Culture - Sports

The International Food Festival 2016 titled 'Taste the World' will be held in the ancient city of Hoi An on March 14th - 20th to promote Hoi An culture and tourism to domestic and international visitors.

The southern folklore cake festival 2016, titled “Southern specialties towards integration”, will take place in the southern city of Can Tho from April 15th to 19th.

(CPV) - A feature on Son Doong cave in Quang Binh province, conducted by US TV channel ABC has won a prize in the News and Documentary category at the New York city Drone Film Festival.

The Ao dai Festival 2016 titled “Our Ao dai” has taken place at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, featuring 19 collections of ao dai, honoring the beauty of Vietnamese culture and women.

The Hung Kings Temple Festival 2016 will take place from April 12th to 16th (from the 6th to the 10th day of the third lunar month) at Hung Kings Temple relics, communes and precincts in the northern province of Phu Tho.

(CPV) - The Vietnamese tennis delegation pocketed a USD10,000 bonus from the Vietnam Tennis Federation after gaining a 3-2 victory over the host Indonesia in the first round of Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for Davis Cup Asia-Pacific 2016.

A festival highlighting Vietnamese traditional “ao dai” dresses was held in Hanoi on March 4th.

Over 80 works by Vietnamese and Russian painters are on display at the joint fine arts exhibition called “Handshake Again” at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum through to March 12th.

(CPV) - The Prime Minister has approved the proposal of Ho Chi Minh city on joining the Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to host the 2017 World Cultural Festival.

The first ever World Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts Championship will be held in HCM City on July 24th-30th.

(CPV) - In the final round of the women’s 400m long course individual medley on March 4th, Cetus Anh Vien surpassed two US stars, Becca Mann and Katie Ledecky, to finish second with 4 minutes, 39.64 seconds, after DiRado Maya (also from the US).

(CPV) - Vice Chairman of Ha Long city People’s Committee Vu Hong Son said on March 3rd that the 2016 Ha Long Cherry Blossom Festival, titled “Integration - Cooperation and Development”, will take place on March 18th at 30/10 Square in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province.

(CPV) - On March 3rd, the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the APEC National Committee launched the 2017 APEC logo design contest.

(CPV) - A photo exhibition to promote equal sharing of parental leave between men and women was held at the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi on March 3rd, in celebration of the International Women’s Day.

(CPV) - The UN Women in Vietnam in cooperation with the Embassy of Belgium, the Belgian Development Agency in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Women’s Museum organized a ceremony to award prizes for the winners of a satirical drawing contest on gender equality.

(CPV) - A Vietnam-wide celebration of Australian food and beverage supported by the Australian Government, industry, and business partners Taste of Australia 2016 will take place this April.

(CPV) - As a part of the event series to celebrate the month of La Francophonie - March, in Hanoi on March 2nd, the Embassy of Canada in Hanoi hosted a cultural exchange ‘le Francais, j’adore’ by Canadian slam poet, and music director David Dufour.

(CPV) - One of the biggest sports events of Vietnam and Lam Dong province in 2016, “The Dalat at 1200” Ladies Gold Championship will lure around 120 golfers from the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, Taiwan (China), Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong (China) and Vietnam.

(CPV) - The organizing board of the Ao Dai festival has officially named Lan Khue as international Ao Dai Ambassador and Miss Ky Duyen as Ho Chi Minh city Ao Dai Ambassador.

(CPV) - Six Vietnamese films will be screened at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2016 from March 4th to 13th in Osaka city, Japan.

(CPV) - The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Hai Phong municipal People’s Committee is co-organizing an exhibition titled “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa - Legal and historical evidence” at the Hai Phong museum.

Vietnamese Becamex Binh Duong lost 3-1 to FC Tokyo in the second round Group E match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on March 1st.

(CPV) - The Ban (Bauhinia Variegata) Flower Festival 2016 and a ceremony to announce a project to develop the Dien Bien Phu - Pa Khoang national tourism zone will be held in the northwest province of Dien Bien from March 13th - 15th.

(CPV) Two music nights titled “Hoa cuc vang” (yellow chrysanthemum) will take place on March 5th and 6th at the Hanoi Opera House to mark the International Women’s Day.

(CPV) - As many as seven French wine professionals will present their products in Ho Chi Minh city (Hôtel des Arts) on March 3rd and in Hanoi on March 4th in Hanoi (Sofitel Legend Métropole) during the 7th edition of French wine tasting.

Vietnam is attending Locations Show 2016, India’s largest film tourism event held by the India International Film Tourism Council (IIFTC) and the Film Federation of India (FFI), for the first time.

Vu Thi Thu Thuy, Deputy Chairwoman of the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, has presided over a meeting to listen to a report about the organization of the cherry blossom festival 2016 in Ha Long city.

The Hollywood star won the first-ever Best Actor Award at the 88th annual Academy Awards, which took place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.

(CPV) - The 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships is taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from February 28th to March 6th.

The film on emigrants titled “Fatima” of Philippe Faucon has won best film at the 41st France’s César Awards ceremony in Paris, beating out hot favorites “Marguerite”, “My Golden Years”, and Oscar nominee “Mustang”.