Culture - Sports

(CPV) - The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on August 17th that the nation will once again host the 30th SEA Games after 14 years.

(CPV) - During a ceremony held in Hanoi on August 15th, Vietnam Shooting Federation announced its bonus for shooters, who are heading for the 29th SEA Games in Malaysia.

The 20th Vietnam Film Festival under the theme “Building a modern human movie industry” will take place in the central city of Da Nang from November 24th to 28th.

The ASEAN music dance and song festival 2017 will take place at the northern Vinh Phuc provincial Theatre from August 20th to 24th.

Vietnam’s U22 football team defeated Timor-Leste 4-0 in the first opening match of Group B of the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Malaysia on August 15th.

Trinh Cong Son pedestrian street near West Lake in Hanoi will be opened on October 10th to coincide with the celebration of 63rd anniversary of capital liberation (October 10th).

From this August 18th-20th, the 15th Hoi An - Japan cultural exchange will take place in Hoi An ancient city, the central province of Quang Nam.

Indian cooking performances and a workshop with Fusion Namo music band are taking place in Hanoi on the evenings of August 13th and 14th.

Het Cha Festival - the festival of the white Thai ethnic minority group in Moc Chau plateau, the northwestern mountainous province of Son La, has been reinstated at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, Hanoi.

The Vietnamese taekwondo teams will be closely watched during the upcoming SEA Games in Malaysia, with the artists expected to win at least four gold medals.

(CPV) - Vietnamese female midfielder Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung, 24, has been pictured on FIFA’s home page.

The Long An provincial People’s Committee on August 10th opened a photo exhibition on Vietnam’s status in the world.

The exhibition “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa - Legal and Historical evidences” opened on August 10th in Kon Ray district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

On August 9th, the Institute for the Conservation of Monuments (ICM) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism introduced the first volume of the book on Vietnamese communal house architecture.

The Ben Tre Culture and Tourism Week 2017, and the Tourism, Food and Trade Fair, will take place in the Southern province of Ben Tre on August 29th.

The Youth Theatre of Vietnam, Dong Do Culture and Arts Introduction Joint Stock Company on August 9h co-organized a press briefing on an artistic performance to mark 100 years of Vietnamese music.

A special set of stamp to mark the 50th anniversary of ASEAN establishment (1967-2017) was issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications and Vietnam Post Corporation on August 8th.

The ASEAN + 3 Song Contest with the participation of 24 singers from ASEAN member countries will be held from August 17th - 21st at Sam Son FLC, Thanh Hoa province.

(CPV) - The organizing committee of the 29th SEA Games said that Malaysia is trying its best to put on the most marvellous opening ceremony in SEA Games history.

(CPV) - Despite seeing a lot of challenges, the Vietnamese national sports delegation hopes to finish its “double target”, Top 3 and Top for Olympic/ASIAD participating athletes.

(CPV) - Earlier, we have seen a lot of tours for amateurs. This year, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training announced a pilot program on hosting the professional golf tournament system, hoping to improve athlete’s levels.

(CPV) - As many as 5,000 people on August 6th joined a walk along Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh city, in support of the sending-off ceremony of the Vietnamese sports delegation to the upcoming 29th SEA Games in Malaysia.

After three months of operation, Hanoi book street on 19/12 street, Tran Hung Dao ward, Hoan Kiem district, has become a go-to place for book lovers in the capital.

A traditional folk music program titled “Ha Thanh, 36 Old Quarters” is taking place from August 5th to September 2nd at Dong Xuan night market stage, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has assigned the Ministries of Home Affairs; Culture, Sports and Tourism; Foreign Affairs; and Information and Communications to prepare for exhibitions to introduce the values of the Nguyen dynasty’s woodblocks to international friends.

CMG.ASIA Group on August 4th signed a total sponsorship contract worth 1 billion VND to support the Vietnam sports in general and the Vietnam sport delegation participating in the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

230 photos on ASEAN peoples and countries will be displayed at an exhibition which will opened at Ly Thai To statue square around Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi on August 5th.

On August 1st, the ASEAN Cultural Day took place in the northern province of Vinh Phuc to mark the 50th anniversary of the block.

Hundreds of objects and photos on the production processes and cultural life of the Cham ethnic minority group in An Giang and Ninh Thuan provinces are being displayed at an exhibition which has opened in An Giang provincial Museum.

(CPV) - Thai Son Nam, the oldest futsal club in Vietnam, for the second time ranked at third place in the recent 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship hosted by Ho Chi Minh city.