Culture - Sports

Five award-winning films from Morocco, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Rwanda will be screened for free at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio at 465 Hoang Hoa Tham street in Hanoi.

Diverse activities will be held during the Ho Chi Minh City River Festival 2024 from May 31 to June 9 to contribute to building values related to tourism - economy, culture - education, and the brand of HCM City, attracting both domestic and international tourists.

Possessing a rich and diverse cuisine created over thousands of years of history, Vietnam has great potential to develop culinary tourism, turning cuisine into an advantage in attracting tourists.

Vietnam’s food booth has made a strong impression at the 2024 Seoul Friendship Festival, which takes place from May 24-26 and gathers representatives and residents from over 70 countries living, working, and studying in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Nearly 1,300 players from 53 teams nationwide are participating in the 2024 National Youth Chess Championships, that opened in the northern province of Bac Giang on May 25.

The 19th Vietnam Culture Week in Cambodia is taking place from May 20-25 to introduce to the Cambodian people and international friends the beauty of Vietnamese culture through traditional music and dance performances.

The Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum is coordinating with the Thailand – Vietnam Association in Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom Province to organize a painting exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh to commemorate the 134th birth anniversary of President (May 19, 1890-2024).

2024 Vietnam Culture Week in Cambodia will take place from May 20-25 to introduce to the Cambodian people and international friends the beauty of Vietnamese culture through traditional music and dance performances.

The Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPost) has released a postage stamp collection on Vietnamese tea plant to introduce the beauty and economic values of this industrial tree and promote the Vietnamese agricultural product to international friends.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnamese students won the second prize in the Systems Software category at the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

(CPV) - Promoting cinema to the world is a challenge that any cinema industry sets goals and strategies to achieve, aiming to establish the name of national and ethnic cinema on the world cinema map; promote culture; and build the film industry of each country. The Party and State of Vietnam are very interested in promoting the image of the country and people in the eyes of international friends through the film industry.

Brigade 88 (Chemical Corps), the Chemical Corps’ Political Department has coordinated with the Military Library to organize an exhibition, book display and cultural exchange on Uncle Ho in celebration of his 134th birth anniversary.

Renowned classical pianist Boris Giltburg will bring several world famous pieces to two concerts themed “Boris Giltburg - Piano Recital” in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on May 21 and May 22.

Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee has just announced that the Korean - Da Lat Music Festival will be part of the 2024 Dalat Flower Festival series of events.

A photo exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s daily life has opened in the south-central province of Binh Thuan to celebrate the 134th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) and the 113th anniversary of his departure from the country in search for the way for national salvation (June 5).

The programme drew the participation of more than 300 teachers and students from 14 class groups, who performed 17 songs and dances with the content of praising the Party, beloved Uncle Ho, and praising the homeland and the Dien Bien Phu victory.

160 photos spotlighting colours of 54 ethnic groups will be displayed at a photo exhibition which is scheduled to take place from November 22 to November 26 at Dak Lak provincial museum and the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, Hanoi.

A film week "The life and career of President Ho Chi Minh" is taking place in Thanh Hoa province from May 12 to 19 to mark the 134th anniversary of Uncle Ho's birth (May 19, 1890 - 2024).

An immense light festival will be held as part of the Hue Festival 2024 with the support of the French Embassy and the French Institute in Vietnam (IFV), expecting to bring visitors an immersive experience in a fantasy universe of light and sound.

A special cultural program to celebrate the 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2024), and Workers' Month 2024 took place in the northern province of Quang Ninh province on May 11.

A special programme combining Vietnamese circus and Japanese magic will take place in Hanoi on May 17.

On May 13, the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony in Hanoi to launch the seventh young fine arts festival.

A competition has been launched to seek creative design ideas for planning a multi-functional cultural park on the Hong (Red) River.

Seven giant lotus flowers representing the first seven footsteps of Buddha after his birth were set up on the Huong River in Hue City on May 12 to celebrate the Buddha’s 2568th birthday.

On May 12, the delegation of the Central Public Security Party Committee, the Ministry of Public Security led by General To Lam, Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee and Minister of Public Security, respectfully offered flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at Kim Lien Relic Area in the central province of Nghe An.

2024 Lotus Village Festival opened on May 11 to celebrate President Ho Chi Minh’s 134th birth anniversary (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2024).

The radio-television station of the central province of Nghe An, the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, coordinated with its counterpart in Thua Thien-Hue province to organize a programme to feature the childhood and boyhood of President Ho Chi Minh to mark the 134th birthday of the President (May 19).

Cinema lovers nationwide will have the chance to watch Japanese movies wherever they are through the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) Online, scheduled to get underway from June 5 to July 3.

Britain's TNT Theatre is bringing the bard to stages in Vietnam’s big cities from May 21-24.

The authorities of Hoanh Mo commune of Binh Lieu district, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, coordinated with their Chinese counterparts from Fangchenggang city’s Dong Zhong town to clean up the environment along the shared border river from May 9 to 11.