Culture - Sports

An international virtual concert connecting Vietnam with the world will be broadcast live on VTV1 channel on June 27 as part of calls for people to donate to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine fund.

Tran Anh Khoa, playing Rom in the movie of the same name, took home the Best Actor Award at the 18th Asian Film Festival taking place in Rome from June 17 – 23.

More than 60 photos on the land and people of Vietnam by journalist Jaroslav Picka are on display at an exhibition which opened in Rakovník, a central city of the Czech Republic on June 23.

As many of 120 pictures of famous filming locations in Vietnam are on display at the Vietnamese Film Exhibition which opened on June 22.

According to the Goethe Institute Vietnam, the Concert Music of the 20th Century – Concert No. 4 will be broadcast live via Facebook page of the Institue on June 28 in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Vietnamese photographers win one gold medal and an honourary certificate at Spain’s competition Biennial International Digital Photojournalism 2021 in the category of photos on COVID-19.

On June 21, party cells of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a symposium to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s departure to find a way to save the country (June 5, 1911).

(CPV) - The Embassy of Belgium in Vietnam, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium) and Matca Space for Photography will present Things That Count, a photography exhibition of conversations about values in times of COVID-19 between young European and Vietnamese photographers, from June 25 to July 7 in Hanoi.

More than 30 artworks of Vietnamese painter Mai Trung Thu are on display at Lyon station in Paris, France.

Four Vietnamese movies, which have won high box office revenues in the past time, are being screened at the Asian Film Festival within the framework of the Vietnamese film screening day in Rome, Italy.

The Management Board of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum awarded 11 individuals for their contribution to disseminating activities of the Management Board over the past time.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued Plan 147/KH-UBND on carrying out the campaign of all people exercising their body following Uncle Ho’s example in the 2021-2030 period.

According to the northern mountainous Ha Giang Provincial People’s Committee, a culture week highlighting the terraced rice fields in Hoang Su Phi district will take place from September 4 to 30.

The Association of Vietnamese People has coordinated with Foyer Vietnam to introduce Vietnamese dishes at the Vietnamese cuisine festival at La Place Monge in Paris, France.

Vietnam were placed in the No. 6 seed group, together with Lebanon, among six seed groups for the upcoming draw of the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s third Asian qualifiers.

More than 300 valuable photos, documents and exhibits on President Ho Chi Minh are on display at an exhibition which opened at central Thua-Thien Hue province-based Ho Chi Minh Museum on June 17.

TV documentary series "Vietnam in the Ho Chi Minh Era - A Television Chronicle” by Nhan Dan Film and Documentary Studio under Nhan Dan Newspaper win the special prize at the 15th National Press Awards. The special prize will be awarded for the first time ever at the awards ceremony.

The two books on Vietnamese architecture entitled “Bamboo Architecture” and “Green Architecture” by the VTN Architects company (Vo Trong Nghia Architects) have been published in the US by OREO Editions.

On June 15, the Steering Committee for the implementation of the project of preserving, embellishing and promoting the value of Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Co Loa Relic site had a meeting to discuss measures to preserve and promote the values of Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Co Loa Citadel.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee Commission of Popularization and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia affirmed the leading position of the four central-level press agencies in the Vietnamese revolutionary press system and appreciated their innovation efforts to enhance the quality of popularisation work.

The Nghe An province Farmers' Association has recently coordinated with the provincial Journalists' Association to launch a photo contest themed "Nghe An farmers follow Uncle Ho's instructions".

The UAE Football Association has opened ticket sales for Vietnamese fans to watch the Vietnam-UAE match that will take place on June 15 at Zabeel Stadium in Dubai as part of the second round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers.

Three Vietnamese filmmakers will compete at the 2021 Locarno International Film Festival which will take place from August 4-14.

An art book about wildlife by writer Trang Nguyen and painter Jeet Zdung will be released in the UK in September following a copyright agreement signed by the book’s publisher, Kim Dong Publishing House, and its partner, Pan MacMillan.

The Hanoi City Party Committee Commission of Popularization and Education proposed localities, agencies and units to direct, provide information on the photo contest and exhibition on sea and islands and encourage cadres, party members and people of all walks to actively participate in the event.

Three young Vietnamese filmmakers will compete at the 74th edition of the Lorcano Film Festival which is scheduled to take place from August 4 to 14.

Hanoi always identifies culture as the center of development policy, not only as a goal and motivation but also as an endogenous strength and an important resource for the capital development in the context of the international integration and globalization.

On June 10, the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee and the municipal Department of Culture and Sports, along with the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee’s Commission of Popularization and Education held a seminar themed “Developing cultural industry in the capital for 2021 - 2025, orientations to 2030, with a vision to 2045, situation and solutions”.

Traditional festival named Doan Ngo Festival is introduced at an online exhibition which opened at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on June 10.

On June 8, a delegation led by Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong paid a working visit to Hanoi Museum.