Culture - Sports

A ceremony is planned on the evening of March 31 at Tan Trao Square in Tuyen Quang province’s Son Duong district to mark the 75th anniversary of Uncle Ho's return to Tuyen Quang to lead the resistance war (April 2, 1947 - April 2, 2022).

Le Huu Toan has become the second Vietnamese athlete to win a World Boxing Association Asia belt after his victory at the Vietnamese Dream event held in Ho Chi Minh Chi City recently.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a decision on organizing the sixth Hanoi Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) 2022.

On March 21, the German language and culture space in the Hue - German room was inagurated at address No1. Dien Bien Phu, Hue City to develop and promote the German language at universities in Vietnam.

A free online film-making training course for Vietnamese filmmakers entitled “On The Reel Film Lab 2022” is taking place from March 21 to 23.

A workshop entitled "Mong ethnic cultural identity and the role of women in tourism and socio-economic development in Ha Giang” has taken place at the H'Mong Village Resort, in the Trang Kim area of Dong Ha Commune, Quan Ba District, Ha Giang Province.

Over the past three years, the family of Hoang Kim Gia Bao, a 14-year-old pianist who is studying in Hungary, has presented thousands of books to children across Vietnam’s rural areas through their project ‘Dua Sach Ve Lang’ (Bringing Books to Villages).

Italian culinary culture will be introduced to tourists and residents in Hanoi with the participation of Chef Nguyen Cong Chung, the first Vietnamese to win the title of “Asia’s Chef Hotelier of the Year”.

The third Folk Performing Arts and Cultural Festival of Ethnic Groups in the Truong Son Range – the Central Highlands has taken place in Mang Den town, Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Tourism has coordinated with the municipal Women’s Union to launch a design contest on Ao dai in order to help Ao Dai go global.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Tourism has coordinated with the municipal Women’s Union to launch a design contest on Ao dai.

Representatives from Southeast Asian sport delegations highly valued Vietnam’s preparations for the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), while inspecting some competition venues for the Games in Hanoi on March 19.

The 31th Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 31), which will take place from May 12-23, will lure about 3,000 domestic and foreign journalists, according to the event's organisers.

The 2022 Olympic Running Day for the Health of the People is scheduled to be held on March 27, in order to encourage all people to participate in physical training and sports in response to the campaign: "All people exercise their bodies following the example of Uncle Ho” in 2021-2030.

The Thanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the provincial People’s Committee have just agreed on a plan to launch the campaign “All people exercise their bodies following Uncle Ho’s example” in association with the Olympic Running Day for the Health of the People and the 14th Thanh Hoa City Cross-Country Tournament.

On March 14, at the relic of Thu Bon Goddess Tomb in Duy Tan Commune, Duy Xuyen District, the central province of Quang Nam, Duy Xuyen District People's Committee held a ceremony to receive the certificate of national intangible cultural heritage for the Thu Bon Goddess Festival.

On March 15, Vietnamese contestant Danh Chieu Linh was named first runner-up at the seventh Mister Global 2022 on the final night in Thailand.

New pedestrian zone in Hanoi will be open at Son Tay old fortress citadel on April 30 – the National Unification Day.

The International Academy of Naples (IAN) in southern Italy has opened a training course on design, fashion, hotel and food for Vietnamese students.

Ho Chi Minh City administration will work closely with Japanese partners to organise the eighth Japan-Vietnam Festival in 2023 in order to put young people at the centre of festival activities.

The central province of Quang Binh has coordinated with units to organize the “Quang Binh Discovery Marathon” 2022 at Phong Nha-Ke Bang World Natural Heritage.

A culture and tourism week will take place in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau from April 14 to 17.

A photo contest on the beauty of the south central province of Ninh Thuan and inspire the creation of photographers has been launched by the Mekong One Corporation and Vietnam Airlines’s Heritage Magazine.

Diverse cultural performances have taken place during Hoa Ban Festival in the northwestern province of Dien Bien from March 13 to 14.

110 poems by teacher, poet and journalist Nguyen Thi My Dung, who had the opportunity to meet General Giap and subsequently wrote many articles and poems about the talented general over a course of more than 20 years, along with photos by journalist Tran Hong, are on display at an exhibition in Dien Bien province.

According to journalist Tran Thi Nhung from the northern mountainous Thai Nguyen Provincial Portal, photographer Dong Khac Tho has passed away.

Up to 20,000 spectators will be allowed to directly watch the upcoming World Cup qualifier match between Vietnam and Oman at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, according to a document issued by Hanoi People’s Committee relating to the organisation of the event.

A photo contest entitled “A Glimpse of New-style Rural in Hanoi” has been launched in Hanoi to honour and recognise the changes in the appearance and life of villages in Hanoi, after more than ten years of implementing the National Target Programme, on building new-style rural areas.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central Quang Ngai province is scheduled to organise a workshop on the culture of Sa Huynh, which lasted from the beginning of the Christian era until the second century AD, within this month, with the participation of many experts in archaeology and culture.

The Central Highlands Lam Dong Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed the 9th Da Lat Flower Festival at the end of 2022.