Culture - Sports

(CPV) - An exhibition has opened titled “Immense sky smoke”, introducing 40 paintings and photographs which were inspired by Trinh Cong Son’s music.

(CPV) - The 4th used book festival in Hanoi themed “Villages - Village rules - Family records” took place at No 176 Thai Ha street, Dong Da district, Hanoi.

Some 20 competitors, including five women, attended the 17th Vietnam Fun Cup or windsurfing competition, which opened at Phan Thiet beach’s Jibe Beach Club in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan on February 26th.

The film staff of the Hollywood movie "Kong: Skull Island” shot its first scenes in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 27th.

More than 20 ambassadors and representatives of international organisations in Vietnam enjoyed a performance of Chau Van singing and Hau Dong (trance ritual) in the northern province of Nam Dinh on February 26th.

HCM city will launch a series of cultural and arts activities featuring the traditional Vietnamese aodai during March as part of the city's third annual Ao Dai Festival.

The HappyLand motorsport park, the country’s first motorsport facility with international standards, was introduced by Khang Thong Group in Ho Chi Minh city on February 26th.

(CPV) - People’s Artist Dang Thai Son will perform at the Hanoi Opera House on March 9th - 10th in two special concerts.

(CPV) - The exhibition titled “Tho cam II” (Brocade II) by artist Doan Xuan Tang, showcasing paintings depicting the mystery of Vietnam's mountainous regions and its people, will open its doors from March 4th-26th at Vin Gallery in Thao Dien in district 2, Ho Chi Minh city.

(CPV) - Ba Trao (Vietnamese coastal folk boat-rowing) singing in Tam Giang commune, Nui Thanh district, Quang Nam province, has been recognised as part of national intangible cultural heritage.

(CPV) - The Vietnam fashion week Fall-Winter 2016 is taking place in Hanoi from February 25th - 28th.

(CPV) - The 9th Book Festival in Ho Chi Minh city themed “Book - Culture - Integration and Development” will take place at Le Van Tam Park, district 1, from March 21st to 27th.

(CPV) - The Kiteboard Tour Asia - Championship 2016 (KTA X-Champs 2016) opens on February 25th in Ninh Chu bay of the South Central coast province of Ninh Thuan, with the participation of 82 riders from 25 countries and territories, including 18 Vietnamese riders.

The third Ao dai (traditional long dress) festival will be held on March 5th - 19th in Ho Chi Minh city by the Departments of Tourism; Culture and Sports; and related units.

(CPV) - The defending champion V-league Becamex Binh Duong club reached a 1-1 draw with China’s Jiangsu Suning in the opening match of AFC Champions League on February 23rd on Go Dau stadium.

(CPV) - This March, the “Inventions from Germany” interactive exhibition of the Goethe-Institute demonstrating groundbreaking German inventions across scientific disciplines is setting out for Vietnam.

(CPV) - The first episode of the Vietnamese historical comic book written by authors Thanh Phong and Khanh Duong titled “Truyen thuyet Long Than Tuong” (Legend of Marshal Long) has won the Silver Prize of at the 9th International MANGA Award.

The 59th World Press Photo contest announced its winners, with the World Press Photo of the Year went going to a powerful black and white image titled “Hope for a New Life” taken by photographer Warren Richardson.

(CPV) - “Binh Duong club is a really strong rival”, former famous Romanian football player Dan Petrescu, who used to play for Chelsea and is now head coach of China’s Jiangsu club, said before the match in Group E of AFC Champions League 2016 on February 23rd.

Thailand crushed Vietnam 8-0 in the bronze-medal play-off match at the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship on February 21st in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) has granted more than VND29.6 billion (nearly USD1.3 million) to a community-based football project in the period from 2016 to 2019 in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

(CPV) - One day after Vietnam recorded a historical victory in the quarter finals of the AFC Futsal Championship, FIFA (a 209 member-Association governed by Swiss law founded in 1904 and based in Zurich) sent a message of congratulations to Vietnam’s national futsal squad.

(CPV) - As part of the series of activities to welcome the 10th anniversary of the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam (KCC), from February 19th-23rd, two art troupes from the Republic of Korea will hold shows at Vietnam Youth Theater, treating local audiences to impressive puppetry performances.

(CPV) - The Yen Tu Buddhist Spring Festival 2016 has opened by the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee and the Quang Ninh’s Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam in Uong Bi city, Quang Ninh province.

French photographer Rehahn recently re-leased a book titled Vietnam, Mosaic of Contrasts Vol 2, sending a message of "Come back to Vietnam" to foreign tourists.

(CPV) - Vietnam beat two-time defending champions Japan at the heartbreaking quarter-finals of the AFC Futsal Championship (aired live on February 17th Fox Sport channel from 9pm Hanoi time) to earn a ticket to the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup for the very first time.

(CPV) - On February 16th (January 9th on the lunar calendar), an photo exhibition titled “Uncle Ho with Thai Nguyen” including oil-paintings themed "Vietnam - Country - People" opened at the ATK ecological - historical vestige in Dinh Hoa, Thai Nguyen province.

(CPV) - On February 16th, the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a fine art exhibition titled “Welcome Binh Than Spring 2016”.

(CPV) - On February 15th, the Department of International Cooperation under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that a 300-member Hollywood film crew for the “Kong: Skull Island” feature would arrive in Hanoi on February 18th.

(CPV) - On February 14th (January 7th on the lunar calendar), a festival commemorating the nation’s legendary Mother Au Co was opened in Hien Luong commune, Ha Hoa district, Phu Tho province.