Culture - Sports

HCM City's annual countdown music party to welcome the New Year will be held virtually on December 31 due to the social situation with unpredictable developments related to the COVID-19.

Five Vietnamese movies are being screened at the Vietnamese Film Festival in Russian that is taking place in Moscow from December 21 to 25.

Three Vietnamese artists , including Amee, Binz, and Quang Dang, have been honoured for the Best New Asian Artist, Best Asian Artist, and Best Choreographer of the Year at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

Six interesting movies about Christmas are being screened at the Christmas Film Week at the French Cultural Centre (L'Espace) based in Hanoi from December 21 to 27.

Vietnamese TV series “Ve Nha Di Con” (Come Home, My Dear) has won another prize of the Literature and Art Award presented by the Union of Arts and Literature and Associations of Vietnam.

A festival to honour Ao dai and cuisine of Hue ancient imperial city has taken place in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue.

Cultures of ethnic people in the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau have been introduced in the Lai Chau Cultural and Tourism Week at the Hoan Kiem lake pedestrian area in downtown Hanoi from December 18-20.

The 12th Japanese Film Festival (JFF) in Vietnam will take place in Hanoi from December 25-31 and in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) from January 13-22.

HCMC’s annual New Year's Eve countdown party will not be held in its usual format this year, but the form of a virtual event to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lai Chau Cultural Days under the theme “The bright colours of Lai Chau” will take the Hoan Kiem lake pedestrian area in downtown Hanoi from December 18 to 20.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnamese drama film “Mat Biec” (Dreamy Eyes) has been chosen to be sent to the qualifying round of the 93rd Oscars Academy Awards.

A series of events to celebrate Day of Pho (December 12), an initiative of the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, will be held to honour traditional Vietnamese cuisine and its iconic pho noodle soup.

Many unique Russian moves, including “Road to Berlin”, “White Tiger”, “The Star”, “Come and See”, and “They Fought for Their Country”, have been screened at the Russian Film Week 2020 from December 9 to 13.

The 2020 International Food Festival has taken place in Hanoi to introduce visitors to traditional dishes and popular cultures of foreign countries and Vietnam.

An exhibition affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened in the southern province of Bac Lieu on December 11.

On December 11, a ceremony took to celebrate 10 years since Vietnam's Giong festival was accredited by the UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity took place in Hanoi.

Many traditional dishes and drinks of the European country such as wine, ice cream, tomato sauce, noodles, olive oil, coffee and biscuits are being introduced at the 2020 Italian Cuisine Week which opened in Hanoi on December 7.

Australia’s important cultural and art collections are introduced at an exhibition entitled “Yuendumu Doors” which opened at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on December 8.

As many of 230 photos on featuring President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Indonesia, President Sukarno's visit to Vietnam, as well as the culture, history, and the land of Vietnam and Indonesia are on display at an exhibition which opened on December 7.

A photo exhibition on Vietnamese land and people and an art program has taken place in Egypt to mark the 57th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties.

From December 1 to 4, Hoi An ancient city is offering free entrance to tourists to the Old Quarter and craft villages to celebrate the Cultural Heritage Day and the 21st anniversary of its recognition as a UNESCO world heritage site.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with Lao Embassy in Vietnam to open an exhibition on the friendship between the two countries to mark the 45th National Day of Laos and 100th birthday of late Lao President Kaysone Phomvihane.

The beauty of the most elegant and graceful dress of Vietnamese women has been shown a parade in Hanoi with the participation of more than 500 women and girls in Ao Dai.

The sixth buckwheat flower festival has opened in the northern province of Ha Giang on November 28.

Ho Chi Minh City attaches importance to and pledges to further foster cooperation with Germany in the time to come, said a local official.

(CPV) - On November 26, the Vietnam Military History Museum coordinated with Military Library to organize an exhibition entitled "General Le Duc Anh – Life and career" in Hanoi.

The draft dossier on Yen Tu will be submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism by July 30, 2021. As scheduled, it will be completed and sent to UNESCO’s World Heritage Center by February 1, 2022.

A concert in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth will take place at 8pm in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28.

The 2020 Aquafina Vietnam International Fashion Week (AVIFW) will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring around 1,000 designs for adults and children made from silk, organza, lace, and velvet and will include hand-embroidered patterns.

On November 24, the Central Highland Dak Nong province organized a ceremony to receive a certificate recognising its geopark as part of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network, the third of its kind in Vietnam.