Culture - Sports

“Walking Queen” Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc aims to secure a berth for the Brazil Olympics at the upcoming 2016 Asian 20km race walking championships in Nomi-shi, Japan on March 20th.

A photo contest on Vietnamese beauty, launched over the past six months, has become a photography cultural activity, attracting more viewers to Nhan Dan Television channel and Nhan Dan Television on the Internet.

As many of 1,000 international chefs will take part in the "Gout de France" (Taste of France) on March 21st to popularize French cuisine in Vietnam.

Exhibits affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos are on display at an exhibition which opened in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Japan will present Hanoi 200 cherry trees and bring about 10,000 cherry branches for the Japanese culture exchange at 19h00pm on March 19th at Ly Thai To garden.

More than USD1 million has been mobilised from Thai and Vietnamese sponsors so far to serve the fifth Asian Beach Games 2016 (ABG 5) that will take place in the central city of Da Nang in September.

(CPV) - The best images from the Shakespeare Lives in Photography competition are to be exhibited in a special space inside disused cargo containers at the Hanoi Creative City (No 1 Luong Yen, Bach Dang ward, Hai Ba Trung district) from March 25th to April 15th.

The central province of Ha Tinh on March 16th held a press briefing announcing activities to mark the 110th birth anniversary of Party General Secretary Ha Huy Tap.

Becamex Binh Duong stayed at the bottom of the Asian Football Confederation Champions League’s Group E after their second loss on March 15th.

The World Photography Organisation has announced the National Awards Winners for the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.

The 2016 Ban Flower Festival will be extended until May 7th, instead of ending on March 15th as scheduled, said Le Van Quy, Vice Chairman of Dien Bien provincial People’s Committee.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on March 15th has directed Vietnam’s participation in building a multinational dossier on lacquer to submit to UNESCO for recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (MoCST) has released a list of seven newly-recognized national intangible cultural heritages.

The Francophone Film Festival 2016 will be held in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh city from March 17th to 31st, showing nine award-winning international cinema works from the Francophone community.

The 2016 Quang Ninh Sports Festival concluded on March 13th at the Quang Ninh provincial Sports Competition and Training Center, after four days of competition.

On these days, Bac Son road in front of President Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum in Hanoi becomes more cheerful as many young people come here to take photos with the Ban (Bauhinia Variegata) flowers.

The Ba Che district Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and Ba Che district Sports and Culture Centre co-hosted a men's football tournament to welcome the 85th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

(CPV) - The two men’s double and mixed doubles final games of the 2016 Portugal Open both witnessed a narrow loss for Vietnamese players.

Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped one step to 883rd place in the world rankings - his career best.

The beauty of the central coastal province of Quang Ngai, homeland of the Hoang Sa Flotilla, has been featured through 150 art works at a photographic exhibition which opened in Hanoi on March 12th.

Talented artists from the Vietnam National Drama Theatre will perform Hamlet at Singapore’s Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall on March 25th, said Nguyen The Vinh, the theatre director.

(CPV) - Global Beauties has unveiled their pick for the 50 most beautiful women to take part in the Miss Grand Slam International Beauty Pageant.

Contemporary British dancer Aakash Odedra will perform Murmur 2.0, a visually beautiful, heart-wrenching and dramatic piece, in Hanoi on March 23rd, and in Ho Chi Minh city on March 26th - 27th.

Nearly 200 photos, documents and objects about President Ho Chi Minh and the youth are on display at an exhibition which opened at Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on March 10th.

The Central Highlands folk art festival will take place in Kon Tum province from March 18th to 23rd as part of activities for the third Kon Tum province Culture - Tourism Week.

(CPV) - On the International Women's Day (March 8th), the famous photo titled “The hidden smile” by French photographer Rehahn recording the image of great-grandmother Bui Thi Xong was presented to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.

(CPV) - A ceremony to welcome the Special National Relics site title for Vinh Nghiem pagoda in Tri Yen commune, Yen Dung district, northern Bac Giang, will take place on March 20th (the 12th of the second lunar month).

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed for the Management Board of President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum to welcome compatriots and soldiers from nationwide to offer incense for the President and visit the Da Chong (K9) historical relic site from March 2016.

Vietnamese shooter Ha Minh Thanh has won a bronze medal at the ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Cienflores Editorial of Argentina, in cooperation with the Argentina-Vietnam Cultural Institute and the Embassy of Vietnam in the South American nation, released a special publication to praise the role of Vietnamese women in national construction and defence on the occasion of International Day of Women (March 8th).