Culture - Sports

The Prime Minister has just issued Decision 1230/QD-TTg dated July 15, 2021 approving the Program to preserve and sustainably promote the value of Vietnam's cultural heritage, period 2021-2025.

The CHI Cultural Joint Stock Company (Chibooks) has coordinated with the Literature Publishing House and Labour Publishing House to launch a book project to promote Vietnamese culture to Vietnamese and international readers.

The Standing Board of the Nghe An Party Committee has launched an award for composing and promoting literary, artistic and journalistic works on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style in the 2021-2025 period.

A set of criteria for evaluating Vietnamese business culture was announced on July 14 in Hanoi by the Vietnam Association for the Business Cultural Development.

Experts of Vietnam and the Archaeological Survey of India team have been accelerating the implementation of a project to conserve and repair tower-temples of Group A at the My Son World Cultural Heritage Site in the central province of Quang Nam.

The Central Thua Thien – Hue Provincial People’s Committee has approved a project on “Promoting value and building Hue folk singing into a unique cultural tourism product in 2020-2025” to preserve and promote effectively the typical value of Hue folk singing.

Nearly 300 photos, documents and items on the Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) disaster in Vietnam over the past 60 years are on display at an exhibition which opened at Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi and at trienlamdacam.vn. on July 13.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has added four more cultural practices of ethnic minority people in the northern province of Lao Cai to the national list of intangible cultural heritages.

An online writing contest for children aged six to 15 has been launched by Kim Dong Publishing House to encourage young readers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The central Thua Thien – Hue province-based Ho Chi Minh Museum held a ceremony to inaugurate the work of adjusting the display house and adding a cluster of relics commemorating President Ho Chi Minh at Duong No village, Phu Duong commune, Hue city.

An online photo exhibition on Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19 entitled “Moments from the heart” has been launched by the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA).

A Vietnamese thriller named "Nguoi lang nghe: Loi thi tham " (Listeners-The Whispering) has won three awards during the course of the Asia Film Art International Film Festival (AFAIFF) 2021, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported.

Vietnam are in Group I of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup qualification, together with Myanmar, Hong Kong (China) and Taiwan (China), according to a draw held in Malaysia on July 9.

The third Mong Ethnic Culture Festival is expected to take place in September in the Central Highlands city of Lai Chau, with the participation of 14 cities and provinces.

The fifth version of the Italian Design Day was held virtually on July 8 in Milan, Italy, along with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, to give participants the chance to explore the idea of urban regeneration in different countries with designers, architects, and landscape planners.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City will apply social distancing measures under the Prime Minister's Directive 16 for 15 days starting 0am on July 9.

(CPV) – Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee Commission on Popularization and Education Phan Xuan Thuy has appreciated the results in collaboration between Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper and the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee in disseminating the information on the city, satisfying requirements.

A photo contest entitled “Hanoi I love” has been launched by Hanoi’s Association of Photographic Artists to feature impressive images of local people fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, while still boosting economic development.

The Prime Minister has approved a plan to create a new network of cultural and sports facilities for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045.

A special online concert by Vietnamese and German artists will be broadcast live on the Facebook of Goethe Institut at www.facebook.com/Goethe.Institut.Hanoi at 7pm on July 5.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recognized the social customs and beliefs of the Phong Luu Khau Vai Market in Khau Vai commune, Meo Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang as a national intangible cultural heritage.

“Phượng Khấu”, known as “The Emperor’s Gift” in English, an original drama series depicting royal life during the Nguyen dynasty, will represent the nation at the Asia Contents Awards 2021 which is set to take place in October in the Republic of Korea.

Top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in her third Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, next month.

Top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in her third Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, next month.

Diverse activities reproducing rural markets will be held in July at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo Tourism Area in Son Tay Town, Hanoi.

The programme entitled “Taikan Japan” will restart in Vietnam from July to introduce Japanese culture to the Vietnamese people.

Vietnam Film Festival 2021 will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from September 12 to 16, to feature the best local movies released over the past two years.

The Vietnam Youth Federation Central Committee has held a ceremony in Hanoi to launch an online photo contest on the subject of young family happiness to celebrate Vietnam Family Day.

The Thua Thien-Hue provincial Youth Union has held an array of activities to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s departure to find a way to save the country.

Da Vien Cay, the most important feng shui element of the ancient Hue Citadel, is set to be reconstructed by the local government to restore it to its former glory as an imperial garden.