Culture - Sports

(CPV) - Unleashing Creativity Week 2021 will take place from December 24 to 31, 2021 at the Centre for Art & Culture at 22 Hang Buom street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has coordinated with the People's Committee of Ha Giang province to organize a photo exhibition about ethnic groups and religions in Vietnam.

172 paintings, graphic works, sculptures and installations in different mediums such as oil , lacquer , silk , acrylic , wood and stone, which were selected from over 1,800 entries, are on display at an exhibition which opened in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on December 20.

On December 20, an international seminar on imperial ceramics in Thang Long Royal Palace took place in Hanoi.

The central Hue Monuments Conservation Center has coordinated with central Da Nang City Department of Culture and Sports to restore Hai Van Gate, a national relic site, to preserve and promote historic values of the relic.

In the face of the complicated situation of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Hanoi People's Committee has made a plan to launch fireworks at Thong Nhat Park and broadcast live for people to celebrate the 2022 Lunar New Year.

146 outstanding works of the 51st art photo contest of the Hanoi Association of Photographic Artists are on display at an exhibition at Hanoi Exhibition Hall, Trang Tien street, Hanoi.

A programme to inspire art creativity will take place in Hanoi from December 24 and 31 to create an attractive multi-dimensional "dialogue" between creative arts in a cultural and artistic space.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum’s chapter in Ho Chi Minh City on December 17 held a press conference to give the public insights into a freshly published book on the late President Ho Chi Minh’s national salvation journey.

350 photos of the UNESCO-recognised heritage and famous historical relic sites and landscapes across the country are on display an exhibition in the northern province of Ninh Binh as part of the National Tourism Year - Ninh Binh 2021.

The Canada-Vietnam Trade Council has held a workshop to update information on studying abroad and job opportunities in Canada for Vietnamese students.

More than 100 photos about on reflecting truthfully and vividly the lives of officers, soldiers and people on the Truong Sa Archipelago, the DK1 rig, the forces who are guarding the sovereignty of the sea, islands and sacred continental shelf of the fatherland day and night, border guard forces, and border people to welcome spring are on display at an exhibition on many digital platforms.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Department of Cinema to coordinate with Da Nang City Department of Culture and Sports, Da Nang City Culture Cinema Center and the Embassy of Kazakhstan to organize Kazakh Film Days in Vietnam 2021 in Da Nang city from December 17 to 19.

The third Mong ethnic culture festival entitled “Preserving and promoting the cultural identity of Mong ethnic minority group – equality, solidarity and development” will take place in the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau from December 24 to 26.

The art of Xoe dance of Thai ethnic people meets all of the five criteria set by UNESCO to be listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

A virtual exhibition on resistance war for Hanoi’s liberation will be launched on December 16 at http//:trungbayonline.hoangthanhthanglong.vn.

Unique architecture traces have been detected at the centre of the Ho Dynasty Citadel, a UNESCO-recognised World Cultural Heritage site, during an excavation during the past two years, reported the Institute of Archaeology and the Ho Citadel Heritage Conservation Centre on December 14.

From December 16 to 19, 2021 in Hanoi, the Italian Embassy in Vietnam will coordinate with Italian Trade Office in Ho Chi Minh City, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam and a number of organizations to organize Italian Culinary Week.

At the 16th session of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage from December 13-18, nomination of the art of Xoe dance of Thai ethnic minority people of Vietnam as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity will be discussed.

Vietnamese culture and national identities will be introduced to international friends at the Vietnam National Day at the World Expo 2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on December 30.

On December 12, search engines in 20 countries, including Vietnam, feature a Google Doodle of "Pho" – Vietnamese traditional noodle soup.

Vietnam rose to top of group B at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 with a 3-0 victory over Malaysia at Bishan Stadium in Singapore on December 12 night, securing six points after two games.

The Vietnam Festival 2021 began in Tokyo, Japan on December 11, attracting a large number of visitors.

The Hanoi People's Committee has issued a plan on promoting information and communication activities on ASEAN in the 2021-2025 period, with a vision to 2030, aiming to effectively implement the Government's action plan in this work.

On December 8, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a seminar in both in-person and online formats to review the implementation of the Strategy for the Development of Cinematography to 2020, with a vision to 2030.

(CPV) - On December 10, the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper coordinated with relevant agencies under the Ministry of Health, the High Command of the Navy, the Department of Military Medicine under the Ministry of National Defense, and Military Hospital 175 to organize a seminar on 30 years of combining military and civilian medicine on sea and islands.

50 prominent Vietnamese lacquer paintings are on display at a virtual exhibition at http://trienlamtranhsonmai.trienlamao.net./., introducing the essence of Vietnamese art to the public at home and abroad.

An exhibition introducing the traditional culture of Vietnam and the Philippines has opened in Hanoi to mark the 45th founding anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Musician Phu Quang passed away after nearly 2 years of treatment in special care at Vietnam – Soviet Friendship Hospital, at the age of 72.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has coordinated with the Vietnam Post to issue a collection of stamps on tiger mage has been launched to mark the Year of the Tiger 2022.