Ninh Binh is still preserving ancient bridges which are hundreds of years old, with unique architectures such as Luong market tile bridge, Thuong market tile bridge, Kenh village tile bridge and Phat Diem tile bridge.
The 2016 Men's Volleyball Championship - Hoa Lu Cup officially kicked off at the Ninh Binh Competition House on November 2, with the participation of four teams.
The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) announced on October 31 that Vietnam will host one of the two ASEAN futsal championships in 2017.
The second International Judo Championship Vietnam 2016 - People's Police University Cup opened at Ton Duc Thang University Arena in Ho Chi Minh City on October 29, gathering 200 judo athletes from 14 countries and territories around the globe.
Not long after their senior teammates in the national team trounced the DPRK 5-2 in a friendly match, Duc Chinh and his teammates at U19 team (in red) once again sowed grief for their DPRK rivals (in white) in the AFC U19 Championship.
Vietnamese gymnasts scored resounding victories at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup 2016 in Hungary on October 9 securing two gold medals in the men's vault and parallel bars disciplines, and one bronze in the men's rings event.
The Vietnam muay team won two gold, two silver and six bronze medals at the 2016 IFMA Muay thai Youth World Championship which recently wrapped up in Bangkok, Thailand.
Vietnam as a whole and Da Nang in particular have been exerting the utmost efforts in order to successfully organise the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG-5), creating a good impression on Asian and world friends, said Vuong Bich Thang, Director of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.
Ninh Binh province, with its romantic and imposing scenery has become an ideal destination for domestic and foreign film makers.
The Ho Chi Minh Museum has received over 1,000 historical objects and documents about late President Ho Chi Minh collected from August 2015 up to now.
A Romanian version of the great epic poem by poet Nguyen Du (1766-1820) has just been handed as a gift to the Nguyen Du Memorial Centre in the central province of Ha Tinh.
Says 'there should not be a seperate title for me but for Vietnam's sports sector'.
A documentary report on Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange titled "Long Thanh will lichen" by German director Philipp Abresch has been nominated for an Emmy Award.
Ancient bibliographies were written mainly on 'buong' leaves (a unique material for making the paper of the Cham people) and 'do' papers (paper made from the bark of the Rhamnoneuron balansae), featuring the essence of their daily lives, culture and belief through many generations.
Vietnam's No. 1 shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh bagged a silver medal in the Olympic men's 50m pistol event on August 10, becoming the first ever Vietnamese athlete to win one gold and one silver medal at the Olympic Games.
Vietnam's no. 1 shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh captured the men's 10m air pistol gold medal at the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics in the early morning of August 7, thus ending the country's long-standing thirst for a first Olympic gold.
Vietnam aims to win one or two medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with highest hope pinned on weightlifters Thach Kim Tuan and Vuong Thi Huyen and marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh.
The artists' appearance at HANIFF celebrates the 20th anniversary of Indochine's release. The movie was filmed in Vietnam in 1992, mainly in the central city of Hue, in Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh, and at Phat Diem Cathedral in the northern province of Ninh Binh.
The Vietnamese delegation to the Rio Olympic Games took part in a flag-hoisting ceremony held in the Olympic village at 6pm on August 1 (Brazil time), officially marking their presence in Rio De Janeiro to compete in the world's largest sporting event.
Vietnam ranked sixth at this year's contest.
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