Culture - Sports

A photo exhibition themed “Festival of the whole people" was opened on May 17th by the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports at Ly Thai To Monument Flower Garden, Hoan Kiem district.

An art performance titled “President Ho Chi Minh - Living forever with the homeland” took place in Hanoi at 20h00 on May 17th.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Council for Cultural Heritage has proposed to recognizing an additional 14 sites as special national relics, in which Hanoi has three.

(CPV) - Both Incheon United and Yokohama clubs have agreed for Xuan Truong and Tuan Anh players to return home for national squad, in preparation for friendly match with Syria (May 31st, My Dinh Stadium) and four-nation invitational AYA Bank Cup 2016 in Myanmar next month.

(CPV) - The Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) in Vietnam and the Administration of Seoul city will host an exhibition titled “Ancient Seoul and the Korean traditional folk painting” from May 18th to June 17th, 2016 at No. 49 Nguyen Du street, Hanoi.

(CPV) - The 1st age-group Northern open chess 2016 tour, co-hosted by Vietnam Chess Federation and Bac Giang provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, took place from May 14th-15th .

(CPV) - In the last competition day of the World Gymnastics Cup in Bulgaria on May 14th, Vietnamese female athlete Phan Thi Ha Thanh, 25, won her second silver in the vaulting event.

As many of 42 paintings honoring the beauty of the lotus flower are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Center at No 50 Dao Duy Tu street, Hoan Kiem district.

(CPV) - Vietnam People's Navy, Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB), Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), brigade Engineer Corps No 131 and other units on May 15th inaugurated General Vo Nguyen Giap Park in Son Ca Island, Spratly Islands district.

The final round of the contest on the election of deputies to the NA and People’s Council for the 2016-2021 tenure took place in Hanoi on May 12th.

Ho Chi Minh City will hold several activities to mark the 126th birth anniversary of the late president Ho Chi Minh, which falls on May 19th (1890-2016).

Mr. Nguyen Van Mui, Head of Referees Department under the Vietnam Football Federation, said that referee Ha Anh Chien’s professional career has been ended by his "deadly mistake" in the 9th round of V-League 2016.

A book exhibition titled “ The honor of 40 years of soldiers in the city named Ho Chi Minh” has opened at the Ho Chi Minh city High Command.

A special art performance to welcome the election of the 14th NA and People’s Council at all levels for the 2016-2021 tenure will take place in the evening of May 21st at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi.

The central Quang Binh provincial People’s Committee hosted a meeting with some foreign Ambassadors to Vietnam who are conquering Son Doong cave from May 11th to 17th.

A special art performance on Uncle Ho will take place at 20h00 at the Hanoi Opera House at No1 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi on May 19th.

A photo exhibition on Color of Life is taking place at the General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh city from May 12th to 15th.

A project to translate the Complete Works of President Ho Chi Minh from Vietnamese into Laos has been announced in Vientiane.

The 15th “Love songs in border area” program was organized by the Binh Phuoc Radio and Television Station, the headquarters of the Binh Phuoc provincial Border Guard and the Bu Gia Map district People’s Committee on May 9th.

(CPV) - The 21st Mekong Delta Cycling Tour for the Loc Troi Cup (former An Giang Plant Protection Cup) opened on May 10th at President Ton Duc Thang Statue, Long Xuyen city, An Giang province.

(CPV) - The Song Lam Nghe An football club fan electronic page was inaugurated at http://www.slnafc.com, meeting the increased demand of current situation.

(CPV) - The 34th National Table Tennis Championship (PetroVietnam - Ca Mau Fertilizer Cup 2016) is being held from May 10th to 15th at the Ho Xuan Huong Sporting Event Hall, District 3, Ho Chi Minh city.

Many students from high schools and universities in Hanoi, the northern port city of Hai Phong and the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh have participated in a Russian singing contest.

According to Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee, diverse activities will be held in the city to mark the 126th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth.

(CPV) - Two European runners Cyril Viennot (France, born in 1982) and Caroline Steffen (Switzerland, born in 1978) respectively took the men’s and women’s titles of the VNG IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam 2016 in Da Nang central city on May 8th.

Phu Sa Band and a group comprising of students from the Hanoi Arts College and the National Conservatory of Music are participating in the 5th World Youth Jazz Festival which opened in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on May 6th.

The Hoa Phuong Do (Red Flamboyant Flower) Festival 2016 opened in the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 6th, with the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

(CPV) - Chairman of Dong Thap football club, Dang Xuan Huy, on May 5th said that former national player Tran Cong Minh, 46, was appointed as new head coach, replacing Mr Pham Cong Loc.

The 10th annual European food festival will take place at the National Library of Vietnam on May 14th.

(CPV) - The World Records Union (Worldkings) on May 5th presented a certificate of the World’s Unique Epic for the Vietnam’s largest epic poetry book titled “Hoa Lu thi tap”.