Culture - Sports

On May 9, the Main Press Centre (MPC) and the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) officially opened at the National Convention Centre on May 9.

A story-telling contest on Vietnam-Laos friendship was launched in Hanoi on May 9, as part of a special communications campaign for the 60th founding anniversary of the nations’ diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962-2022).

A memorial dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh on Co To Island in Co To district, the northern province of Quang Ninh has just received its certificate as a special national relic site.

Cham ethnic culture, sports and tourism festival in An Giang province will run until May 10 with the participation of artisans, actors, athletes, and the masses from 8 Cham hamlets in the locality.

On May 8, diverse activities related to H’mong ethnic culture in Son La took place in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La.

The street music festival is taking place in the northern port city of Hai Phong on weekend evenings from May 8 to 28 to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the city’s Liberation Day (May 13, 1955 - May 13, 2022) and respond to the 2022 Hoa Phuong Do (flamboyant red) Festival.

A set of postage stamps "31st Southeast Asian Games - 31st Southeast Asian Games" will be released on May 12 to contribute to the dissemination of the event to the public at home and abroad.

Vietnamese fencers are promoting training with the aim of obtaining three gold medals at the coming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), according to the Organising Committee.

A display of hot air balloons took place at Vu Quang district, in the central province of Ha Tinh on May 7 to welcome the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

The Saint Giong festival - Phu Dong temple opened in Gia Lam district, Hanoi on May 6.

Vietnam had a good start to the 31st Southeast Asian Games as they convincingly trounced Indonesia 3-0 in the second match of Group A in the men’s football on May 6.

The flame ignition ceremony for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) was held at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on May 6 afternoon to prepare for lighting the cauldron at the Games opening ceremony six days later.

On May 5, the Bac Ninh Organizing Committee of SEA Games 31 held a reception to welcome the sports delegations to attend and compete in Kickboxing in the province.

A press briefing on the national scientific seminar, and book and photo exhibition on following President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality and lifestyle has taken place in Hanoi.

A delegation of the Ministry of Health (MoH) led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son has inspected health services and COVID-19 control measures arranged by Bac Ninh as a host of sport events of the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

86 oil paintings and sketches honoring Dien Bien Phu Victory by painter Mai Duy Minh will be displayed at an exhibition at the Vietnam University of Fine Arts in Hanoi from May 7 to 20.

A variety of cultural activities under the theme "Uncle Ho and the Vietnamese Ethnic Community" will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in May.

The Vietnam Women's Museum has actively implemented interactive activities linking culture and history with interesting real-life scientific experiences at the museum.

According to the Management Board of President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, 34,796 people, including 136 foreigners, visited the mausoleum to express their gratitude to the beloved old Father of the Vietnamese nation on the occasion of the National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day.

More than 100 amateur footballers of Vietnam and Japan took part in the Enshu Fukuroi friendship tournament in Shizuoka prefecture on May 1.

A Vietnamese cultural centre has been opened in Venice city, Italy, expected to help promote cultural cooperation and exchange between the two countries.

Marksman Johnathan Wong is confident that the Malaysian national shooting team can achieve better results at the coming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) after a comprehensive training, Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) reported.

Eight TV channels of Thailand will broadcast live competitions at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), which will take place in Vietnam from May 12-23.

Matches of the men’s football at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) will be opened for free at the Thien Truong Stadium in the northern province of Nam Dinh.

Kien Giang Province held a solemn ceremony to inaugurate the temple of heroic martyrs and start construction of President Ho Chi Minh’s statue and the central square in Phu Quoc City on April 29 morning on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30).

The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health has just issued an official dispatch to the Vietnam Sports Administration on stopping the medical declaration requirement for COVID-19 at SEA Games 31.

On April 28, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has approved document on the organization of a fireworks display at the opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) at My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi, on May 12.

More than 1,000 kinds of Vietnamese spices are put on show at more than 50 booths at the festival which opened in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City on April 28.

A painting entitled ‘Mère et enfant’ (Mother and child) by Vietnamese-French painter Le Thi Luu has been sold for 529,200 EUR (some 562,000 USD) in an online auction by Sotheby’s.

Photos on Ho Chi Minh City are on display at an exhibition entitled “Ho Chi Minh City – 47 years together with the country and for the country” which opened along four streets in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 1 to celebrate the 47th anniversary of National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day.