Culture - Sports

Vu Thi Anh Thu of Vietnam secured a gold medal in the Croatia Open badminton tournament on June 23 in Dubrovnik.

The Danish Film Weeks 2022 will take place in Hanoi, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, and HCM City from July 1-14 to mark the 51th anniversary of bilateral diplomacy between Vietnam and Denmark.

A logo design contest in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations in 2023 has been launched in Vietnam.

105 photos taken by photojournalists who are working at leading press agencies as well as freelance photographers and photojournalists in the capital city will be displayed at an exhibition at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi from June 24-30.

The techno-pop-rock band Gute Gute from Israel will perform at the August Revolution Square in Hanoi on June and at the Hue Festival 2022.

Eight major programmes and many sidelines events will be held during the Hue Festival 2022 from June 25 to 30.

Six interesting and thought-provoking films from prominent Danish filmmakers will be screened during the Danish Film Weeks 2022 in Hanoi, Hue, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City from July 1-14.

The street carnival returned to the beach city of Sam Son in the northern province of Thanh Hoa on June 18, attracting thousands of audiences who came to enjoy one of the province’s most fabulous tourism event of the year.

On June 18, the authorities of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District held a ceremony to receive a certificate recognising its Bach Ma Temple as special national relic site.

The 9th Ho Chi Minh City Sports Festival in 2022 themed "Pride of youth in a heroic city" opened on June 18 at Phu Tho Gymnasium.

“Bun cha” (rice vermicelli with grilled pork and fresh herbs) of Vietnam has been honourly included in a cookbook with recipes served in visits of the British royal family which were collected by embassies of the UK in countries across the world on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Nguyen Hung Son has presented the “An Nam dai quoc hoa do” (Map of the Great Country of An Nam) to the House of European History in Brussels, Belgium.

A media trip called "Visit Hue" will be held for the first time with the participation of special guests, aiming to promote Thua Thien-Hue and attract domestic and international tourists to the central province.

Entries for Hanoi Regional Art Photo Festival 2022 must show the love of Vietnamese and international friends for Hanoi.

A festival will take place at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi on June 26, featuring various egg dishes cooked by famous chefs.

A book on great Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin entitled “Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times” has been translated and introduced to Vietnamese readers.

The football tournament "Vietnamese Youth in Laos" is a football tournament held annually in the Lao capital Vientiane to enhance sports spirit, aiming to build a healthy sports playground for the Vietnamese community in Laos.

The Ministry of Information and Communications will issue a set of postage stamps on birds of Vietnamese seas and islands to promote the land and people of Vietnam, as well as the country’s conservation of maritime biodiversity.

Silk paintings by five famous Vietnamese painters, including Vu Dinh Tuan, Bui Tien Tuan, Nguyen Duc Toan, Luu Chi Hieu, and Nguyen Thi Hoang Minh, are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi.

According to the Vietnamese Writers Association (VWA), the 10th national conference of young Vietnamese writers will take place from June 18-19 in the central city of Da Nang.

(CPV) - After nearly 5 months of implementation (from December 2021 to the end of April 2022), the Organizing Committee of a stamp collecting contest on Vietnam’s seas and islands has received more than 1.1 million entries across the country.

Thirty-two replicas of gold seals from the Nguyen Dynasty are on display at an exhibition inside the Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue.

According Indian Embassy in Vietnam, Int’l Day of Yoga will be held in 8 provinces and cities in Vietnam, including Hanoi, Da Nang, Vinh Phuc, Thanh Hoa, Quang Ninh, Lao Cai, Thua Thien – Hue and Quang Nam.

According to the Management Board of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh and the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Hanoi will be closed to the public from June 13 to August 15 for annual maintenance this year.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre celebrated its 40th founding anniversary on June 10, a milestone on the path to recover and bring into play values of the Nguyen Dynasty’s tangible and intangible cultural heritages.

Khuu Tan Buu, born in 1995, one of the famous names in the rice painting village in the southern city of Can Tho, has released the unique set of rice paintings "Dear Uncle Ho” to mark the 132nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

The central province of Quang Binh has opened a book and photo exhibition, themed “65 years since Quang Binh province followed Uncle Ho’s teachings,” to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s visit to the province.

A Uzbek version of late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh’s collection of poems “Nhat Ky Trong Tu” (Prison Diary) was made public at a ceremony which took place at Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies (TSUOS) in Uzbekistan on June 9.

The Vietnam Children's Ao Dai Festival 2022 will open in the northern province of Phu Tho on the evening of June 11th to contribute to preserving and promoting the image of ao dai and the quintessence of national culture for the young generation.

On the morning of June 8, the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association held a ceremony to open the first exhibition for silk paintings in the city.