Culture - Sports

On the evening of November 20, in Hai Phong City, the Navy High Command held the closing ceremony of the Region I Mass Arts Festival - Hai Phong 2024.

The People's Committee of Hoan Kiem District, the Management Board of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter will coordinate with units and individuals to organize a series of exhibitions, displays, and art performances to honor heritage values.

Talented French pianist Olivier Moulin will tour Vietnam from December 7 to 14, bringing the audience a special classical music program in memory of the great French composer Gabriel Fauré on the 100th anniversary of his death (1924-2024).

Asian Dance Festival 2024 will take place in Hanoi from December 2 to 4 with the participation of hundreds of artists from Republic of Korea, India, Japan, Mongolia, and the host Vietnam.

The People's Committee of the northern Bac Ninh province has launched a series of special cultural activities from November 11 to 3o to celebrate 15 years of UNESCO-recognised Quan ho singing.

The Vietnam Writers Association has worked with writers of the Republic of Korea to publish a bilingual Vietnamese-Korean poetry collection “Chung ta co the suot doi cho nhau” (We can Wait for Each Other Forever).

Two Vietnamese students studying in Beijing, including Nguyen Viet Hoang and Nguyen Thi Mai Huong, have won third prize in the recent Lancang-Mekong Impression" Short Video Contest in China.

Vietnam and Italy will be collaborating to promote fashion, art, and tourism in an age-old village of Hanoi.

The Department of Fine Arts, Photography, and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with various agencies to organize an exhibition entitled "Colors of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups" at Centre for Fine Arts and Photography Appraisal and Exhibition in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese community in Macau (China) set up a booth to display and sell products at the ongoing 24th Macau Food Festival, and has participated in art performances, to promote Vietnamese culture to local residents and international visitors.

Two local dishes, Bún riêu and Miến xào cua, have been listed among the 100 best rated crustacean dishes in the world, as compiled by international food website TasteAtlas.

A total of 55 works by Vietnamese and Korean artists are on display at an exhibition on Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) fine arts which opened in Hanoi.

The Hanoi 2024 Creative Design Festival has marked a milestone in the city's cultural landscape, drawing an unprecedented 300,000 visitors during its nine-day run from November 9-17.

Hanoi will continue to effectively deploy the development of cultural industry associated with positioning the brand "Creative City".

2024 Asian Open Police Taekwondo Championships will take place in the northern province of Quang Ninh from December 6 to 9 with the participation of 1,342 athletes and officials from 15 international delegations and the host Vietnam.

Vietnamese-American singer Sangeeta Kaur, whose real name is Mai Xuan Loan, and director Bao Nguyen have been nominated for Grammy Awards this year.

Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will coordinate with the General Consulate of Italy in Ho Chi Minh city to organize “A Night of Italian Music” concert at the city Opera House on November 17.

Diverse activities to celebrate Christmas and New Year will be held during X’mas - New Year Festival 2025 from December 14 to January 2, 2025 in the central city of Da Nang, in order to lure tourists during the upcoming holiday period.

The northern province of Bac Ninh will organize a series of events to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Quan Ho Bac Ninh folk songs being recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage of humanity from November 11 to 30, said the provincial People’s Committee.

Kabashima Kento won and set new course record in the fourth Trang An Marathon -- Footstrike From The Heritage on November 10 in Ninh Biinh province.

Vietnam has participated in a cultural exchange festival highlighting the cultural diversity of Asia at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China).

A Vietnamese culinary contest, has taken place in Ulsan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), with the participation of around 70 Vietnamese expats in RoK.

More than 200 documents and artifacts showcasing the traces left by President Ho in China and the strong and lasting friendship between the Vietnamese and Chinese peoples are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on November 11.

A performance of five-tone musical ensemble or Pinn Peat orchestra of the Khmer people, the largest of its kind Vietnam, has taken place in Mekong delta province of Soc Trang with the participation of 200 artists and musicians.

On November 11, in Hanoi, Nhan Dan Newspaper and the National Political Truth Publishing House (Su That) held a ceremony to introduce volumes 3 and 4 of the book series “Steadfast on the Path of Renewal”, authored by the late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

A conference to review one year of implementing Action Program 44-CTrHD/TU dated August 19, 2023 of the Executive Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee to implement the Resolution of the 11th City Party Congress on "Building Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space" has taken place in Ho Chi Minh city.

On November 7, the seventh Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF 2024) entitled “Heritage in Motion - Cinema: Soaring – Creativity” opened at Ho Guom Theater in Hanoi.

The Seoul-based World Taekwondo Academy (WTA), known as Kukkiwon, is willing to support Vietnam in organising the 2024 Asian Open Police Taekwondo Championships, said its President Lee Dong-seop on November 8.

Vietnam's futsal team dramatically defeated their Australian rivals in the last minute thanks to a penalty kick in the semi-finals of the ASEAN Futsal Championship 2024.

At a conference in Hanoi, Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong emphasized that Hanoi not only closely follows the spirit of the Resolution but also has many creative ways to make culture truly the center of the city's development policy, creating a solid spiritual foundation for the capital's socio-economic development.