Culture - Sports

The Vietnamese sports delegation has secured 12 official spots at the Paris 2024 Olympics, scheduled from July 26 to August 11, the Sports Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on June 17.

Vietnam will face Iraq on the early morning of June 12 (Vietnam time) in their final match in Group F within the second round of the 2026 World Cup qualification. Although the chances are slim, Kim Sang-sik's team still has an opportunity to advance to the third round.

The National Junior Team Tennis Championship kicked off in the northern province of Ninh Binh on June 3.

The Vietnamese team brought home gold medals in several events during the first competition day at the 13th ASEAN School Games (ASG) in the central city of Da Nang on June 4.

Vietnam won the 11th ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics after boxer Ha Thi Linh has been chosen as a representative at the Games this summer.

LPBank Ninh Binh picked up the silver medal at the 14th VTV9 - Binh Dien Cup International Women's Volleyball Tournament after losing 1-3 to PFU BlueCats Japan.

Vietnam won a gold on the last day of the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championship's poomsae (performance) discipline on May 15 in the central city of Da Nang.

The contract signing ceremony and announcement of the new head coach of the national football team and U23 team will take place on May 6, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has announced.

Vietnam's Nguyen Thuy Linh and Le Duc Phat ranked 17th and 37th in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings with 48,350 and 23,630 points, respectively, securing their spots to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Department of Sports and Physical Training reported on April 30.

The Trang An Marathon 2024 - Footstrike from the Heritage was taken place at Khe Coc tourist site of Ninh Binh province on April 28.

The Trang An Festival 2024 with the theme of "Coming to Trang An heritage" kicked off at the Trang An ecological tourism site on April 26.

A wide range of cultural, sport and art activities are being held in Ninh Binh province from now until the holidays of the Liberation of the South, National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of UNESCO recognition of Trang An Landscape Complex as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just signed a decesion to announce eight more national intangible cultural heritages.

An online exhibition featuring the Trang An Landscape Complex in Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province was launched on Google Arts & Culture on April 18 by the complex's management board with the support of Google Arts & Culture and UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other officials offered incense in commemoration of the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of Vietnam, at Kinh Thien Palace on Nghia Linh Mountain in Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho, on April 18 (the 10th day of the third lunar month).

The 2024 Saint Nguyen Temple Festival is taking place at Saint Nguyen Temple in Gia Vien District, Ninh Binh Province, with various activities to commemorate Zen Master Nguyen Minh Khong (1073-1141).

Hoa Lu Festival 2024 officially opened at national special relic site of Hoa Lu ancient capital on April 17 (the 9th day of the third lunar month) with a water procession ritual.

The Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of Ninh Binh province held a grand requime praying for a peaceful nation and safe people and a festival of flower garlands and coloured lanterns at the special national relic site of Hoa Lu ancient capital on April 14 night or the 6th day of the 3rd lunar month.

The northern province of Ninh Binh will celebrate the 10th anniversary of UNESCO recognition of Trang An Landscape Complex as a world cultural and natural heritage with various activities.