Culture - Sports

On September 26, Centre for Cultural and Scientific Activities of the Temple of Literature coordinated with relevant agencies to organize an online discussion to look into way to capitalise on values of the cultural space of the Temple of Literature complex in Hanoi.

Despite being heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the culture, sports, and tourism sector has shown great resilience to overcome difficulties and held a diverse range of activities to contribute to the country’s struggle against the virus.

The work "90-year-old shoemaker" by photographer Viet Van, Lao Dong Newspaper, has just won silver medal in the category "Press/Travel" for professional photographers at the PX3 Paris Photography Prize 2021.

Russian newspaper Championat has praised Vietnam’s solid defence and indomitability when playing Russian players at the knockout round of the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania.

On September 22, Do Hong Quan, Chairman of the Vietnam Musicians’ Association, was elected as Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations (VULAA) at a conference of the Union’s Presidium held in Hanoi on September 22.

Vietnam lost 2-3 to Russia in the knock-out stage at the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021 Cup 2021 in Lithuania on September 22.

On September 22, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) coordinated with the United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-Habitat) to announce the results of the drawing contest about Hanoi.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has adjusted the organization of a festival of librarians to disseminate and introduce books to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Uncle Ho's departure to find a way to save the country (June 5, 1911 – June 5, 2021) and major national holidays in 2021 in the form of video.

A contest themed “Youth study and follow President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality and lifestyle 2021” has been launched for members of the youth union, Vietnamese and foreign students to understand more about President Ho Chi Minh and learn the values in his testament.

As many of 103 paintings and sculptures by 63 artists are on display at an on online exhibition entitled “Peaceful Colors” on the Facebook’s fanpage of the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art Association at https://www.facebook.com/hmtqe/.

Vietnamese ao dao are being introduced at an online exhibition themed "Hue - the Aodai capital of Vietnam" on its websites and social networking sites such as tiktok, instagram, facebook, zalo, youtube, etc, from now until October 20th

Vietnam have been placed in Group B of the Suzuki Cup ASEAN Football Federation after a draw that took place virtually on September 21, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Being talented both in conducting an orchestra and playing both eastern and western musical instruments skilfully, young conductor Dong Quang Vinh (born in 1984) has been called a “messenger”, connecting Vietnamese and world music.

A special programme entiteld "Lanterns light up dreams" at Hanoi Children’s Palace on September 20 evening was is broadcast on Facebook pages of many organisations and agencies.

Vietnam have earned a berth at the Round of 16 of the ongoing 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania, after a 1-1 draw with Czech Republic on September 19.

An online photo contest on Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park has been launched to mark the 20th founding anniversary of the park (2001-2021).

The Hue royal court music has been recognised by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity in 2003.

An online display themed ‘the Mid-autumn festival through eyes of children’ will be held at http://ape.gov.vn and http://trienlamvhnt.vn from September 20 to December 31.

The Vietnam National Museum of History has held an online press conference to introduce digital technology applications to diversify display activities and attract visitors.

Hanoi Municipal Youth Union and the Hanoi Council of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organisation will organize diverse activities to welcome Mid-autumn Festival and connect children in seven provinces and cities.

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has announced seed groups for the upcoming draw of the 2020 edition of the AFF Championship, or AFF Suzuki Cup.

Pre-historic drawings dated 3,000 years ago have been discovered in an ancient cave in the central province of Nghe An.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a decision on organizing Vietnam Film Week in Poland.

After 6 years of implementation, Vietnam's foreign cultural strategy to 2020, with a vision to 2030, has contributed to raising the awareness of ministries, sectors and localities about the important role and necessity of foreign cultural affairs, promoting the image of a beautiful and safe Vietnam with a culture imbued with national identity.

The Culture and Science Centre of the Temple of Literature has launched a project on the cultural space of the Temple of Litature to popularize the national special relic’s historic and cultural values.

An online exhibition on photos and stories of traditional Mia-Autumn Festival will open to public via websites hoangthanhthanglong.vn and trungbayonline.hoangthanhthanglong.vn.

Images of heritage sites, famous landscapes and special dishes of Vietnam and ASEAN countries will be promoted to people of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and international friends via promotional videos produced by the ASEAN-RoK Centre.

According to the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information at the Ministry of Information and Communications, fourteen foreign television channels will end their broadcast in Vietnam from October.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has asked the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to step up the inspection and assessment of the quality of referees.

The organizing board of the Hanoi creative space design contest has awarded 18 prizes, including one first prize in each category for professional candidates and one for semi-professional and amateur contestants of the Hanoi creative space design contest launched by Hanoi City Department of Culture and Sports and Architecture Magazine.