This year’s festival featured a variety of traditional Vietnamese and Japanese rituals and artistic activities, including sutra chanting at the Tam The Hall of Tam Chuc pagoda, Xam folk singing, flower-offering and Buddha recitation ceremonies (Pure Land Buddhism), sutra writing (Japanese Buddhist tradition), a lantern night, morning meditation sessions, and a Buddha offering ceremony at Ba Sao Pagoda.
An art programme was held in Hoa Binh province on July 31 to promote the land, people and culture of the province to visitors both at home and abroad.
Ninh Binh province where Hollywood blockbuster 'Kong: Skull Island' was filmed in 2016 is one of the 12 "coolest filming locations" in Asia, according to US magazine Travel+Leisure.
Vietnam's students ended their competitions at the ongoing ASEAN University Games with nine gold medals in Thailand.
Young Vietnamese diving athletes have secured three medals at Russia's multi-aquatic sport Friendship Games 2022, which is taking place at Kazan city.
The traditional 'Khai ha' festival and 'Doi' calendar of the Muong ethnic people in Hoa Binh province, have been named a national intangible cultural heritage, according to a recent decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Vietnam were crowned winners of the 2022 King's Cup Sepak Takraw World Championship on July 27 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Vietnamese team won three gold and one bronze medals at the 6th Vietnamese traditional martial arts (Vovinam) World Championship, which ended on July 23 in Paris, France.
Vietnam will send 53 athletes to compete at the 20th ASEAN University Games (AUG), which will be held in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, from July 26 to August 6.
Trang An Ninh Binh defeated Sanest Khanh Hoa 3-1 in the final to win the National Volleyball Championship 2022 - Duc Giang Chemical Cup at Ninh Binh Gymnasium on July 17.
Vietnam beat Thailand 5-3 in the penalty shootout and claimed the third place in the 2022 U19 AFF Championship in Indonesia on July 15.
Vietnam will compete in four sports at the 2022 World Games which began on July 7 in Birmingham, Alabama, the US.
Vietnam on July 6 was elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage for the 2022-2026 term, with 120 votes - the highest among the elected countries, during the ninth session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention 2003, held in Paris.
On July 3, the Group A of the National Volleyball Championship 2022 - Duc Giang Chemical Cup opens at Ninh Binh gymnasium.
Vu Thi Anh Thu of Vietnam secured a gold medal in the Croatia Open badminton tournament on June 23 in Dubrovnik.
The Department of Culture and Sports of Ninh Binh province on June 22 coordinated with related departments, sectors and localities to held a conference on deploying preparations for hosting the National Volleyball Championship 2022 - Duc Giang Chemical Cup.
Powerlifter Le Van Cong pocketed a silver medal in the men's 49kg category at the 2022 Asia Oceania Open Championships taking place in Pyeongtaek, the Republic of Korea, from June 15-20.
The 16th Volleyball Championship Hoa Lu - Binh Dien Cup 2022 officially kicked off at Ninh Binh Gymnasium on June 14 evening.
Vietnam were knocked out of the AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 on Sunday night, losing 0-2 to Saudi Arabia in the quarter-final at the Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent.
Vietnam sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2022 after comfortably cruising past Malaysia 2-0 in their last Group C tie on Wednesday.
Defender Phan Tuan Tai scored to put Vietnam ahead shortly after the first whistle but the reigning SEA Games champions were still held by Thailand as the two sides played out a 2-2 thriller in Group C of the AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 at the Bunyodkor Stadium on Thursday.
