Culture - Sports

The ART TREE studio and the UNESCO centre for international cultural exchange and conservation ICEP - Hanoi Classy have launched a children’s painting contest themed “I love Vietnam” to kindle their affection for their home country.

According to the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, the 2022 Japanese Film Festival in Vietnam will take place from October 21 to November 27 in four major cities, including Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.

The stamp sets on Vietnamese cuisine, including banh mi, a type of Vietnamese sandwich, banh xeo, crispy Vietnamese pancake, com tam, broken rice, and banh khot, mini savory pancakes, have been issued.

Outstanding works in the creative career of photographer Vu Anh Dung (1976-2021) displayed at the Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Center at 50 Dao Duy Tu street, Hanoi, from october 8 to 10, brought visitors beautiful feelings about homeland and life.

A photo exhibtion on President Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi has been opened in Hanoi to celebrate the 35th anniversary of a UNESCO resolution honouring President Ho Chi Minh and the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Hanoi.

60 works on Hanoi and 52 works on Vietnamese beauty are on display at a photo contest to mark the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam’s capital city.

The Hanoi City Department of Culture and Sports has coordinated with the Vietnam National Academy of Music to organize a music concert at pedestrian walking area near by Hoan Kiem lake in Hanoi to mark the 68th anniversary of the capital city’s Liberation Day (October 10) .

The Hanoi Book Festival has returned for the bookworms in the capital city after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A friendship golf tournament was held on October 8 in Vientiane, the capital of Laos to celebrate the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.

An writing contest on Hanoi capital entitled “Hanoi & I" has been launched to contribute to honor and spread the traditional cultural values of Thang Long – Hanoi.

The awarding ceremony for Grand Prize of the 15th Bui Xuan Phai – For Love of Hanoi Awards took place at the headquarters of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in Hanoi on October 6.

The opening ceremony of the 10th Hanoi Physical Training and Sports Festival is scheduled to take place at 8p.m on October 7 at the Hanoi Athletics Palace in Nam Tu Liem District. It will draw the participation of 5,500 people.

The video game “Lac Viet phieu luu ky” (Lac Viet Adventures) was selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a promotional product on digital platforms at the Vietnam Days Abroad 2022 in Austria in September; and those that will take place India and the Republic of Korea, November and December this year.

On October 3, Standing Vice Chairman of the northern Lang Son Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Construction of Global Geopark in Lang Son Province Duong Xuan Huyen chaired a meeting with the Geopark Management Board on assessing the progress of the project "Establishing, building and developing Lang Son Geopark in the 2021 – 2025 period".

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO), “A Night of European Dances” will will take place at the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Opera House, Vietnam on October 8.

Nearly 30 works by eight painters about Vietnam’s strong developments as well as its aspiration for sustainable environment are being introduced from October 1 to 4 in Paris’s outskirts city of Accueil, France.

Hanoi will build a national dossier for Mo Muong to be included in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, heard a conference held in the capital city on October 3.

According to the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO), a concert celebrating 20 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the US will take place at Hanoi Opera Theatre on October 7.

On October 3, the 3rd Vietnam-Laos culture-sport-tourism border exchange festival closed in the northwestern mounainous province of Dien Bien.

On the evening of October 2, at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi, the Hanoi Party Committee held an awarding ceremony for the 5th Press Award on Cultural Development and Building of Civilized and Elegant manner of Hanoians.

The northwestern province of Dien Bien is hosting a Vietnam-Laos cultural, sport and tourism festival from October 1-3.

Six pilots will raise the Vietnamese national flag high when participating in the Paragliding World Cup in the Republic of Korea from October 1 to 8.

Seven Italian movies will be screened during the Italian Film Festival 2022 from October 3 to October 9 at the National Cinema Center at 87 Lang Ha Street in Hanoi.

The Ninh Thuan Provincial Cultural and Tourism Day 2022 kicked off in the pedestrian street area of Hanoi’s downtown Hoan Kiem district on the evening of September 30.

2,500 books, documents and artefacts, about the formation and development of the Publishing, Printing and Distribution sector over the past 70 years, especially the diversified and modern development of the industry in the current period, have been displayed.

Festival which introduce traditional costumes of Vietnam’s ethnic groups will take place at Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, Hanoi, from November 18 to 20.

A series of activities on promotions and tasting Italian cuisine have been held during the Taste of Italy week in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Buckwheat Flower Festival hemed “Karst Plateau Vitality”, will take place in the northern province of Ha Giang on November 26 in the northwestern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Diverse activities such as Cambodia’s traditional dances, including Apsara, Lakhon Khol and Ploy Suoy, and an exhibition on Cambodia’s culture and fine arts are being held at the Cambodia Culture Week in Vietnam.

Diverse activities and programmes will be held during Ban Gioc Waterfall Festival 2022 in Trung Khanh district, the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, on October 8 and 9.