Culture - Sports

More than 20 ancient wooden houses aged between 150-200 years still remain intact architecturally on Ly Son Island. These are miniature museums, serving as “live witnesses” of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

During the days just before Tet (Lunar New Year), it is easy to see motorbikes carrying all sorts of ornamental plants, while streets which are used to selling ornamental plants and flowers become crowded.

Spring is considered the season of festivals for ethnic minority people, and each ethnic group has their own festivals reflecting their customs, beliefs and farming practice. However, all of them share the wish for prosperity and happiness in the new year.

About ten thousand of people visited the Hung Kings Temples Complex in the northern province of Phu Tho on the Lunar New Year’s Day to pay tribute to the founders of the nation and pray for a happy new year.

A Tet holiday market 2017 showcases a number of mini bonsai with nice designs, enrapturing Vietnamese customers.

Each Vietnamese Ambassador in foreign countries will have many ways to popularize the image of Vietnam in their position.

Diverse cultural activities are taking place nationwide on the occasion of the lunar New Year (Tet) 2017.

Vietnamese have many festivals in the year, of which the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is the biggest, beside various other unique festivals, with many significant customs.

Over 200 beautiful peach trees in full blossom are on display at the Peach Flower Festival, which is being held for the first time in the northern province of Lang Son.

Visitors to Lam Kinh national historical site in Tho Xuan district in the central province of Thanh Hoa will enjoy free entry for one week.

Traditional Tet has been reinstated at the communal house in So village in Cong Hoa commune, Quoc Oai district, Hanoi.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held a drawing ceremony of the preliminary qualification round for the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup.

A special art programme was held at Thong Nhat (Reunification) Palace in Ho Chi Minh City on late January 20th to welcome overseas Vietnamese (OVs) returning to enjoy the homeland spring.

Paintings on Tet (Lunar New Year) have long been a fixture of local celebrations, with flamboyant colours used to send New Year wishes.

From January 20th to February 28th, the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Preservation Centre at 19C Hoang Dieu street, Ba Dinh district, will open a newly discovered archaeological site to serve tourists.

The Museum of Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups is coordinating with Thai Nguyen city Center of Culture, Information and Sports to organize activities to welcome Tet 2017 and the 87th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3rd).

The Vietnam U23 team will convene on February 3rd to prepare for the friendly match with Malaysia on February 7th.

(CPV) - The Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Hanoi University on January 19th opened the “Korea corner”, with the support of the Government of the Republic of Korea.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Centre for Agriculture is organizing its 2017 Spring Fair from January 18th to 25th, at the Exhibition Fair, Economic Transaction and Commercial Area, No 489 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Hanoi.

A program of Chung cake making for poor people at Tet 2017 took place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, Hanoi.

Diverse cultural activities will take place in Hanoi Old Quarter from January 19th to introduce to visitors the outstanding values of traditional Tet in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will organize a programme to discover Tet on January 20th (the 23rd day of the last lunar month).

The Vietnamese Cultural Centre in the Republic of Korea (RoK) was officially put into operation on January 15th under the auspices of the Vietnamese Embassy in RoK to meet the aspirations and needs to enjoy culture of a large number of Vietnamese people living, studying or working in the country.

An art performance to celebrate the 87th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3rd, 1930 – February 3rd, 2017) and welcome Spring 2017 has taken place in Hanoi.

Marksman and Olympic winner Hoang Xuan Vinh is all set to take part in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup, which will start on February 22nd in India.

A photo exhibition introducing Vietnamese UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritages opened at Nguyen Van Binh Book Street in Ho Chi Minh City on January 13th.

This is a highlight in the plan for 2017 to complete and diversify services to meet tourists’ demand at the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

It has been unveiled that the second season of a documentary series entitled Colours of Japan will air on Vietnam National Television (VTV) Channel 3 in 2017.

An exhibition featuring maps and documents affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes opened in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on January 13th.

Vietnam’s national football squad is placed 136th with 218 points in the latest FIFA rankings, two notches lower than that in the previous month.