Culture - Sports

Various cultural activities are being held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism at Dong Mo on the outskirts of Hanoi throughout January to celebrate the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, the nation’s biggest festival.

Hue Festival 2023, themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”, opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on January 1.

An exhibition featuring paintings and installations on the image of the cat, the zodiac animal for the upcoming Lunar New Year, is taking place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

President of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Quoc Tuan has sent a letter of condolences to the Brazilian Football Confederation over the passing of Pelé, the legendary Brazilian footballer, who died of cancer at the age of 82 on December 30.

A countdown music party to welcome the New Year will be held in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on December 31.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports has made a report on investment policies for eight urgent projects to submit to competent authorities. The total investment is estimated at 440 billion VND (18 million USD).

On December 28, Vietnamese Embassy in Laos coordinated with the Vietnamese association in Vientiane and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize an art performance in Vientiane to highlight Vietnam - Laos solidarity.

The three-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, will begin in Huong Son commune, My Duc district, the outskirt of Hanoi on January 27 (the second day of the lunar new year).

The exhibits, which were created using diverse materials including lacquers, oil paints, acrylics and coloured wood carvings, featuring paintings and installations on the image of the cat, the mascot of the upcoming Lunar New Year are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on December 28.

The second book street in Ho Chi Minh City will stretch 286m along Ho Thi Tu Street in Hiep Phu ward, featuring a Ho Chi Minh Culture Space, nearly 20 book stalls and book cafés, and spaces for exhibition and public activities.

Vietnam beat Malaysia 3-0 at the ongoing AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 on December 27.

On December 24, the organising board of ASEAN Music Festival 2022 presented 3 gold and 3 silver prizes to the most outstanding programmes, along with 14 gold, 23 silver, and 5 bronze prizes for the best performances, and 8 prizes for creative performances.

Huynh Thi Thanh Thuy, an English language student at Da Nang University, was crowned Miss Vietnam 2022 in the grand finale held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23 night.

Thousands of visitors have participated in the Ha Long Winter Carnival 2022 entitled "Colours of the Wonder” in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The second Vietnamese martial arts championship in Algeria kicked off at Loucif Hamani Gymnasium in Tizi-Ouzou city on December 23.

A national journalism conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 24 to review activities in 2022 and launch tasks for next year.

The Vietnam Literature Museum in Hanoi has collaborated with a company to launch a literary tour which is considered a special event that opens many other activities to promote and spread literary values on the heritage journey.

A night-time food and pedestrian zone was officially opened on Dao Ngoc - Ngu Xa, an islet on Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district on December 23 evening.

A programme introducing tea, coffee, wine and specialties of Da Lat-Lam Dong officially opened on Ho Tung Mau Street, near Xuan Huong Lake, Da Lat City, in the Central Highlands of Lam Dong, on December 24.

Students who are studying Vietnamese from the Faculty of Asian and Northern African Studies under the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice has performed Vietnamese folk songs, water puppet shows and recited the Tale of Kieu during the “Vietnam Soul” event on December 21.

“Children of the Mist” (Nhung dua tre trong suong), a documentary film by Ha Le Diem, a woman director from the Tay ethnic minority group, has been included into the shortlist of the top 15 documentary films advanced in the Documentary Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards (2023 Oscar).

The third World Culinary Awards has listed Vietnam as Asia’s Best Culinary Destination in 2022.

Diverse cultural and tourism activities will take place at many tourist ttractions in the central province of Quang Binh to welcome New Year 2023.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 20 announced the top 10 culture, sport and tourism events of Vietnam in 2022.

With unique and attractive historical and cultural sites and diverse cuisine, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City has been recognised by US-based Fodor’s Travel magazine as one of leading destinations in Asia in 2023.

Nearly 100 documents and artefacts that President Ho Chi Minh used during his stay in the house as well as documents and objects about the patriotic revolutionary tradition and Nguyen Van Duong’s family’s long-standing practice of making traditional Chinese medicine are on display at an exhibion which opened at Ho Chi Minh’s House relic site in Ha Dong District on December 19.

The collection and recording videos of Mo Muong in the northern provinces of Ninh Binh, Son La, Phu Tho and Hoa Binh have been completed, Hoa Binh province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on December 20.

After 6 years of implementation, the Project on conservation and embellishment of the World Cultural Heritage Site of My Son Temples and Towers in the central province of Quang Nam has basically completed the main contents, ensuring the principles of relic conservation.

More than 3,000 images and many artefacts related to the activities of former President Nguyen Minh Triet, during the 2006-2011 period, are on display at an exhibition which officially opened on December 20 in Thu Dau Mot City, in the southern province of Binh Duong.

14 troupes from ASEAN countries have participated in the ASEAN Music Festival 2022 which opened in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam, on December 19.