Culture - Sports

(CPV) - As many as 100 photos capturing Vietnamese world heritages are on display at an exhibition in Yoondang Arts Hall in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) from May 20th-30th.

Numerous art performances have been held in districts in Hanoi in celebration of the success of the elections of deputies to the 14th NA and People’s Council at all levels for the 2016 - 2021 tenure.

(CPV) - The Organisation of Vietnam Rivers Network (VRN) has launched the 2nd “Dialogue with the river” photo contest, titled “Mekong Delta - Facing and Adapting”.

(CPV) - The Vietnam Football Federation said that tickets for the Vietnam-Syria friendly match at My Dinh national stadium on May 31st will be sold from May 28th.

An art performance in celebration of the success of the election of deputies to the 14th NA and People’s Council at all levels for the 2016 - 2021 tenure will take place at Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace at 20h15 on May 25th.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the International Circus Festival 2016 will take place in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue from May 28th to June 4th.

(CPV) - Véronique Mathieu, an avid contemporary music performer from Canada, will bring her unique sound to Hanoi for the first time in the violin concert “Canada and Vietnam in harmony” at 20h00 on May 26th in the Grand Concert Hall of Vietnam National Academy of Music.

The Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos has held a ceremony to receive a musical work about President Ho Chi Minh composed by Lao national artist Duangmyxay Lykaya.

(CPV) - 13 years is a long time to wait, but after this interval Hanoi beat Ho Chi Minh city in the national handball tour system.

More than 1,000 valuable stamps on the election of NA and People’s Councils deputies and the national unity bloc have been displayed at the Hanoi Post Office at No. 75 Dinh Tien Hoang street, Hoan Kiem district.

A special painting exhibition entitled “Children paint” will take place on May 29th at Laca 24 and 26 Ly Quoc Su street, Hanoi, to mark International Children’s Day (June 1st).

On the occasion of the International Children’s Day (June 1st), the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will organize a program of folk games of Southeast Asian countries from May 28th to 29th.

Vietnam has been placed in Group C of the Futsal World Cup to be held from September 10th to October 1st, inclusive, in Columbia and will face tough competition from Italy, Paraguay and Guatemala.

Nearly 3,000 elderly people set a Vietnam record when they joined in a mass taiji (tai chi) performance at a competition in Ho Chi Minh City on May 20th.

Quang Ninh provincial Centre for Cinema and Film Production on May 17th started to screen a series of films to communicate information on the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 period at Ha Long Cinema.

Vietnam won three gold medals at the two-day Taiwan Athletics Open on May 19th.

(CPV) - The official draw for the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 and AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2017 qualifiers was concluded in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) on May 19th by the governing body of Asian football, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved an art performance to welcome the election of deputies to the 14th NA and People’s Council at all levels for the 2016 - 2021 tenure.

21 winning works by 12 authors in the campaign on creating posters 2015-2016 have been presented to the Vietnam National Museum of History on the occasion of the election of deputies to the 14th NA and People’s Council at all levels for the 2016 - 2021 tenure.

The election of deputies to the 14th NA and People’s Council at all levels for the 2016 - 2021 tenure is coming. These days, all streets in Hanoi are decorated with flags, slogans, posters and flowers to welcome the election.

In the evening of May 19th, some 1,000 people went to Nguyen Hue pedestrian street to enjoy the art performance, in combination with the ao dai show and lotus offering to Uncle Ho statue.

Nearly 100 singers and artistic troupes participated in an art performance to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday at September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh city on May 19th.

(CPV) - Head coach of U21 Vietnam national football squad, Mr Hoang Anh Tuan, announced the 28-player list for the upcoming international friendly match at Nations Cup 2016 in Malaysia.

The program on bringing music to hospitals has held its 148th event, at Ho Chi Minh city University of Medicine and Pharmacy, to mark the 126th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth and the elections of deputies to the 14th NA and People’s Council at all levels for the 2016 - 2021 tenure.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum in Thua Thien - Hue on May 18th received documents and exhibits relating to President Ho Chi Minh from individuals to mark the 126th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19th).

250 rare objects and photos on the cause of Uncle Ho and Party and State leaders who used to be NA deputies are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on May 18th.

A special art performance titled “May gift to Uncle Ho” took place at Au Co Theatre in Hanoi on May 18th.

Some 78 photos on President Ho Chi Minh are on display at an exhibition which opened in Ho Chi Minh city on May 17th to mark the 126th anniversary of his birth.

Director of the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Hanoi, Zubtsova Elena Robertovna, on May 17th was presented the insignia “For peace and friendship among nations”.

Many documents, objects, publications and nearly 100 maps on the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos are on display at an exhibition which opened in Tay Ninh city on May 17th.