Culture - Sports

(CPV) - The “Russia’s Year of Cinema” event has been marked at the Center for Russian Science and Culture in Hanoi.

(CPV) - Hanoi T&T players, having familiarity with the cold weather in the North, showed their advantages in ball control, continuous attack and created a lot of threats to goalie Tan Truong in the first period.

A series of vibrant activities promoting national culture and Buddhism are taking place at a festival that opened at Pho Quang pagoda in Ho Chi Minh city on January 30th.

Youngsters will once again be indulged at the Japan-like cherry blossom festival Shinnen 2016 – Lunar New Year Festival at Savico Megamall Long Bien centre on January 30th-31st.

The Tran Temple Festival, one of the biggest annual spring festivals in Vietnam, will open in the northern province of Thai Binh from the 13th to the 16th of the first lunar month, or February 20th to 23rd.

Students from schools in Hanoi will learn about the traditional New Year customs and rituals during a programme called Discovering Tet held on January 29th at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.

Vietnam bagged eight gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the Southeast Asian Archery Championship 2016, which concluded in Yangon, Myanmar on January 27th.

The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an awarding ceremony of the contest on logo marking Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic relations on January 28th.

(CPV) - The Hanoi Young Artists Association, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Cai Luong Theater and a number of units, will organize a voluntary art program titled “Warming your hearts” in Chiem Hoa district, Tuyen Quang province.

(CPV) - On January 28th, the Municipal Party Committee, the People’s Council, the People’s Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front in Ho Chi Minh city organized an art program titled “Brilliant Vietnam” to welcome the 12th Party National Congress’s success.

(CPV) - Vu Thanh An, 24, and Nguyen Thi Le Dung, 31, two Vietnamese fencers from Hanoi, have started their race for the 2016 Olympics by competing at international tours in Italy and Greece on January 29th.

(CPV) - The Vietnamese Futsal national squad on January 27th traveled to train in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in preparation for the final round of the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship, said the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

(CPV) - The Vietnamese women’s football squad on January 26th lost 0-1 to Mexican rivals in the last match of the international friendly tour - Irena Cup in Shenzhen city (China).

To welcome the Lunar New Year of the Monkey 2016 and the 12th National Party Congress, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the EX- Youth Volunteers' Association of Hanoi’s Dan Phuong district have organized an art program.

(CPV) - The Dak Lak provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism set to organize a number of art programs to mark the 86th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lunar New Year 2016.

(CPV) - The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee will organize a number of activities to mark the 86th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (03/02/1930).

Vietnam is attending at the 40th Kolkata International Book Fair in Kolkata City, West Bengal State, India, as an honorary guest.

(CPV) - The Vietnam Fine Arts Association (VFAA) has opened “Spring Paintings” at the Exhibition House, No 16 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi, to welcome the 12th National Party Congress and the Lunar New Year 2016.

On January 25th, the Ho Chi Minh city Department of Information and Communications, in association with Ho Chi Minh city Association of Journalists and Vietnam Association of Publishers, opened the Spring Newspaper Street 2016 on Nguyen Van Binh Book street in district 1.

(CPV) - The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports on January 25th held a press conference to announce the upcoming calligraphy writing festival to welcome the Binh Than (Year of the Monkey) Lunar New Year.

(CPV) - Vietnam troupes participated in the 9th International Lion Dance Competition held in Singapore's Chinatown from January 23rd - 24th .

(CPV) - As many as 13 outstanding coaches and athletes from the public security sector were honored by the Ministry of Public Security at a ceremony held in Hanoi on January 25th.

(CPV) - On January 22nd, the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists launched the 2016 Vietnam Fine Art Photo Exhibition.

(CPV) - On January 23rd, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper in coordination with Vietnam Television (VTV) and PEOHN Media JSC organized an art program entitled “The Party, the Spring” at the Au Co Art Center.

(CPV) - On January 22nd, a photo exhibition titled “Hanoi’s angle: Moments and Heights” was organized by the Vietnam Cityscape Photos and the Hanoi Old Quarter Management Board under the auspices of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA), at Hoan Kiem lake in Hanoi.

(CPV) - The Vietnamese shooting delegation is expecting to earn at least one berth for the 2016 Olympics as the two official tickets have been on the pocket.

(CPV) - The organizing board of the Quang Ninh Sports Festival 2016 has announced the detailed plan for their 9th event.

Vietnam suffered another loss in the last-round Group D match of the Asian U23 Football Championship on January 21st in Doha, Qatar.

Forty-five excellent athletes are getting special training and treatment to prepare for Olympics qualifying tourneys, the General Department of Sports and Physical Education said.

(CPV) - The Vietnam - Asia Silk Culture Festival, the first of its kind, will take place on March 28th-29th at Hoi An silk village, Quang Nam province.