Culture - Sports

(CPV) -As many of 27 clay paintings of flowers such as lotus, sesame buds, roses, orchids, daisies, cherry and flowering canola, are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Korean Cultural Center at No 49 Nguyen Du street, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi on May 5th.

(CPV) - The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will present its eighth act of the JF Garage Concert “Sound and dance of locals" performed by Kawashima-bayashi troupe in Hanoi on May 15th.

Folk games have been held at Ly Thai To statue park in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, every Saturday and Sunday since April under the guidance of volunteers from MyHanoi.

The European film festival entitled “A door to European silver screen world” will open in Hanoi on May 13th, in the central city of Da Nang on May 14th and in Ho Chi Minh city on May 15th, showing 13 contemporary films drawn from 13 Europe’s member countries.

(CPV) - This is the 6th European Literature Days event to be held in Hanoi, and the first time the event has traveled to Ho Chi Minh city.

Ta Phin commune is more than is 10 km from Sa Pa town. It is known for its wild beauty, cool and pure climate.

(CPV) - The Vietnamese ace tennis player Ly Hoang Nam, 19, (world’s 895th) on May 3rd lost his race right in the first round of F2 Future India over his Spanish rival S. Bernardo (world’s 2,173rd).

(CPV) - Head coach of Becamex Binh Duong club, Nguyen Thanh Son, said that his team is likely to lose three key players in the game against FC Tokyo on May 4th, due to injuries/cards.

(CPV) - In just four months of playing for the Ho Chi Minh city delegation, female chess player Hoang Thi Bao Tram on May 3rd won the second gold for her team at the national First division chess tournament 2016.

(CPV) - The bilingual Vietnamese - German edition of “Tale of Kieu” has been released in Berlin on May 1st.

(CPV) - The Performing Arts Centre under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Embassy of Russia in Vietnam will hold a performance on May 6th by a Kazak chorus from Kuban in Russia at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

From April 30th to May 3rd, 63,341 people, including 6,659 foreigners, paid homage to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum and visited Ba Dinh cultural and historical complex on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of Southern Liberation and National Unification Day (April 30th) and May Day.

The European Literature Days will come to Hanoi for the sixth time and Ho Chi Minh city for the first time in May, featuring new books from eight European countries and activities for book lovers, Goethe-Institut Vietnam said in a statement.

A number of art performances by both domestic and foreign artists were organised at different stages of the ongoing Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 1st, making strong impressions on locals and visitors.

The sky above Ecopark, a new green urban residential area in the northern province of Hung Yen, was peppered with giant kites representing buoyancy with hope and joy of life during the opening ceremony of an international kite festival on April 30th.

More than 10,000 people have attended the Tourism and Culture Week hosted by the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, which concluded in Sin Ho district on April 30th.

A photo exhibition has opened at the HCM city book pedestrian street on Nguyen Van Binh street in District 1 to celebrate the 41st anniversary of Reunification Day.

The Hue Festival 2016 officially kicked off at the Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) with a range of artistic programs in the ancient imperial citadel complex in Hue City , the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, on April 29th.

(CPV) - The Asia Volleyball Federation organized a ceremony to select groups for the upcoming U19 Asia women’s volleyball championships in Thailand.

(CPV) - The Israeli Halleluya dance troupe was among four foreign art troupes to perform at the opening ceremony of the Hue Festival 2016 on April 29th.

(CPV) - The 15-year-old Nguyen Diep Phuong Tram will travel to the US for training from this June.

(CPV) - Under the theme “Song of kites”, the International Kite Festival 20126 will be held from April 30th to May 3rd at Ecopark, a new urban residential area in Van Giang district, Hung Yen province, about 13km from Hanoi’s capital center.

(CPV) - The Vietnamese feature film titled “Yellow flowers on the green grass” has won the Young People’s Jury Award at the annual Toronto International Film Festival TIFF Kids event in Toronto, Canada.

(CPV) - Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai, female weightlifting athlete, won two bronze medals in the Clean & Jerk, and Total events at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2016 which is being held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) between April 22nd - 30th.

(CPV) - Finishing the race with a time of 1:59.45, Vietnamese race-walking Queen Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc won gold at the 20km event of the Singapore Open Track and Field Championships on April 28th.

Vietnam is gearing up for the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 with an aim of making it to the event’s final match.

(CPV) - The Swing for the Kids 2016 charity golf tournament ended its annual series with a 10th anniversary gala dinner on April 25th.

(CPV) - The Dong Nai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the first-ever cherry blossom festival was held in Dong Nai, from April 23rd - 24th, attracted nearly 50,000 people to visitors to enjoy the festival and attend the Vietnam – Japan Culture exchanges.

(CPV) - On the occasion of the 41st anniversary of Southern Liberation and National Re-unification (30/4/1975 - 30/4/2016), the Management Board of Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, in coordination with localities, will organize a festival to featuring the cultural space of the markets of the northern uplands region’s markets from April 30th to May 3rd.

Nguyen Thi Hai brought home three gold medals from the IPC Athletics Grand Prix, which wrapped up in Beijing, China on April 24th.