Culture - Sports

Vietnamese movies are being screened on India’s national TV channel Doordarshan, for the first time, from September 1st-4th.

Olympic Rio 2016 gold medalist Hoang Xuan Vinh is ranked first in the world men’s 10m air pistol event, according to the latest International Sport Shooting Federation ranking.

The 10th Hue Festival, held by the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will take place in April 2018, the provincial People’s Committee announced on September 1st.

The 10th Hue Festival, held by the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will take place in April 2018, the provincial People’s Committee announced on September 1st.

Visitors to Moc Chau district in the northern province of Son La can view the beautiful plateau from above on air balloons during the International Air Balloon Festival 2016.

A Vietnamese film entitled “Cuoc Doi cua Yen” (Yen’s Life) directed by Dinh Tuan Vu will be screened during the fifth ASEAN film festival in the Prague, the Czech Republic to take place from September 13th to 17th.

An exhibition on the country’s names and capitals through historical periods was opened at the Hue Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 1st on the occasion of the 71st National Day (September 2nd).

Vietnam and the central city of Da Nang in particular are sparing no efforts to make the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG) successful and free from cigarette, said Mr Vuong Bich Thang, Head of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training at a press conference in Hanoi on August 31st.

The Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper and some units on August 31st organized an art performance titled “National Day - August Autumn” to show gratitude to Vietnamese generations who scarified for national independence and freedom.

More than 100 documents and photos about the central city of Da Nang over the past 30 years are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Museum of Da Nang on August 30th.

The provincial level competition on studying and following Uncle Ho’s sayings took place in Lai Chau city, Lai Chau province, on August 29th and 30th.

A special symphony concert on the evening of August 30th opened a series of art performances at the Hanoi Opera House held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

A program in celebration of National Day will be held at the Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi from September 1st to 30th.

According to Hanoi city Department of Culture and Sports, traditional art performances will be held around Hoan Kiem lake from 20h00 to 21h00 on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, starting today (September 1st).

The central Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee has approved a project to restore Thanh Toan tile-roof bridge with an initial investment of VND13.190 billion.

An exhibition on advanced youth following Uncle Ho’s sayings was organized by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee in Hanoi on August 29th.

The Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper has visited and presented gifts to Vietnamese heroic mothers and wounded soldiers in Duy Tien district, the Red river delta province of Ha Nam on the occasion of National Day (September 2nd).

A see-off ceremony was recently held in Ho Chi Minh city for athletes with disabilities to depart for the Paralympics 2016 in Brazil.

From September 5th to December 5th, President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and the memorial to heroic fallen soldiers will temporarily stop accepting visitors for regular restoration in 2016.

The third football tournament for Vietnamese youth in Laos, Vientiane Cup 2016, opened on August 27th in Vientiane.

The Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh Museum has held a ceremony to receive 1,153 historical objects and documents relating to President Ho Chi Minh collected from September 2015 to September 2016.

According to Hoan Kiem district People’s Committee, the mid-autumn festival in Hanoi old quarter will take place from September 2nd to 15th, 2016.

Do My Linh, 20, a student from Hanoi Foreign Trade University, was named Miss Vietnam 2016 at the finale in Ho Chi Minh city in the night of August 28th.

(CPV) - The Republic of Korea will introduce its traditional foods at the 2016 K-Food Fair in Ho Chi Minh city from September 8th-11th.

The building served as the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Hanoi received a certificate recognising it as a national relic site at a ceremony on August 26th.

The Vietnamese Cultural Week in Cambodia kicked off on August 26th at Chaktomuk hall, Phnom Penh.

“Le hoi Thanh Tuyen” (Tuyen Quang City Festival) 2016, which is also known as Tuyen Quang Mid-Autumn Festival, will be held from September 9th-11th with a mass parade of beautiful and giant lanterns made by locals.

Vietnam defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in their first match of the Asian Football Confederation U16 Women’s Football Qualifiers on August 25th in Hanoi.

“Le hoi Thanh Tuyen” (Tuyen Quang city Festival) 2016, which is also known as Tuyen Quang Mid-Autumn Festival, will be held from September 9th-11th with a mass parade of beautiful and giant lanterns made by locals.

The world’s largest jade Buddha statue is being exhibited in Dau pagoda in the northern province of Bac Ninh.