Culture - Sports

Both teams Vietnam and Thailand started the game slowly. Vietnam got the first shot with a long-range attempt by Nguyen Quang Hai, but it went wide.

The 2023 Hanoi Spring Press Festival has opened at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labour Cultural Palace in Hanoi, featuring 18 pavilions by press agencies in the capital.

Firework displays will be held at six locations in Ho Chi Minh City on the Eve of the Lunar New Year which start on midnight on January 21.

Ho Chi Minh City Food & Beverage Association (FBA) has been set up to develop Vietnamese cuisine and showcasing it throughout Vietnam and the world.

(CPV) - As the 2023 Lunar New Year approaches, every street, every house in the city named after Uncle Ho, Ho Chi Minh City, is full of spring colors. Everyone wants to convey their faith and desire for a new year with many new successes, along with the development of the city.

The annual spring calligraphy festival will take place at the Literature Lake, part of the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature), from January 15 to 29 after a two-year hiatus related to the development of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Activities featuring Tet traditions of Vietnam's three regions will be held at Hanoi’s Old Quarter on the occasion of Tet holidays.

UNESCO Representative in Vietnam Christian Manhart recognised efforts by authorities of central Thanh Hoa province and experts to study and excavate the Citadel of the Ho Dynasty, while meeting with the preservation centre for this world cultural heritage site on January 9.

The first international school in northwest region named the Canadian International School – Lao Cai (CIS – Lao Cai), has been inaugurated in Lao Cai city of the northwestern province of the same name.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has coordinated with Ministry of Education and Training, Central Committee of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Vietnam Writers Association, Vietnam Post Corporation, Tien Phong, and Nhi Dong newspapers to organize a ceremony to launch the 52nd edition of the International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People.

Vietnam beat Indonesia 2-0 with Nguyen Tien Linh's double in the second leg of the semifinal and advanced to the final of the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022.

On January 7, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with the northern Ha Nam province to organize a programme to honour 63 artists and groups of artists who won gold medals at 7 festivals organised by the Department of Performing Arts in 2022.

According to Hanoi City People’s Committee, fireworks will light up the skies over 30 locations in all 30 districts and town of Hanoi during the upcoming Lunar New Year ( Tet ) festival, Vietnam’s largest national holiday.

Over 140 photos and documents featuring the history of establishing Vietnam's sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel), activities to safeguard Vietnam's sovereignty over seas and islands in the current period, and the bond between youths with homeland seas and islands, are on display at an exhibtion which opened at Dong A University in the central city of Da Nang on January 7.

The program "Spring Truong Sa" ” (Spring in Truong Sa - Spratly Archipelago), the 11th of its kind, has been increasingly affirming the identity, prestige and great influence associated with the brand of the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper through gratitude activities.

The Salonpas HCMC Marathon opened on January 7 in the Phu My Hung Urban Area of the country's southern economic hub with the participation of 10,000 local and foreign runners.

The Vietnam Cable Television Corporation (VTVcab) has become the first in the country to hold the broadcast rights for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32) in Cambodia.

Traditional craft villages in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province are busy churning out products for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on January 22.

The authorities of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on January 6 held a conference to review a decade of the operation of the Oc Eo - Ba The special national relic site (2012-2022), and announce a plan to prepare a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition of the archaeological location as a World Heritage Site.

Local products and cultural features in northwestern region such as Then singing, Thai dance and folk games during Tet of the Tay, Nung and Dao ethnic groups will be introduced at the spring market entitled “The northwest in the heart of Hanoi” at Phung Hung mural street in Hanoi from January 6 to 21.

More than 200 documents, photos and objects featuring the Paris negotiations for the signing of an agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) 50 years ago are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on January 5.

A culinary culture festival launched by Saigontourist Group 2022 has been honoured as Asia's Best Culinary Festival 2022 at the World Culinary Awards.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, diverse cultural and sports activities will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of Tet holiday to create a joyful atmosphere for local people and tourists.

The Management of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi’s Old Quarter will organize a cultural activity program to welcome Tet (lunar New Year) 2023 from January 8 to February 28, 2023.

Diverse cultural activities to entertain Hanoians and visitors on the occasion of the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday will take place at Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel, a UNESCO Heritage Site.

Photos on 1968 Spring General Offensive and Uprising are on display an exhibition which is taking at Lam Son Park, Dong Khoi street, and Thong Nhat (Reunification) Hall in Ho Chi Minh City.

67 outstanding literature and artworks of 2022 have been honoured at a awards ceremony in Hanoi on January 4.

Diverse activities have been held in Ho Chi Minh City during New Year holiday, atracting many local people and tourists.

Ban Soc ceremony has been re-enacted during Hue Festival 2023 in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue by the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

Diverse cultural activities will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism at Dong Mo on the outskirts of Hanoi from January 1 to 31 to celebrate the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, the nation’s biggest festival.