Culture - Sports

(CPV) - The 7th Latin America music night was held in Hanoi on December 12th.

Vietnamese athletes took the lead in a number of categories on the opening day of qualifiers for the Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Ho Chi Minh City on December 11th.

“Chau, Beyond The Lines”, a documentary film featuring the consequence of Orange/Dioxin in Vietnam was screened in New York on December 11th, helping American nationals get insights into the pain of Vietnamese AO victims.

On December 9th, the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) National Academy of Politics organized a scientific conference entitled “70 years of Vietnam Human Rights Achievement” in Hanoi.

The Indian film festival will be held in three cities of Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh city from December 12th - 23rd.

On December 9th, the 6th Conference of Mekong River Literature was organized in Vientiane in Laos.

The opening ceremony of the Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia art variety festival was organized on December 8th in Champasak province, southern Laos.

On December 8th, the 86th anniversary of the death of Junior Doctor Nguyen Sinh Sac, President Ho Chi Minh’s father was remembered in solemn manner in Dong Thap province.

The Vietstampex 2015 will be held at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi from December 11th - 13th.

The Vietnamese Tennis Association in the Russian Federation (Vitar) opened the tennis tournament "Vitar Winter 2015" in Moscow on December 5th - 6th.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union presented awards for the photo contest “Proudly moving forward under the Party’s flag” in Hanoi on December 7th.

The Nguyen Du memorial site in Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh province is scheduled to be developed into a national culture and tourism destination.

The Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition 2015 co-organised by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibitions under the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Vietnam Fine Arts Association will open at the Vietnam Center for Culture and Arts in Hanoi from December 9th - 23rd.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has chosen 15 finalists to compete for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar 2016.

Two Vietnamese films including “Chang trai nam ay” (Dandelion) and “Dap canh giua khong trung (Flapping in the middle of nowhere) will be screened at the 2015 Luang Prabang Film Festival (LPFF).

(CPV) - Once the contract between a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Hoang Anh Gia Lai F.C, Luong Xuan Truong, and the Republic of Korea’s Incheon club is finalised, a new foreign player transfer record should be made.

A fine art photo exhibition titled “Vietnam in my eyes” co-organised by the Vietnam- US Friendship Association and the Embassy of the United States in Hanoi, will take place at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum, No 36 Ly Thuong Kiet street, Hanoi from December 8th - 10th.

The 35th National Television Festival will take place from December 16th – 19th in Dong Hoi city, Quang Binh province.

384 artistic photos have been honored at the award ceremony of the 8th International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam 2015.

The Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced “Keo co” (Tug of war), a game of Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea, has been officially recognized as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

The Foreign Ministry’s Service Department for Diplomatic Corps hosted a food festival themed “the ASEAN community and international friends” in Hanoi on December 5th.

Swimming and powerlifting brought five more gold medals for Vietnam at the ongoing ASEAN ParaGames 2015 in Singapore on December 5th.

On December 2nd, the World Records Union announced that Truyen Kieu, (the Tale of Kieu) by great poet, Nguyen Du was recognized as the literary work having the most national records in the world.

The ninth Asia-Pacific Veteran Table Tennis Championships kicked off at Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh city on December 3rd, drawing 869 players from 19 nations and territories in the region.

(CPV) - Using the delivery flight of Vietnam Airlines’ fourth A350 XWB, the Airbus Foundation and the Vietnam national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines carried toys, sets of playing and books to patients at the Hanoi Heart Hospital.

A series of activities in celebration the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23rd) and the Day of Hoi An ancient town which was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage Site (December 4th, 1999) will be held in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province.

(CPV) - The Lam Dong provincial People’s Committee has organised a press conference to announce the 6th Da Lat Flower Festival themed “Da Lat - Multitude of flower colors”.

The 2nd Vientiane Cup of Vietnamese youth in Laos opened in Vientiane on November 29th.

On November 29th, the 5th Congress of the Vietnam Esperanto Youth Organisation for the period of 2015 – 2017 opened in Hanoi.

On November 30th, Vietnamese poet, Hoang Thi Y Nhi was presented the Swedish literary Cikada Award 2015 “for her poetry protecting the sanctity of life” at the Swedish Embassy in Hanoi.