Culture - Sports

On June 7, the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) held a ceremony to present awards of the 11th International Art Photo Contest in Vietnam in 2021 (VN-21) and opened an exhibition of entry photos.

According to Binh Thuan provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the province has launched a long-term project (until 2030) to preserve and promote music and dances of ethnic minority communities.

37 wooden items belonging to two types of Kokeshi dolls, including traditional and modern Kokeshi, are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Hanoi.

More than 80 books, including about 70 titles released by the National Political Publishing House of Truth, are on display at an exhibition on Vietnam’s sea and islands which opened in the central city of Nha Trang on June 5.

The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP has published a book on the 30 years of socio-economic cooperation between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to mark the 30th anniversary of the Vietnam-RoK diplomatic relations (1992-2022).

A non-profit sound workshop called “Sonic Ground” was opened in Hanoi on June 6 for ten micro-budget and independent filmmakers, video artists and artists of other mediums from all over Vietnam.

150 coloured and black-and-white photos and documents of places in Hue and Ho Chi Minh City where President Ho Chi Minh once lived and worked before he boarded the ship Admiral Latouche Treville on June 5, 1911, from Nha Rong Wharf of Saigon, beginning his journey to seek ways for national salvation are on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City.

The exhibits featuring President Ho Chi Minh’s life, career and great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and nation are on display at an exhibition in the central province of Quang Binh.

In the evening of June 5, at the Opera House, Ho Chi Minh City Organizing Board for Great Festival held a special art performance to mark the 132nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890-2022) and 111 years since the late leader left the country to seek the way for national salvation (June 5, 1911-2022).

More than 200 students across Vietnam will participate in the 2022 music summer camp in Nha Trang city in mid-June.

The History Institute under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) has issued the 10-volume reprinted “Dai Nam thuc luc” (Chronicle of Dai Nam – an old name of Vietnam) which provides a panorama of Vietnam’s economy in the 19th century debuted on June 2.

Nearly 400 performers of 15 domestic troupes and international art troupes from seven countries will participate in the Hue Festival 2022 which will take place from June 25 to 30.

An exhibition entitled “Hungarian National Assembly in ten large-scale posters” which presents the history and function of the Hungarian Parliament is taking place at the Vietnam National Library at 31 Trang Thi street, Hanoi.

Thang Long-Ha Noi Heritage Preservation Centre announced on June 1 that archeologists have discovered new vestiges while conducting an excavation at Thang Long Imperial Citadel.

After a hard-working day on June 1, 16th National Press Awards selected total of 152 outstanding works entered the final round of the 16th National Press Awards.

The third football tournament of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the UK kicked off in Birmingham city on May 29.

Ballet dancers from the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) will premier a full ballet that tells a tragic, legendary love story.

Diverse activities which introduce the culture, customs and habits of the ethnic groups will be held during the programme with the theme "Childhood with summer days" in June at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi.

Award ceremony for the Reading Culture Ambassador Contest 2022 has taken place in Hanoi.

The District 5 Labor Confederation in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City has held a conference to praise typical collectives and individuals for well implementing Directive 05-CT/TW of the Politburo on promoting studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style.

A ceramic painting titled "Vietnam-US Friendship" has just been inaugurated at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV)'s campus in Hanoi on the occasion of opening of the US-Vietnam Cooperation Centre.

Together with the host country Vietnam, the 12th European – Vietnam Documentary Film Festival will bring together 10 countries including Austria, Belgium (Wallonia-Brussels), France, Italy, Germany, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, Republic of Czech and United Kingdom.

Fifty cartoons have been screened for audiences of all ages, especially teenagers and children at National Cinema Centre, at No. 87 Lang Ha, Dong Da District, Hanoi.

Vietnam’s special cultural identities, landscape and cuisines were introduced to friends in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at an event in Malaysia on May 27.

The Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies in collaboration with the Temple of Literature Culture and Science Centre and the Gavisto Diplomat Non-Profit Project on Culture and Education to open the exhibition "Mysteries Vietnam" to introduce 20 works of 27-year-old painter Nguyen Thanh Vu.

The U23 Vietnam team will play a friendly with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s U23 team on May 28.

Argentine Week in Hanoi entitled "Celebrating our friendship" is taking in Hanoi from May 23 to 28 to strengthen friendship between Vietnam and Argentina.

A concert to foster the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Romania has taken place in Romania with the attendance of more than 150 guests, including 30 heads of representative missions and foreign diplomats, representatives of a number of Romanian ministries and Romanian partners, officials and employees of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Romania.

A project worth 25,000 USD on preserving and promoting gong culture in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been launched in the locality.

ASEAN Film Week 2022 will take place in Hanoi from May 27 to June 1 and Ho Chi Minh City from May 28 to June 2 to mark the 55th founding anniversary of ASEAN, in which Vietnam is a member country.