Culture - Sports

The Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has launched a logo design contest for Vietnam international photography festival.

The photo contest on national tangible cultural heritage is opened for both amateur and professional photographers, who are Vietnamese citizens or expats living in Vietnam of 18 years of age and above.

On June 8, the National Political Publishing House - Truth coordinated with the Institute for Communication and Human Resource Development (iCORED) under the Association of Vietnam Universities and Colleges to launch a photo contest entitle “Fatherland Seen from the Sea” to celebrate Vietnam Sea and Islands Week 2021.

An online programme entitled “Aspirations of Binh Duong youth in the new era” to celebrate the 110th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s departure to seek the path to liberate the nation (June 5, 1911-2021) has taken place in the southern province of Binh Duong.

The Lai Chau culture and tourism week will take place in Phong Tho and Tam Duong district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, in November.

As many of 140 paintings by Vietnamese painter Mai Trung Thu will be displayed at an art exhibition at the Ursulines Museum in Macon, France, from June 16 to October 24.

An art programme to mark the 110th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s departure to seek a path to liberate the nation (June 5, 1911-2021) has taken place in Hanoi and broadcast live on Vietnam Television.

More than 400 documents and newspapers on President Ho Chi Minh are on display at an exhibition which opened at Hanoi Library to celebrate the 110th anniversary of his departure to seek ways for national salvation (June 5).

The administration of Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Museum, located at Nha Rong Wharf, on June 5 to celebrate 110 years since the late leader’s start on a journey to look for ways to save the country from colonial yoke.

Photographers are being invited to send entries to a national fine art photo competition and exhibition on Vietnamese sea and islands newly launched by the Party Central Committee’s Commission of Popularisation and Education.

On June 5, a delegation of HCMC’s leaders led by Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen offered incense and flowers to pay tribute to late Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Ton Duc Thang to mark the 110th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s departure to the world to seek suitable pathways for the country’s salvation (June 5, 1911).

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) informed the latest decision in an urgent dispatch sent to airlines, the airports, and the Southern and Northern Airports Authorities, which replaced the decision on suspending the reception of foreign arrivals at the two airports under document 2276/CHK-VTHK dated May 31.

The organisers have announced that Vietnamese fans will be able to attend the men’s national football team’s matches in the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Books on President Ho Chi Minh’s life and career are introduced at the online book fair at https://book365.vn from June 4 to 30 to mark the 110th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s departure to seek a path to liberate the nation (June 5, 1911-2021).

On June 3, the Party Central Committee Commission of Popularization and Education coordinated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize an exhibition to introduce 131 role models, including 60 collectives and 71 individuals who showed outstanding performance in studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts, moral example and lifestyle in the 2020-2021 period.

Diverse cultural activities will take place throughout June at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi’s Son Tay town to mark Vietnam Family Day on June 28.

A photo book on President Ho Chi Minh’s journey to seek ways for national salvation has been published in four languages, including Vietnamese, English, Russian and Chinese to mark the 110th year of his departure (June 5, 1911 - 2021).

As many of 65 large posters, which are the most outstanding works selected from a contest featuring the President Ho Chi Minh’s departure to seek the path for national salvation 110 years ago, are on display at an exhibition which opened in southern province of Binh Thuan on June 1.

Winners of the second “De Men” (Cricket) Award for Children were announced at a ceremony on June 1 on the occasion of International Children’s Day.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ninh Thuan has discussed the detailed planning of the memorial area for Hung Kings and President Ho Chi Minh.

The draw for the 2021 Futsal World Cup is scheduled to take place on June 1, and Vietnam are considered a seeded team in group four, according to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

Vietnam continued to safeguard their 92nd position with 1,258 points in the latest FIFA men’s world standings announced on May 27.

Vietnam is focusing on winning games and securing a berth in the third round of World Cup qualifiers, head of the Vietnamese team Nguyen Sy Hien told reporters.

At the 16th St. Petersburg International Book Salon, both older readers and youngsters visited the Vietnamese stall and studied books on President Ho Chi Minh.

On May 27, workers in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, which is a current hotspot of COVID-19, began receiving vaccinations.

According to the central Hue City People’s Committee, the 2021 Hue Traditional Craft Festival in the city will be suspended amid the complicated developments of COVID-19.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, a national cultural heritage photo contest and exhibition, the first of its kind in Vietnam, will be launched in late May to raise awareness of heritage conservation within the local community.

(CPV) - At a meeting of city leaders on May 25 to identify measures to deal with the pandemic, Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung said that Hanoi will do everything possible to control the COVID-19 situation with the implementation of synchronous and comprehensive measures in all areas, while focusing on sealing off pandemic hotspots and preventing its spread.

The masterpiece Jeune femme attachant son foulard (Young Lady Tying Her Scarf) by renowned painter Le Pho was sold for 1.1 million USD at a Hong Kong auction on May 24.

On May 26, a national seminar on President Ho Chi Minh and his journey to realise an aspiration for national independence and socialism, was held online to mark the 110th year of the late President’s departure to seek ways for national salvation and 80th year of his return to the country.