Culture - Sports

The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has launched a contest entitled “Bringing the Party’s Resolution to Life” to promote the dissemination on the basic contents of Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

The Vietnam Public Sector Union has asked its trade unions to mobilize female cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers to wear Ao dai from March 1 to 8, especially on International Women’s Day (March 8), to spread the beauty of Ao dai at working and living places.

Vuong Dinh Hue, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, on March 2 paid a working visit to the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, and inspected some construction projects serving the SEA Games 31.

From March 1 to 31, at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Tourism (Hanoi), there will be activities with the theme "Little Spring" to mark the International Women’s Day (March 8) and International Day of Happiness (March 20).

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has granted permission for the screening of French movies throughout the country from March 1 to December 31, 2021.

A wide range of programmes and activities were held in the framework of Youth Month 2021 launching ceremony in Thai Nguyen province on February 28.

Vietnam Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert entitled "Hope" - the opening gala of the 2021 performing season on March 12 at the Hanoi Opera House.

"Exploring Vietnam" photo book, which has been released by the Youth Publishing House, introduces Vietnam’s majestic landscapes, unique culture, rich cuisine, and the strong vitality of its gentle and labor-loving people.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a plan on programs to serve ethnic minorities in mountainous, remote, border and island areas in 2021.

Leaders in the central city of Da Nang recently handed over a certificate to authorities in Hoa Tho Dong ward in Cam Le district recognising the Cham Phong Le archaeological site as a city-level relic, in an effort to improve the management and preservation of the site.

The campaign of all people exercising their bodies to follow Uncle Ho’s example in the 2021-2030 period and Olympic Run Day for the health of the entire people will be launched on March 21, in Hau Giang.

The Hung King’s death anniversary will only organize festivities similarly to last year, with ceremonial activities but no festivities, to ensure COVID-19 prevention and control.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced that the preliminary round of the 2021 “Ambassadors of Reading Culture” contest will run until the end of July.

Vietnamese actress Hoang Thi Bich Phuong has won the best actress award at the 2021 Paris International Film Festival for her role in “Invisible Love”.

Vietnamese photographer Vu Manh Cuong has been awarded the gold prize at the Shadow 4th International Salon 2021 in India, for his photo titled “Van Nui 5”.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to organize the festival of librarians to introduce books on the 110th anniversary of Uncle Ho's departure to find the way to save the country (June 5, 1911 - June 5, 2021) in May.

(CPV) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just decided to organize art performances to promote the prevention and control of tobacco harm in 2021 at public venues in the North.

For people in Giang Xa village, Tram Troi town, Hanoi’s Hoai Duc district, on New Year's Day, public holidays, it is indispensable to cook “Bac” cake. In the past, people offered this cake to the King to show their respect. Nowadays, the “Bac” cake has become a dish that preserves the cultural features and expresses the love of Giang Xa people.

For the first time the beauty of Nguyen Hue street, usually Ho Chi Minh City’s most visited place during Tet (Lunar New Year), can be enjoyed online at duonghoanguyenhue.vn.

Co Loa now is serving as not only a cultural relic and evidence of ancient Vietnamese’ creativeness and technical level, but also an ideal destination for visitors.

Passing down through generations and continued with equal enthusiasm today, “Xong dat” (first footing), a Tet tradition in Vietnam, has always been associated with hopes for a fruitful year ahead.

Hanoi’s Duong Lam ancient village, renowned for its unique houses built with wooden frames and fortified with laterites, still preserves typical features of old villages in the Red River Delta.

Buffalo is a meek, hard-working animal, related to village life, and its image symbolises the rice civilization. The buffalo is also one of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals, it stands in the second position following the mouse.

A flower market, which features the unique local floating markets and traditional space of trading on water of the Mekong Delta region was organized on the Tau Hu-Ben Nghe canal along the streets of Ben Binh Dong and Nguyen Van Cua in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City on February 6.

Many localities have prepared cultural events, especially traditional cultural activities, to welcome Spring 2021. However, due to the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, numerous activities have been postponed.

A calligraphy festival is taking place at Vietnam Quoc Tu (Vietnam National Pagoda) in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City from February 7 to 26 to welcome the Year of the Buffalo in the lunar calendar and preserve the country’s traditional culture.

The festival “Pho Ong Do” (the Street of Calligraphers), themed “A Spring of Peace”, has been launched by the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in HCM City.

The An Giang Museum in the Mekong Delta province of the same name opened an exhibition on February 9 of the Khmer, Cham, and Hoa ethnic minority cultures and a section preserving five national treasures.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink extended Tet (Lunar New Year) greetings to Vietnamese people in a creative and also trendy way this year, a rap song, which hit more than 13,000 likes and 1,800 shares on Facebook within just 18 hours.

In the mind of Vietnamese people in the country and abroad, the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) holiday is always a constant memory, a longing chance to reunite with family.