Culture - Sports

The 7th Italian Food Week in Vietnam has taken place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to promote the healthiness and authenticity of Italian culinary culture and the excellence of Made in Italy agri-food.

194 outstanding works from 167 authors in Mekong Delta provinces and cities are on display at the 27th Mekong Delta Fine Arts Exhibition 2022 which opened in the southern province of Vinh Long.

Artists of the Vietnam Circus Federation has won the Gold Award at the 2022 International Circus Festival in Saratov for their performance of "Du Son" (Red Swing) and the Bronze Award at the "Without Borders" International Circus Festival for an aerial silk performance.

21 plays of different art genres such as drama, cai luong (reformed theatre), puppetry and circus, have been introduced at the 5th International Experimental Theatre Festival in Hanoi and the northern port city of Hai Phong, with the participation of 15 domestic and six foreign troupes.

The Austrian Embassy in Vietnam will coordinate with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) to organize a special concert at the Hanoi Opera House on November 26 night as part of the activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Austria.

Diverse cultural activities will be held in Hanoi from November 18 to December 3 to mark Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day on November 23.

Brazilian movie titled “Paloma” won the most important prizes at the 6th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) 2022, which ended on November 12. It was honoured for both the “Best Feature –Length Film” and “Actress in a leading role”.

Hundreds of new designs, mostly honouring Vietnam’s traditional culture and heritage will be showcased at the Aquafina Vietnam International Fashion Week (AVIFW) Fall/Winter 2022 held in Hanoi from November 23 to 27.

On November 12, in the Central Highlands city of Kon Tum, Kon Tum Provincial Department of Education and Training organized a gong and folk-dance festival for ethnic minorities students in the locality as an activity to to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20, 1982-2022).

The Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has just announced a list of 185 works and locations that have been recognized as relics in the city by the end of October 2022, including two works recognized as special national relics.

(CPV) - The Embassy of Denmark and Kim Dong Publishing House jointly hosted the opening of "A journey to the fairy tale world" in Ha Noi on November 11th 2022, a set of beautiful fairy tale stories and drawings by Ms. Tove K Lange, a Danish illustrator who is famous for her children’s picture books.

Textiles and fabric items from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are on display at an exhibition entitled “Ancient Futures – Treasures of ASEAN Fabric” in Seoul from November 9 to 13 as part of the ASEAN Week 2022.

The European Day of Languages will take place from from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi, No.56 - 60 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi on November 12.

India’s World University of Design, Vietnam’s Van Lang University has coordianted with the Kekkeyellam Foundation to organize Vietnam – India International Exhibition and Workshop entiled ‘Beyond and Beneath Arts Exchange’.

"The Festival Trang An Connecting Heritage - Ninh Binh 2022" with the theme of Hoa Lu resounding for a thousand years will take place in Ninh Binh province from November 17 to 19 with the participation of more than 70 international beauty queens.

As many as 15 domestic and six foreign art troupes will participate in the fifth International Experimental Theatre Festival in Hanoi and Hai Phong City between November 15 and November 26.

The 14th Khmer culture,sport and tourism festival is taking place on the bank of Cai Lon river in Go Quao district, southern Kien Giang province province November 6 to 9

As many as 123 best films of Vietnamese and the world’s cinema will be introduced to audiences at the sixth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) from November 8 to 12.

Diverse activities such as contest, exhibitions, conferences, workshops, open studio and design show are taking place during the 2022 Vietnam Design Week entitled “New Expectations” in the central city of Hue, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

According to Nha Nam Publisher, the renowned French writer Marc Levy has returned to Vietnam for the debut of a play adapted from his novel “Toutes ces choses qu'on ne s'est pas dites” (All Those Things We Never Said) and the release of the Vietnamese translation of his novel “Le Crépuscule des fauves”.

An exhibition which features Hanoi’s various historical relic sites and cultural heritages featured in films is taking in Hanoi to introduce cultural traditions, peace-loving, and development of Hanoi to audience and international friends.

More than 600 photos on ethnic minority groups upholding solidarity, creativity, integration and sustainable development; documents about religions and beliefs in Vietnam; the fight against making corrupt use of issues, related to ethnics and religions and the images of the religions and ethnic minorities in Soc Trang have been displayed in Soc Trang province.

Divere activities such as gong performances, folk dances, bamboo pole dances of the local Muong ethnic group, the reproduction of the rite of passage ritual of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups in Ia Lau commune, Chu Prong district, and panpipe performances of the H’mong ethnic community have taken place during Gia Lai provincial Cultural Heritage Festival on November 5 to 6.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos has coordinated with the Vietnam Cultural Centre in Laos and the Vietnam Elderly Association’s art troupe to organize a cultural and artistic exchange programme in Vientiane to celebrate the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.

Young Vietnamese and Korean artists have participated in the special concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties.

Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam won a bronze medal from the Asian Continental Chess Championship which ended on November 3 in New Delhi, India.

According to the Cinematography Department, the sixth Hanoi International Film Festival entitled “Cinema - Humanity, Adaptation and Development” will take place in Hanoi from November 8 to 12.

More than 1,000 local people along with domestic and foreign tourists participated in the the Southern Cuisine Festival, Cultural and Tourism Week and Ok Om Bok Festival in the province on November.

According to the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB), 200 artists from VNOB will take part in a concert entitled “A mass for peace” at the Hanoi Opera House from November 12 to 13.

Ao Dai collections from well-known designers Minh Hanh and 10 others, all made from the traditional brocade of the Central Highlands’ ethnic minority people, have been displayed in Mang Den town, Kon Tum province.