Culture - Sports

Musician Kien Ninh released the MV "The person sought the image of the nation" with the song performed by two leading Opera artists, People's Artist Quoc Hung and singer Dao To Loan.

Vietnam - Romania Friendship Concert program has spread the beauty of choir and chamber ensemble art to audience, especially contributing to further tightening the friendship between the people of Vietnam and Romania.

392,131 children from 6 to 35 months old have received Vitamin A during a campaign to supplement vitamin A at 1,715 points in four days in early June in Hanoi.

The Consulate General of Malaysia in Ho Chi Minh City will coordinate with Tourism Malaysia Vietnam, Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), together with the Malaysia Business Chamber Vietnam (MBC), and the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre to organize Malaysia Madani Week in Ho Chi Minh City from June 9 to 18 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between Malaysia and Vietnam.

The Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House recently published a book entitled “Truyen truyen ky Viet Nam” (Vietnamese Legends), a collection of 50 stories of myths and fairy tales with traditional elements.

The Tay Ho District People's Committee has organised the Friendship Tree Planting programme 2023, with the participation of many ambassadors and representatives of international organisations, in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association has held a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City to launch a painting contest on Vietnamese heritages to preserve and promote the treasured value of national culture.

152 documents and photos on Vietnamese youth with homeland’s sea and islands are on display at an exhibition which opened in the central province of Quang Nam on June 5.

According to the northern Quang Ninh provincial Department of Tourism, the locality attracted about 7.1 million tourist arrivals in the first five months of this year, 1.7 times higher than the figure of the same period last year.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced 11 new national intangible cultural heritages, all of which are in the northern mountainous provinces of Tuyen Quang, Dien Bien, Bac Kan, Cao Bang, and Yen Bai.

On June 3, an art programme entitled “Glory Fatherland Vietnam” to mark 75 years since President Ho Chi Minh issued an appeal for patriotic emulation (1948-2023) and the newspaper’s 35th anniversary (1988-2023) took place at Hanoi Opera House.

The Vietnam Musicians’ Association has coordinated with the southern province of An Giang to organize the National Music Festival from June 3 to 4 with the participation of 23 groups of Vietnamese musicians and singers, from 20 provinces and cities across the country.

Though the 12th ASEAN Para Games has yet to officially open, the wheelchair basketball competitions already began at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on June 2.

The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2023 officially kicked off in the central city of Da Nang on June 2 evening with performances by the Vietnamese and Finnish teams.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected the northern province of Ninh Binh, home to the UNESCO-recognised Trang An Landscape Complex, to organise a training course on environmental protection in the field of culture, sports and tourism.

With performances held for free in creative public spaces around Hanoi, VYO Community Concert has brought classical music closer to the Vietnamese audience.

The Vietnam Festival 2023 scheduled to take place on June 3-4 at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan, is set to involve a wide range of activities to excite crowds.

Internationally acclaimed conductor Honna Tetsuji will lead a concert featuring works by great composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Sergei Rachmaninov at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on June 9.

The Kim Dong Publishing House held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 30 to announce the Kim Dong Literature Award and launch a writing contest to call for more literary works for children in the 2023-2025 period.

An exhibition of Japanese dolls celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan is taking place in the central city of Da Nang from May 30 to June 20.

The community Ao Dai week will take in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue from July 6 to 12 to promote the beauty of the country’s traditional outfit, as well as showcasing local culture and tourism.

The Vietnam - Australia Friendship Food and Culture Festival 2023 has taken place in Hanoi as part of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Australia - Vietnam diplomatic relations.

More than 200 students, who stood out from the youth union’s movements and students’ movements, are on the visit to Truong Sa archipelago.

Opening the series of activities within the fourth Vietnam Design Week 2023, the contest “Designed by Vietnam” has been launched under the theme “Designs from limitations”.

A 15- minute firework show will be take place in the south central province of Ninh Thuan on June 16 to welcome the Grape - Wine Festival 2023 from June 13-18.

Eighteen Russian firms will attend the International Exhibition of Film, Technology, Radio and Television (Telefim Vietnam) 2023 that will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from June 8-10.

French newspapers heaped praise on Vietnamese-French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung and young Vietnamese director Pham Thien An after they won awards at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival that closed in France on May 27.

Over the past years, the northern province of Ninh Binh has taken a series of measures to further promote and preserve the value of folk songs, dances, and music of the Muong ethnic group in association with tourism development.

Diverse activities have been held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi over the past weekend to help children explore cultural heritages.

An exhibition showcasing old Vietnamese publications in Chu Quoc ngu (romanised Vietnamese script) is underway in Paris, France.