Culture - Sports

On February 16th, Da Nang City Museum held a ceremony to hand over and donate 15 documents and objects related to Quang Nam to Quang Nam provincial Museum for display.

A number of outstanding Israeli films will be introduced to Vietnamese audiences during Israel Film Festival 2017 in Vietnam, from February 24th to March 6th.

The city of Hanoi has unveiled plans to give the iconic Nhat Tan Bridge a new look and outfit it with thousands of LED lights that will display a variety of artistically vivid undulating designs nightly.

Vietnamese water puppeteers will join international artists to perform at the 4th International Festival of the Form Theatre in Krakow, Poland from February 18th to 25th.

According to Hue Relics Preservation Centre, Hue Imperial Citadel will open to tourists from 19:00 to 22:00 from April 22nd.

Hanoi is willing to coordinate with the International Association of Francophonie Mayors (AIMF) to host the meeting of the AIMF Executive Board.

The Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre will represent Vietnam for the first time to participate the Materia Prima–International Festival of the Form Theatre in Cracow, Poland.

Lim festival 2017 has been held in Tien Du district in the northern province of Bac Ninh, spotlighted Quan ho folk singing.

Vietnam Poetry Day, the 15th of its kind, opened at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on February 11th (the 15th day of the first Lunar month), providing a platform for poets from all parts of the country to meet poem lovers.

The Vietnam Taekwondo Federation (VTF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leaders of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Geoje city on support for Vietnamese taekwondo in the future.

A series of cultural activities will take place in the ancient town of Hoi An in the annual Nguyen Tieu (the full moon of the first lunar month of the year) Festival from February 12th – 15th.

The HCM city Department of Information and Communications on February 9th made public the city e-book library portal themed “Studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics and lifestyle”.

More than 500 athletes will compete in the Challenge Vietnam triathlon in the coastal city of Nha Trang, the central province of Khanh Hoa on August 27th.

As many of 30 most beautiful girls in Bac Ninh province who participate Kinh Bac beauty contest 2017 had two-day experience in Diem Xa pagoda and Lim festival.

The 4th HCM city Ao dai festival 2017 will take place from March 3rd to 17th in many places.

According to Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, six additional traditional festivals have been listed as national intangible cultural heritages.

On February 7th, at Khanh Hoa provincial Cultural Centre, the central Khanh Hoa provincial Journalists’ Association held a closing ceremony for the provincial Spring Press Fair 2017.

HCM city will promote the movement of wearing Ao dai in daily life as well as at offices, not only in Ao dai festivals.

On February 6th, the Yen Tu Spring Festival 2017 opened at Trinh Pagoda at the Yen Tu historical site in Uong Bi City, the northern province of Quang Ninh Province.

Six Vietnamese athletes will compete in the eighth Asian Winter Games from February 19th to 27th in Sapporo, Japan, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration on February 6th.

On February 5th, vice chairman of Hanoi City People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy signed a plan to bring 20 cherry trees and 10,000 cherry branches to be exhibited at Ly Thai To flower garden by Hoan Kiem Lake from March 10th to 12th.

On the occasion of lunar New Year 2017, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology coordinated with Son La provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize a programme to celebrate Tet, in association with Son La provincial culture, from February 4th to 5th.

President Tran Dai Quang joined the “Spring in all Regions Nationwide” Festival 2017 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi on February 4th, during which he extended New Year wishes to all ethnic groups across Vietnam.

Tens of thousands of locals in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang as well as tourists flocked to Chiem Hoa district on February 4th to join the Long Tong (going to the field) festival, a unique and most typical agricultural festival of the Tay, a big ethnic minority group in the locality.

Journalist working for the Quan Doi Nhan Dan (People’s Army) and Nhan Dan (People) newspapers and Vietnam Television have won first prizes at the Golden Hammer and Sickle Awards.

A large scale rose festival will take place at Thong Nhat park in Hanoi from March 3rd to 8th to celebrate Bulgarian National Festival (March 3rd).

Top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has climbed five spots to No. 635 in the men’s singles rankings in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings.

The Cai Rang Floating Market, a national intangible cultural heritage site, is on the 185-kilometre Hau River, a tributary of the Mekong River.

Long Tong (going to the field) is the most typical agricultural festival of the Tay, a big ethnic minority group living in the northern mountain region with a population of over 1.6 million.

The Dong Ky firecracker procession festival kicked off in Tu Son town, Bac Ninh province, on January 31st, drawing the participation of thousands of villagers and visitors.