Culture - Sports

The 18th Volleyball Championship Hoa Lu - Binh Dien Cup 2024 officially kicked off at Ninh Binh Gymnasium on February 27 evening.

The winners of the Vietnam Golden Ball 2023 were announced at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 19, with midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc and goal keeper Tran Thi Kim Thanh earning the Golden Ball award in the men's and women's categories, respectively.

The Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival kicked off in Gia Sinh commune, Gia Vien district of the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 15, or the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

The northern province of Ninh Binh, home to an array of tangible culture heritages. These have been preserved throughout over thousands of years and showed the long-lasting culture of the Hoa Lu land.

According to the organising board, the 18th Volleyball Championship Hoa Lu - Binh Dien Cup 2024 will be officially kicked off at Ninh Binh Gymnasium on February 27 evening.

Vietnam bid farewell to the AFC Asian Cup 2023 with a 2-3 defeat to Iraq after conceding in the last minute of the game.

Visitors to Ninh Binh province will have a chance to experience various activities of Vietnam's traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival and tourist gift market in Hoa Lu Old Quarter from now to February 15.

Le Thi Mong Tuyen has earned Vietnam's fourth ticket to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics following her excellent performance at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2024 which is being held in Indonesia from January 7-17.

"Night of southern heritage", a unique cultural program was held recently in the northern province of Ninh Binh, as part of the second Ninh Binh-Trang An festival.

Bui Thi Xuan Hanh, 22, from the northern province of Ninh Binh was crowned the 2023 Miss Cosmo Vietnam, which ended in Da Lat City of the central highlands province of Lam Dong on December 31, 2023.

A wide range of cultural activities have been held in Ninh Binh in 2023, helping to enrich and improve the spiritual lives of local people, preserve and promote traditional cultural values, and popularise the province's images to domestic and foreign visitors.

Vietnamese wrestlers dominated the 2023 Southeast Asian Wrestling Championships which concluded in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on December 10, clinching the top position with 26 gold medals.

The second Ninh Binh - Trang An Festival, which is scheduled to run from December 26-31 in the northern province of Ninh Binh, will feature a wide range of special and attractive activities.

There are over 100 ancient houses in Trang An heritage area of Ninh Binh, which feature typical traditional architecture and cultural and historical values. Most of them, however, have downgraded and are in need of repaire and upgrade.

A real-life show will be held during the opening ceremony of the second Ninh Binh - Trang An Festival which is slated to run from December 26 to December 31 in Hoa Lu district in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Athletes from Ninh Binh successfully bagged home three medals at the 2023 National Kickboxing Championship, which was held from November 18 to 30 in the central highlands province of Dak Lak.

The 7th World Vovinam Championship kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on November 24, with the participation of more than 650 athletes from 35 countries and territories worldwide.

Vietnam won five gold, three silver and three bronze medals at the HYX 16th World Wushu Championships in Texas, the US.

Ninh Binh LienVietPostBank won the National Women's Volleyball Championship - Duc Giang Chemicals Cup 2023 after beating Duc Giang Chemicals Tia Sang 3-1 in the final match on November 19.