Culture - Sports

Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC’s defender Le Duc Luong will play for the Ansan Mugunghwa FC of the Republic of Korea following a two-year loan contract, his team managers said.

On November 30th, Dien Bien provincial People’s Committee held a ceremony to bestow posthumously the tile “Vietnamese heroic mother” to four mothers in the province.

An exhibition tiled “Royal treasures of the Nguyen dynasty” will open at Long An Palace-Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities in the central city of Hue on December 6th.

As many of 100 marvelous photos featuring all 33 islands of the Truong Sa archipelago of Vietnam are on display at the Exhibition Center, No.45 Trang Tien street, Hanoi.

A stamp exhibition titled “Vietnam - Endless charm” has opened at the Thai Philatelic Museum in Bangkok, Thailand.

Vietnam will have one representative at the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Champions League in the next two years.

According to the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the tribute ceremony to President Ho Chi Minh and the commemoration rituals to the heroic fallen soldiers will be held again from December 6th.

Maps, documentaries and objects on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes are on display at an exhibition which has opened at Military Zone 9 Museum in the southern city of Can Tho.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced the list of 17 national intangible cultural heritage belonging traditional festivals, social customs and beliefs, traditional handicrafts, and folk performing arts.

The Binh Duong Television International Football Tournament-Number 1 Cup, is scheduled to begin on December 2nd at Go Dau Stadium in the southern province of Binh Duong.

German singer-composer-producer Thomas Anders, part of the duo Modern Talking, a 80s European pop band, was surprised with the friendliness of Vietnamese people when he arrived in Vietnam on November 25th morning.

The 2,000-year-old Cu Thach Hang Gon tomb in the southern province of Dong Nai was granted special national relic site status recently.

Ha Tinh provincial museum has received more than 40 documents and objects presented by eight local people.

The Hue culture and tourism day in Hanoi will take place at Hanoi Opera House at No. 1 Trang Tien street from December 13th to 16th.

Vietnam defeated Malaysia 1-0 on November 23rd to maintain its leading position in Group B with six points after two matches and secure a place in the semifinals of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016.

In the framework of the festival titled “Colour and fragrances of mountainous region”, on November 22nd, the wedding ceremony of the Red Dao ethnic minority group of the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang was re-enacted.

An exhibition on the preservation and promotion of Mong ethnic culture has taken place in Ha Giang province in the second national cultural festival of the Mong ethnic minority group in the province.

An exhibition titled “Russia in the Eyes of Vietnamese Artists” opened at the Centre of Russian Science and Culture in Hanoi on November 21st.

The first professional dance competition of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups in the northern region will take place in Hanoi from November 27th to 29th.

Greece's Ambassador to Vietnam, Nicolas D. Kanellos, will introduce an exhibition titled “Hanoi” at Ho Guom Cultural Information Centre from November 24th.

An exhibition of books published before 1945 will be held at Ho Chi Minh city book street, District 1, from November 25th to 27th.

The second national cultural festival of the Mong ethnic minority group, which has taken place in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, left deep impressions on tourists.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has been nominated in two categories at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Annual Awards 2016.

(CPV) - As a part of AIA Vietnam Eye project to celebrate Vietnamese contemporary art, the first satellite exhibition kicks off on November 19th at nest by AIA in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s national futsal team will travel to China for an international friendly tournament later next month.

The first Vietnam - Japan cultural exchange took place at Tra Vinh University on November 17th.

The second gong festival of Muong ethnic minority group in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has opened in the province to celebrate the 130th provincial founding anniversary and 25 years of its re-establishment.

Specific characteristics in cultural and daily life of ethnic minority groups in northern Vietnam will be re-enacted during a festival to take place from November 21st to 23rd in Hanoi.

Diverse specific and interesting activities will take place in Hanoi Old Quarter from November 18th to 27th to mark the 12th anniversary of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23rd).

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on November 17th set a new Asian record in the 400m individual medley with 4 minutes 37.71 seconds at the Asian Swimming Championship 2016 in Japan.