Culture - Sports

Banh cuon (steamed rolled pancakes) has been named one of the top dishes from around the world by Australian daily online Traveller.

Online photo contest which honour Vietnamese Ao Dai is open to both local people and foreigners living in Ho Chi Minh City.

Hot air balloon festival and special music show in Central Highlands Kon Tum province took place in the locality on February 8.

A concert entitled “Valentine Concert - From Italy with Love” will take place at Hanoi Opera House on February 11 - 12, and again on April 15, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Italy diplomatic relations.

The seventh Hoa Ban (bauhinia flower) festival will take place in the northwestern province of Dien Bien from March 10 to 13.

The 2023 Long An Open “Don Ca Tai Tu” (traditional musical art form of the south) Festival has taken place in My Le Commune, Can Duoc District, Long An Province with participation of nearly 150 artisans and artists from 12 groups in Long An Province and several other localities.

The Vu Bon traditional wrestling competition has taken place in Vu Bon commune, Krong Pac district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on February 5 and 6 (the full moon of the first lunar month).

On February 8, a festival opened at the ancestral temple of the Tran Dynasty in Dong Trieu Town in the province of Quang Ninh.

The 2nd Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day will be held from April 15 to May 1 with the message: "Books: Awareness - Innovation - Creation"; and "Books for me, for you".

The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and Fine Arts Publishing House have collaborated to release a book entitled “9 National Treasures in the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum” in both English and Vietnamese.

The VnExpress Ho Chi Minh City Midnight Marathon will officially take place on February 12. This is the first night running race with full marathon distances and is expected to attract 10,000 runners.

Many poetry lovers, poets, writers and artists took part in the Vietnam Poetry Day at Hanoi's Thang Long Imperial Citadel on the evening of February 5.

On February 6, the Con Son-Kiep Bac Spring Festival opened at Con Son-Kiep Bac special national relic site in Chi Linh city, the northern province of Hai Duong along with a ceremony to commemorate the 689th death anniversary of Huyen Quang - the third progenitor of the Truc Lam Zen Buddhism sect.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recognized the annual full moon (Nguyen Tieu) Festival in Hoi An ancient city, the central province of Quang Nam, which is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month, as a National Intangible Heritage.

Visitors braced the drizzle at night to attend the seal-opening ceremony at Tran Temple in the northern province of Nam Dinh on February 4.

The annual Tan Vien Son Thanh (Tan Vien Mountain Saint) festival kicked off at Ha Temple in Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi on February 4.

The Vietnam Poetry Day 2023 is being celebrated in Dak Lak province, with various activities honouring the cultural identities of the Central Highlands region.

Tran Temple Festival, one of the biggest annual spring events in Vietnam, opened at the special national historical complex of the Tran Kings’ shrines and tombs in Tien Duc Commune, Hung Ha District, in the northern province of Thai Binh, on the night of February 3 (the 13th day of the first lunar month).

Circus artists Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep on February 3 (Vietnam time) set a new head-to-head balancing walk plus blindfold record in Milan, Italy.

Art of the Samurai Swords, an exhibition from Japan, will be open in Quang Ninh province's Ha Long city this April.

The Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum has recently received two paintings from former Deputy Ambassador of the Netherlands to Vietnam Ellen Berends.

The Tay Yen Tu (West Yen Tu) Spring Festival and the Culture - Tourism Week 2023 of northern Bac Giang province is taking place in Son Dong, Yen Dung, Luc Nam, and Luc Ngan districts from February 2 to 6.

A poetry and photographic exhibition on late General Vo Nguyen Giap is taking place in the central Quang Binh province from February 1 to 20 as part of activities to celebrate the 93rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930-2023).

Cultural activities at Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi’s Son Tay town in February will introduce the atmosphere of welcoming the New Year with traditional rituals, customs and cultural values of the village’s ethnic groups.

People’s Teacher and People’s Artist Thai Thi Lien, mother of People’s Artist Dang Thai Son, passed away at her home on January 31 at the age of 106.

The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) has coordinated with the People’s Public Security Theatre to organize a grand concert to welcome the Year of the Cat at Hanoi Opera House on January 29.

On January 30, the People’s Committee of Thac Ba town, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai held a ceremony to open the Thac Ba Temple Traditional Festival and receive the certificate recognising the temple as a national relic site.

The Long Tong (going to the field) Festival has taken place in Chiem Hoa district of the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The traditional new year festival of Lung Tung (Going to the field) of Thai ethnic people has taken place in Than Uyen district, the northwestern province of Lai Chau.

The Communist Review has coordinated with the Party Committee of the Central Enterprises Bloc, and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group to organize an art exchange programme entitled ‘Forever trust in the Party’ to celebrate the 93rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3,1930 - 2023).