Culture - Sports

As 22 paintings in a collection of works by Vietnamese artists titled “Houei” (Prosperity) of Japanese collector Itoh Toyokichi are on display at an exhibition which opened in the central city of Da Nang to mark the 46th anniversary of the city liberation (March 29).

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has promulgated a decision on building a plan on preserving, restoring and promoting ethnic minorities’ songs, dances and music to promote tourism for the 2021-2030 period.

A ceremony was held on March 28 to launch the campaign "All people exercise to follow great Uncle Ho’s example" in the 2021-2030 period and respond to Olympic Run Day for the entire people's health in 2021 in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

The Standing Board of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee has just issued a plan on organizing activities to celebrate the 131st birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19).

An online exhibition featuring 20 photos of high-level diplomatic activities between the two countries, selected from Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s photo archive, are being held at official website of the Moroccan Embassy in Vietnam (http://moroccoembassy.vn/) from March 27 to April 30 and on the VNA portal (http://vnanet.vn).

A programme to honour outstanding athletes, coaches, and disabled athletes and coaches for disabled athletes was hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA) on March 27 in Hanoi on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam Sports Day.

A chain of conferences to assess the management, protection and promotion of the value of Vietnam's intangible cultural heritage recognised by UNESCO, is scheduled to take place in April 2021, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

As many of 100 outstanding works, including 21 award-winning photos of a contest of the same theme held previously, are on display at the photo exhibition on Vietnam’s border areas which opened in Hanoi on March 23.

In the framework of the program "A little spring" at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi, a programme on homeland island sea space took place at the common house on March 20.

Nearly 200 photos of photographic artists and war correspondents are on display at Lam Vien Square, Da Lat City, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

The beauty pageant Vietnam Peace Bella 2021 was kicked off at a press conference in the central city of Da Nang on March 20.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) attended the second meeting of the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) - a subsidiary body of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which was held virtually on March 19.

The Hanoi City People’s Committee has coordinated with the Embassy of Russia in Vietnam to organize a ceremony to inaugurate a statue of famous Russian poet Alexandre Sergeievich Pushkin has at Hoa Binh park in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Culture has organized the Vietnam Cultural Day in Cairo, bringing together local governmental officials, scholars and locals.

Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 is expected to take place from May 29 to June 26, said its organizing board.

A concert named French operas’ night will take place at Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Opera House at 20:00 on March 28.

Local photographer Ninh Manh Thang has won a gold medal and received an honourable mention in the child category of the Three Country Grand Circuit 2020 international photo contest.

On March 15, Tang Tho Lau (Library), part of the Complex of Hue Monuments in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, opened to revive a national-level archival centre during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 – 1945).

Vietnam’s largest whale skeleton, over 20 metres in length and weighing 65 tonnes, is on display at Van Thuy Tu Temple in Phan Thiet coastal town, south-central Binh Thuan province.

Kieu Ky gold laminating craft village in Gia Lam district, Hanoi, has a history of about 300 years.

Vietnam’s remaining matches in Group G of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on March 12.

A national online book festival will be held at book365.vn on April 17 to promote activities of the Vietnam Book Day, and as well as the reading culture among young people.

On March 8, relic sites and tourist attractions in Hanoi reopened with safety precautions put in place, after Hanoi has not recorded any cases of COVID-19 for 17 days.

The Ao Dai brings out the elegance and strength of Vietnamese women, and it always leaves a strong impression on Russians, said Vera Mazhirina, a Russian journalist and photographer.

(CPV) - Swedish initiative #globalguytalk was held for the first time in Vietnam on the occasion of International Women’s Day to encourage men to talk about things they rarely talk about.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued Decision 717/QĐ-BVHTTDL on organizing the 3rd Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival 2021 in the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

On March 3, the Standing Board of the Hanoi City Party Committee had a working session with Hanoi City Department of Culture and Sports on the results of implementing political tasks over the past time and key tasks in the future.

The Vietnam Women’s Union, the Institute for Development & Community Health (LIGHT), and the UN Women in Vietnam jointly organised an virtual programme to celebrate the International Women’s Day (March 8) and launch the campaign “For Women’s Smiles” in Hanoi, central Thua Thien-Hue province, and Ho Chi Minh City on March 6.

Free entrance to Hue relics in Hue city of central province of Thua Thien-Hue will be offered to visitors wearing Ao dai from March 6 to 8.

The Hanoi-based Vietnam Women’s Museum has received photos, documents and items with the theme “Memories and Heritages” from diplomats, photojournalists, female doctors, and fashion designers.