Culture - Sports

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has commented on Vietnam’s performance when hosting Japan on November 11 in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.

The central Thua Thien – Hue Provincial People's Committee said that based on the actual situation of the locality and the development of the epidemic situation in the country, the Organizing Committee of the 28th Vietnam Film Festival had a meeting to decide to adjust a number of operations.

A memorandum of understanding to establish a Russia-Vietnam biomedical science and technology research centre, a project that covers joint cooperation in proton radiation therapy in cancer treatment, has been signed at the Vietnamese business forum held as part of the 14th St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum.

Implementing cultural diplomacy activities on the occasion of the 17th Venezuela International Book Fair (FILVEN 2021), on November 10, the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela held a seminar on Vietnamese culture under the theme "Ancestor Worship and Lunar New Year" in both virtually and in-person forms.

The 12th Vietnamese-European Documentary Film Festival will take place in Hanoi from December 18 to 27.

On November 10, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held an award ceremony of the 2021 Reading Culture Ambassador Contest to honour nearly 300 individuals and collectives. Accordingly, eight first prizes, 10 second prizes, 52 third prizes and more than 200 consolation prizes were presented.

Vietnam will promote brocade fashion at a show called “The Eternal Flow” at the Vietnam National Day December 30 within the framework of the World Expo 2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Gala Program of Vietnamese Culture and Cuisine at the Simón Bolívar Theater was an opportunity for Vietnam to introduce to Venezuelans and international friends about its rich cultural and historical traditions and promote the friendship and solidarity between the two countries.

Cinema lovers will have an opportunity to view several Japanese movies at the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) which will be held online in Vietnam from November 15 to 21.

The Vietnam Art and Culture Exhibition Center will coordinate with many related units to organize the exhibition "Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Space” from November 22 to November 31 in celebration of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23).

The Standing Board of the District 6 Youth Union recently organized the online exhibition "Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space". The exhibition was carried out by the District Youth Union on the website: https://sites.google.com/view/khonggianvanhoahcmq6/home and was broadcast online on the Fanpage "District 6 Youth".

Publications of Vietnam are being showcased at the 17th Venezuela International Book Fair (FILVEN 2021) as Vietnam is the event’s guest country of honour at the invitation of Venuezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

France is ready to cooperate with Vietnam in restoring and preserving cultural relics related to architectural works built by France in Vietnam through such activities as sharing information and training human resources for these works, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French Minister of Culture, has said.

More than 80 pictures on Vietnam’s culture, landscape and traditional handicraft products will be introduced at an exhibition which will open in the northern province of Ninh Binh on December 17 in the framework of National Tourism Year 2021.

According to the Vietnam Publishing Association, twenty-five outstanding books will be honoured at the fourth National Book Awards 2021 at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 12.

The Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts An will organize an exhibition entitled “Vietnam cultural heritage space” in both in-person and virtual formats in November, 2021.

On October 31, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum reopened for tourists after a long pause of organizing the ceremony to pay respects to President Ho Chi Minh and commemorate heroic martyrs and visit area around the Mausoleum and Ba Dinh Square for COVID-19 prevention and control.

The tenth European Language Day will be held virtually via the Gather platform on November 6 with the participation of eight countries and territories including Poland, Italy, Spain, Romania, France, Germany, Britain, and Belgium (Wallonie-Bruxelles).

The Great Unity of Ethnic Groups- Vietnamese Cultural Heritage” week 2021 will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi from November 18 to 23.

Vietnam’s national U23 football team have qualified for the finals of the AFC Asian Cup after beating Myanmar by a goal to nil.

The Soc Trang Party Committee’s Commission of Popularization and Education has coordinated with the provincial Party Committee’s Commission of Organization and the provincial Literature and Arts Association to organize a ceremony to praise outstanding literary and artistic works on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style.

The dossiers for Cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) art of the Red River Delta and Binh Dinh Traditional Martial Arts will be compiled to seek UNESCO recognition as cultural heritage of the world.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has adjusted the organization of a festival of librarians to disseminate and introduce books about President Ho Chi Minh.

(CPV) - According to the Management Board of President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the mausoleum will reopen to welcome visitors from October 30.

A picture of Vietnamese terraced fields captured by Spanish photographer Felipe Souto has been entered in the Amateur Nature-Landscape category at The EPSON International Panoramic Photography Awards 2021.

The seminar was an opportunity to exchange, contribute to the assessment and recognition of the initial implementation of the task of protecting the Party’s ideological foundation of the press agencies in the implementation of Resolution No. 35-NQ/TW.

A mobile exhibition on "Tradition of Bac Ninh Province's Academic" was organized by the Bac Ninh Provincial Museum at Yen Phong Secondary School in Yen Phong District.

The annual ICI Vietnam Festival, the fourth of its kind, took place in Paris from October 22-24, introducing films by young overseas Vietnamese directors to the public.

The award ceremony of the competition to compose and promote literary, artistic and journalistic works on the topic "Studying and following President Ho Chi minh’s ideology, ethics and lifestyle” in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will take place in November 2021.

The performance of ao dai (long dress) and display of special Vietnamese products, such as silk, handicrafts and souvenirs, have left a deep impression on visitors at Flavours of Asia festival which was recently held at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland.