Culture - Sports

Ha Long Carnival 2016 will be organized at 8pm of April 30th at October 30th Square, Hong Hai ward, Ha Long city.

(CPV) - A photographic exhibition titled “Vietnam in the 80s” by French photographer Michel Blancharrd is taking place at the French Cultural Centre (L’espace) in Hanoi.

(CPV) - In the Fast chess event of Asian Youth Chess Championship 2016, being held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from April 5th-15th, Hanoi players bagged two more gold medals.

Visitors to the central coastal city of Da Nang will have the chance to contemplate the pristine beauty of pink and white cherry blossom when attending the first Hanami festival held at Asia Park in the city on April 9th-10th.

An exhibition on the Vietnamese press opened in Laos’ capital city of Vientiane on April 8th, gathering hundreds of visitors.

A host of events have been arranged in the southern provinces of Soc Trang, Tra Vinh and An Giang to celebrate the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival of the Khmer people.

(CPV) - An exhibition titled “Vietnamese people in France = A corner view” including 130 photos by Le Tan Xuan, is taking place at Ho Chi Minh city’s Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh street, District 1.

(CPV) - The Becamex Binh Duong football club has pocketed a VND1.4 billion bonus with a 3-2 win over Jeonbuk Huyndai Motors in a match on the evening of April 6th.

(CPV) - The “Bringing music to hospital” 2016 program will be launched at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, No 14 Tran Thai Tong, Yen Hoa ward, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, on April 8th.

(CPV) - On the occasion of the 3rd Vietnam Book Day, the Ministry of Information and Communications has organized various programs to honour books’ value and affirm the role of books in community life.

(CPV) - On April 6th, the award ceremony of the Japanese Haiku poetry contest 2016 in Vietnam took place at the Japanese Embassy in Hanoi.

(CPV) - The Hanoi city People’s Committee sent documents to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training confirming its hosting status for the 31st SEA Games in 2021.

(CPV) - Following the success of the inaugural VNG Ironman 70.3 Vietnam in Da Nang city last year, race organizer Sunrise Events Vietnam is busy preparing for the second edition of the VNG IRONMAN 70.3 VIETNAM, the largest international triathlon event in the country.

(CPV) - On April 5th, the Ministry of Information and Communications in coordination with the Bac Lieu provincial People’s Committee opened an exhibition titled “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa - Legal and historical evidence” at the provincial Cultural Centre in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.

(CPV) - The Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) 2016 will take place at Gem Center in Ho Chi Minh city from April 23rd - 26th.

(CPV) - The Clubs Rowing and Canoeing 2016 tour opened in Da Nang city on April 3rd.

(CPV) - As many as 22 gold books and other royal gold objects of the Nguyen Dynasty are on display at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi.

Vietnamese women gave beaten hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) 4-0 in the Asian Nations Cup Chess Team Championship’s fourth match at the Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan Hotel.

The 2016 ASEAN Cuisine Festival kicked off at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 1st, with about 110 booths showcasing the cultures and traditional foods of all ten ASEAN member states.

The Phu My Hung Golf Tournament to begin on April 3rd with the participation of more than 108 amateur golfers at the South Saigon Golf Court in HCM city’s District 7.

The Vietnamese judo team have left for China for a short training course to secure tickets for the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics.

The Vietnam national men’s football team will play friendly matches to prepare for the upcoming third qualifying round of the AFC Asian Cup 2019, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Violist Nguyet Thu and her Apaixonado String Quartet band will hold a concert for children with autism on April 2nd at the Vietnam National Academy of Music’s Grand Concert Hall.

On March 31st, People’s Artist and Chairman of the Vietnam Cinematography Association Dang Xuan Hai said nearly 150 cinematic works, including 143 films and 6 cinema research projects, would compete at the 2015 Golden Kite Awards.

(CPV) - On March 30th, the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations in cooperation with the Vietnam – Russia Friendship Association and the Russia – Vietnam Friendship Association opened an exhibition entitled “I draw Vietnam – I draw Russia” at Hoan Kiem Cultural Center in Hanoi.

(CPV) - Vietnam’s Youth Theatre has reported that the drama titled “Poisoned Wild Duck” which it performed at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Japan from March 19th-26th was highly appreciated by audiences there.

Vietnamese gymnast Pham Phuoc Hung has won a bronze medal in the parallel bars event at the ninth Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup that ended in Doha, Qatar.

The National Women’s Football Championship 2016 marked a new step up as it welcomed one more participant to this year’s event.

On March 28th, the US’s Denver Art Museum officially returned a 10th-century sandstone sculpture to Cambodia, which was taken from a Cambodian temple during the civil war-era.

(CPV) - On March 28th, the Hoi An city People’s Committee, Quang Nam province, in cooperation with the Hoi An Silk Village organized the Vietnam - Asia Silk Culture 2016 Festival