Vietnam culture

Bangkok (VNA) – The Vietnam Culture Week took place in Yangon city, Myanmar, on September 27 – 30 to popularise images of Vietnam and its people. It was part of a series of Vietnamese events in Myanmar this year to realise bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership and culture cooperation agreement for the 2017 – 2020 period signed by the two countries’ leaders. Within the framework of the week, a ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day and two years of the upgrade of the Vietnam – Myanmar ties to the comprehensive cooperative partnership level was also held. Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Myanmar Luan Thuy Duong said Vietnam – Myanmar ties have been growing in diverse areas over the past years, including in trade and investment, national defence-security, agro-forestry, seafood, energy, telecommunications, tourism, justice, education, culture and people-to-people exchange. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Culture Week held in Myanmar

Products of Van Phuc silk village (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The first-ever folk festival honouring Hanoi’s traditional and contemporary culture as well as cultural heritages will be held at the Ly Thai To Statue Square beside Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the capital city on November 15-17, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports. The festival is part of activities to mark the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23) and respond to the city’s nomination to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. An exhibiting area will be set up to introduce local traditional craft villages like Van Phuc silk village, Bat Trang pottery village, Phu Vinh bamboo and rattan village, and Ha Thai lacquer village. Besides, the villages’ modern products that meet demands of domestic and foreign markets will be nudged closer to the visitors. In addition, a traditional art space will offer an opportunity for local residents and tourists to discover the … [Read more...] about First folk festival to highlight Hanoi’s traditional culture, heritage

The event was jointly held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in coordination with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) with an aim to provide relevant authorities, localities and organisations in the central region of Vietnam with a deeper understanding of international migration issues, the content of the GCM, and the relationship between migration and goals set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The conference is the second conference held by the MOFA in a chain of national publicity activities on GCM planned for the future, under the direction of the Prime Minister, on the dissemination of the content of the Compact to relevant ministries, sectors, localities and organisations. Attending the seminar were representatives fromagencies, departments and branches of 12 localities in the Central region including Nghe An, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Kon Tum, Gia Lai and Lam Dong. Delegates at the … [Read more...] about Vietnam actively joins in Global Compact for Migration

According to the informed details, VTV has obtained the media rights monopoly in terms of television (terrestrial, cable TV, satellite and IPTV), radio and public screening across the Vietnamese territory. However, it does not have the exclusive rights to broadcast the match on mobile phones and on the internet (including OTT). In addition, VTV has the rights to re-license the Indonesia vs Vietnam media copyright to third-party units within the Vietnamese territory, such as K+ or Vietnam Television Corporation (VTC). Earlier, Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and its affiliate Vietnam Television Corporation (VTC) acquired the broadcast rights for five matches of Park Hang-seo’s troops in the second round of the 2022 World Cup AFC qualifiers, including the two legs of the Vietnam-Thailand fixture on September 5 (away) and November 19 (home), and the three other home clashes between Vietnam and Malaysia (October 10), the United Arab Emirates (November 14) and Indonesia (June 4, … [Read more...] about VTV to broadcast Indonesia vs Vietnam 2022 World Cup qualifier

>>> No easy group for Vietnam at upcoming AFC U23 Championship As the reigning runners-up, Vietnam aim for a place among the top two teams in the group to progress to the quarter-finals, but it will not be an easy task as all the 16 teams in the finals are among the best in Asia. In the same tournament China hosted two years ago, Vietnam were also in Group D which was considered the “group of death” alongside Korea Republic, Australia and Syria. However, the young Golden Stars under head coach Park Hang-seo performed a miracle as they collected four points and ranked second in the group thanks to a resounding victory over Australia and a hard-fought draw with Syria. They continued their impressive run in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, beating Iraq and Qatar respectively on two penalty shootouts to book a place in the final, before losing 1-2 to eventually champions Uzbekistan in the last minute of extra time. In next year’s tournament, Vietnam will be in … [Read more...] about Vietnam draw DPR Korea, Jordan and UAE in AFC U23 Championship’s group stage