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Over 100 table tennis stars to compete in Vung Tau
As many as 106 table tennis players from seven countries and
territories will compete at the 24 th “Golden Racquet” International
Tournament scheduled for July 13-17 in the southern province of Ba
Ria-Vung Tau.
This is the first time the
tournament will be held in the coastal city of Vung Tau after 23 years
it took place in Ho Chi Minh City , said Nguyen Trong...
Vietnamese art troupe performs in Beijing
An art troupe from the Youth Theatre is on a performance tour of
Beijing to celebrate the 2010 Year of Vietnam-China Friendship and the
60 th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
On
July 5, the troupe gave performances of programmes for children on the
occasion of their summer holiday.
The four-day tour is being
jointly held by the Ministry of Culture, ...
Juniors bag two silvers at Asian Junior tourney
Vietnam won two silver and three bronze medals to rank 14 out of 31
teams in the Asian Juniors Athletics Championship in Hanoi.
The silver medals were won by high jumper Tran Thi Hue Hoa and the
4x400m relay team.
China won 11 golds, 10 silvers and
five bronze medals.
Taipei came in second, while
Kazakhstan ranked third./....
Renowned writer’s 100th birthday celebrated in Hanoi
A ceremony was held on July 5 to mark the 100 th birthday of writer
Nguyen Tuan (July 10, 1910), one of the best known authors of
contemporary Vietnamese literature.
Nguyen Tuan was not only a master writer and a Hanoian celebrity, but
also a patriotic soldier, said deputy head of the Party Central
Committee’s Propaganda and Education Commission Phung Huu Phu.
Highlighting...
Traditional Vietnamese, Japanese foods spotlighted
Traditional dishes of Vietnamese and Japanese food will be on display at
a gastronomy night, which is to be held in Hoi An town, Quang Nam
province on July 7.
The programme, co-organised by
the Quang Nam Tourism Association, Hoi An Hotel and the Japan’s
Institute for Human Resource Development, will spotlight dishes made by
professor Iijima Yukichika, vice director of t...
Renowned writer’s 100th birthday celebrated in Hanoi
A ceremony was held on July 5 to mark the 100 th birthday of writer
Nguyen Tuan (July 10, 1910), one of the best known authors of
contemporary Vietnamese literature.
Nguyen Tuan was not only a
master writer and a Hanoian celebrity, but also a patriotic soldier,
said deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Propaganda and
Education Commission Phung Huu Phu.
Highlight...
Buddhists acknowledge Hanoi’s millennial birth
The Thang Long Citadel, which has witnessed all of Hanoi ’s 1,000
year history, will host a series of Buddhist celebrations from July 27
to August 2 to acknowledge the capital city’s millennial anniversary.
Most
Venerable Thich Gia Quang, Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam
Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Board, said that the activities are to pay
tribute to the founder...
Sa Huynh artefacts, ancient Cham tower found in central VN
Thousands of objects belonging to Sa Huynh culture that dated from
2,500-3,000 years ago have been discovered during excavations carried
out in the Ma Vuong Mound in Pho Thach commune, Duc Pho district, Quang
Ngai province from June 17-July 4 this year.
Head
of the archaeologists’ group Doan Ngoc Khoi said that his group also
found porcelain Linga among earthen ports, vase...
HCM City makes list of heritage sites
The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has completed an
inventory of historical-cultural relics in the city that it plans to
recommend for recognition as national and city-level relics.
Dr Pham Huu My, director of the department's Centre for
Preservation and Development of Historic-Cultural Values of Relics,
which did the task as part of a five-year programme o...
Two new concertos on Hanoi make debut
A concert to make the debut for two new pieces of music written on
Hanoi capital city will open at the Hanoi Opera House on July 4.
The
two concertos, entitled “Day song Hong – song Cai” (or “Here is the Red
river – the ‘mother’ river”) and “Khong chi la huyen thoai” (or “It is
not a mere legend”), were composed by Vinh Cat – the musician of the
alledg...
Vietnam competes in regional and world sport events
Athlete Nguyen Thi Thu Huong has won the first gold for Vietnam in the
3,000m hurdle event the first day of the Asian Youth Athletics Champs
that kicked off at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on July 1.
The champs, an official sporting event of the International
Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the Asian Athletics
Association (AAA) for athletes aged 18 a...
Vietnamese children explore Canada through literature work
Vietnamese adolescents who won a writing and painting contest titled
“Canada and red-haired Anne’s world” were honoured at an award ceremony
in Hanoi on July 1.
The contest was to mark the
first-time publication of “Anne of Green Gables” by the Canadian female
writer L.M Montgomery in Vietnamese.
Addressing the
ceremony, which was held by the Canadian Embas...
Vietnamese silk paintings exhibited in France
An extensive exhibition of Vietnamese silk paintings is scheduled to
open in Paris in late July, said the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism.
An estimated 70 works by painters from
two generations will be on display to introduce the specific beauty of
Vietnamese painting silks and to distinguish them from Japanese and
Chinese paintings.
In 1930, famous painter ...
Workshop discusses green design for German House
The Academy for Architectural Culture and the Vietnam Architects'
Association have jointly held here an architectural workshop entitled
German House in HCM City .
As part of the ‘
Germany in Vietnam 2010’ programme, the workshop discussed
architectural designs for a new German consulate, cultural centre,
academic exchange and chamber of commerce – dubbed the "Ger...
Youngsters named for Asian Games in China
Nguyen Duc Hoa and Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy of Dong Thap will be playing in
the national team at the Asian Games in Guangzhou , China , later
this year. Hoa won six games and lost two to top the leader board in a
tournament last week in HCM City , while Huy finished five points
behind.
Grand Masters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc
Truong Son will not be competing in the t...
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