Culture - Sports

The award ceremony of the 2023 Journalist's Open Singing Contest has been held at the in Hanoi within the framework of activities of the 2023 National Press Festival.

A Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange has taken place in the northern province of Bac Giang to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

Russian famous romantic composer Sergei Rachmaninov Music Night will take place at Ho Chi Minh City’s Opera House on March 26 to mark the 150th his birthday (1873 - 2023).

The nation won 17 gold medals during the Southeast Asia Karate Federation (SEAKF) Championships 2023’s first day of competition, with the event currently underway in the Philippines.

35 black-and-white photos taken by photographer Duong Minh Long which capture the everyday moments late composer Trinh Cong Son are on display at an exhibition which opened at at the Center for Culture, Information and Sports in Hue City, the hometown of the composer, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 16.

Diverse activities will be held during at Hung King Festival 2023 in the northern midland province of Phu Tho which is scheduled to begin on April 20 to mark the death anniversary of Hung Kings, considered the founders of Vietnam.

On March 17, the 2023 National Press Festival entitled “Solidarity-professionalism-culture-innovation” opened at Hanoi Museum to bring together 63 journalists’ associations of the country's cities and provinces, and 60 central and local press agencies, with 87 booths displaying outstanding publications in 2022 and the first quarter of this year.

(CPV) - Francophone Film Festival in Vietnam will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from March 18 to 24 to provide an opportunity for film lovers to discover fascinating stories in the countries of the Francophonie and experience the Francophone community's cultural diversity.

An eight-volume Russian version of “Dai Viet su ky toan thu” (Complete Book of the Historical Records of Dai Viet), a famous chronicle of Vietnam, has been translated from the Han (Chinese) language and debuted.

To celebrate the National Press Festival in 2023, the Hanoi Museum, where the main events of the festival will take place, will organize many activities to increase the attractiveness of the big festival of press workers across the country.

The Phu Tho Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Viecombank) to launch Olympic Running Day for the Health of the People in 2023 with the participation of nearly 300 athletes.

The southern province of Binh Duong has launched Olympic Run Day for Health of People and Half Marathon 2023 in celebration of the 77th anniversary of the Vietnamese traditional day of sports and physical training.

The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) and the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has organized a ceremony in Hanoi to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Vietnamese photography’s traditional day (March 15).

Roundtable on Vietnamese and French cuisine will take place in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City on March 23 as part of gastronomic exchanges between the two countries.

The Dak Nong provincial Public Security has successfully organized a special art program with the theme “Songs to Uncle Ho” to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s teachings to the People's Public Security (March 11, 1948-2023).

Hoa Ban Festival in northwestern mountainous province of Son La has taken place in the locality on March 11 and 12.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of the Ministry of Justice has offered incense to Uncle Ho at the historical Ba Dinh Square to report their achievements over the past time.

200 photos recalling outstanding events, figures and cinematic works from the past 70 years of the Vietnam’s cinema industry are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on March 13.

(CPV) - On March 13, an award ceremony to honour 71 photographs winning the 12th Vietnam Art Photo Contest and Exhibition 2023 took place in Hanoi.

52 pictures to the public, taken by photographer Ong Van Sinh, over the past 43 years have been displayed at the three-week-long exhibition entitled ‘Da Nang: In memory and at present’, opened at Da Nang City Museum on March 8 to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the city’s liberation (1975-2023).

Photos by German photographer Thomas Billhard, who wins the "Bui Xuan Phai - For the Love of Hanoi" Award, are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on March 12.

The Vietnam Journalists’ Association has held an art exchange programme entitled Hearts of the Seas and Islands” in Hanoi to honour those who have devoted their lives to safeguarding the country’s seas and islands.

The 23rd Francophone Festival of the Mekong Delta Region has taken place in the city to celebrate International Francophonie Day (March 20) and the 50th founding anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and France (April 12, 1973-2023).

(CPV) - Diverse cultural activities are taking place at the Bauhinia Flowers Festival in the northwestern province of Dien Bien from March 10 to 13 to honour cultural heritage values, contributing to promoting socio-economic development of Dien Bien in particular, and the northwest region in general.

The Buon Ma Thuot Street Festival, themed “Buon Ma Thuot - The convergence of the three coffee civilisations of the world” opened on March 10 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, as one of the highlights of the ongoing 8th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival.

45 images, 130 artefacts and writing on costumes of ethnic minority groups in Dak Lak province are on display at an exhibition which opened in Dak Lak province on March 8 to promote the traditional cultural values of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups.

Ao dai Festival has taken place in the southern province of Binh Duong on the occasion of the 113th anniversary of International Women’s Day and the 1983rd anniversary of the Hai Ba Trung Uprising to nurture and promote the patriotic tradition of Vietnamese women and their role in the family and society while highlighting the development of Ao dai from the past to the present.

24 colour and black-and-white photos by Salvador Perez Arroyo, a Spanish artist and architect, of Huong Thi Cao, also known as Lily, a nonprofessional model, through her facial expressions., are on display at an exhibition which is taking place at Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi to mark the International Women’s Day (March 8).

A number of events will take place in March at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, on the outskirts of Hanoi to promote cultural tourism and traditional values.

A music programme has taken in the central city of Hue to mark the 50th anniversary of Vietnam – Japan diplomatic ties (1973-2023).