laos, with the participation of students aged from 9 to 18 from 32 schools in Vientiane.

A delegation of the National Council on Cultural Heritage led by its chairman, Prof. Dr of Sc. Luu Tran Tieu, had a working session with Thua Thien - Hue provincial leaders on the preservation and promotion of relics' value in Hue ancient city.

Vietnam won a total of 161 medals, including 40 gold, standing fourth in the medal tally after seven competition days of the ninth ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia.

The first national festival of Dao ethnic culture will take place in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang from September 29th to 30th.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum has held a ceremony in Hanoi to receive newly-collected items related to President Ho Chi Minh from organisations and individuals at home and abroad in 2016 and 2017.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recognized seven additional national intangible cultural heritages.

Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Preservation Centre will organize a Mid-Autumn Festival 2017 for children at 19 Hoang Dieu street from September 28th to October 4th.

A Vietnam cinema delegation led by Ngo Phuong Loan, head of the Cinema Department, is taking part in the 42nd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, from September 18th to 21st.

As part of the activities marking Chile’s National Day, a ceremony to unveil a mural designed by the well-known Chilean painter Alejandro Mono Gonzalez, took place in Hanoi on September 18th.

(CPV) - The International Arts Cultural Exchange Association is hosting a calligraphy exhibition and world peace arts exchange 2017 from September 18th-22nd at the Korean Cultural Central (No. 49 Nguyen Du, Hai Ba Trung district).

Under the theme “The Colors of Dong Thap's culture”, the Mid-Autumn Festival 2017 at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will take place on September 30th and October 1st at Nguyen Van Huyen street, Cau Giay district, Hanoi.

Many people in Hanoi and European artists enjoyed themselves with special artistic performances on Hanoi pedestrian streets on September 16th and 17th.

(CPV)- Two Vietnamese weightlifters Le Van Cong and Nguyen Binh An have set new records on September 18th for their men’s 49kg and 54kg categories at the ongoing ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Vietnam is attending the 87th festival of L’Humanité (Humanity) Newspaper - a body of the French Communist Party, which is underway at La Courneuve Park on the outskirts of Paris from September 15th-17th.

Hanoi city People’s Committee has approved a plan on Mid-Autumn festival 2017 for children.

The Vietnam-Japan Investment Cooperation Forum was held on September 15 in Yokohama by Kanagawa Prefecture in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has met with Mayor of Kanagawa Prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji to discuss the Vietnam Festa in Kanagawa 2017 and cooperation between the two sides.

The Song Magazine plans to publish a work by novelist Nguyen Mot in the US.

A traditional artistic performance on Vietnam - RoK dance will take place at 18h00 on September 17th at Tuoi tre Theatre in Hanoi.

The first national Dao ethnic cultural day will take place in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on September 29th and 30th.

Quan ho singing performances on boat on Nguyen Phi Y Lan river will take place on September 23rd, October 14th, November 18th and December 16th to serve local people and tourists.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to recognize as national relics three sites in Hung Yen, Phu Yen and Quang Ngai provinces.

The Party Central Committee Commission for Popularization and Education and the Steering Committee for the multiple-choice contest 2017 on the history of the Vietnam-Laos special relationship held a ceremony on September 15th to honor the winners for the first time.

(CPV) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Decision 3416/QD-BVHTTDL forming the Vietnam national sports delegation to compete for the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, or the 5th Asian Indoor Games, hosted by Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from September 17th-27th.

On September 12th, the central Da Nang city Department of Culture and Sports held a ceremony to open a fine arts exhibition on Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia at Da Nang Fine Arts Museum.

Representatives from Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Association in Hanoi on September 12th visited the Ambassador of the Cuban Republic to Vietnam Herminio López Diaz on the occasion of the completion of his term in Vietnam.