Culture - Sports

Vietnam has secured two additional places in the 2017 Chess World Cup (males category) and the 2018 Women’s World Chess Championship after the Zone 3.3 qualification tournament concluded on March 5th in the Philippines.

The book on Vietnam, published in the beginning of 2016, brings an overview on national history and culture and marks in different fields over the past 30 years of renovation and national construction.

Vietnam Airlines Classic - Hanoi Concert 2017 has taken place at the site of Ly Thai To statue, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

A football event for disadvantaged children as part of the Football for Community Outreach programme was co-held by the Ho Chi Minh City’s Social Welfare Centre for Children and UNICEF Vietnam on March 4th in the city.

More than 5,000 domestic and foreign marathon athletes will join the fifth Da Nang International Marathon, the biggest of its kind central Vietnam, which is scheduled on August 6th.

A series of activities have been planned to thrill visitors through two summer months of the 2017 Da Nang International Firework Festival.

Top Vietnamese badminton players have made a big leap in the latest rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

On February 28th, the Cua Ong Temple Festival 2017 opened in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

On February 28th, in Hanoi, the Department of Cultural Grassroots under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony to launch a poster contest to mark the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Fallen and Wounded Soldier’s Day (July 27th, 1947 – July 27th, 2017).

An exhibition titled “Trade relation between Japan and Vietnam in history” opened on February 27th at the Hue Royal Antiquities Museum in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue.

The 6th Asia Golf Tourism Convention (ATGC) will take place in the central city of Da Nang, from May 7th to 10th, with the participation of representatives from 36 countries around the world.

As many as 12 international chefs from countries and territories such as Germany, Sweden, Slovenia, Portugal and Russia will participate in Hoi An International Food Festival 2017.

A ten-member Vietnamese team is ready to compete in the 2017 Asian Cycling Championships, which is scheduled to take place from February 26th to March 2rd at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Vietnam left strong impression on visitors at the 14th Sakia International Cultural Festival in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo.

The member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Mexico, including Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia, organized a workshop to introduce ASEAN to Mexican and international friends at the Matias Romero Institute, Mexico City, on February 23rd.

Over the first months of 2017, the southern Binh Duong provincial Library has held useful and practical activities to serve the demand of local readers.

Ca tru Hanoi Festival 2017 has taken place at Van Phuc village cultural centre in Ha Dong district.

As many as 3,000 people will wear Ao dai to perform on the red carpet on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh city at 19h00 on March 5th.

The Vietnamese film titled “Father and Son”, directed by Luong Dinh Dung, will be screened at the 50th Houston International Film Festival in Texas, US, from April 21st to 30th, 2017, to compete for the Remi prize.

The death anniversary of the Hung Kings and the Hung Kings Temple Festival 2017 will take place from April 1st to 6th (the fifth to the tenth day of the third lunar month), at the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site, Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho.

Hanoi during the days of late February becomes more beautiful and gentle because it is decorated by white and purple Ban flowers.

The Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam will coordinate with Heritage Space and Manzi Arts Space to organize a Vietnam - RoK fine arts exchange in Hanoi from March 3rd to 31st.

The famous London Symphony Orchestra will come to Vietnam to perform at Ly Thai To statue, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, from 19h45 to 21h30 on March 4th.

The Standing Board of Thanh Hoa provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has held a ceremony to review and award participants of the contest to study Uncle Ho and the province, and the province’s following Uncle Ho’s teaching.

Hanoi will carry out several key projects to create more cultural attraction to serve people, such as building dynamic theatre with lotus symbol and Opera House around West lake.

According to the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists, Vietnamese photographers won seven gold medals at international photo contests recently held in India.

Vietnamese chess player Pham Le Thao Nguyen ended her tournament at the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship after losing 0-2 to No 2 seed Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine in the third round on February 18th.

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa is organizing many cultural and art activities to welcome international delegates to the APEC First Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 1) in Nha Trang city from February 18th to March 3rd.

The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from February 9th – 18th.

After the lunar New Year festival, the warm weather brings the peach blossoms in Sa Pa town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.