Culture - Sports

Vietnamese athletes with disabilities have basically completed their preparations for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, scheduled to take place from August 28 to September 8 in France, according to Director of the Sports Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Ha Viet.

The Vietnamese sports team heading to the Paris Olympics 2024 received a send-off ceremony in Hanoi on July 17, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

For the first time in the history, the Vietnamese women's national volleyball team has been qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship after securing 5th place at the 2024 Asian Women's 20 Volleyball Championship by defeating Chinese Taipei on July 8 in China.

Runner Tran Thi Nhi Yen will be the 16th Vietnamese participant at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Young players from Ninh Binh province won six medals for Vietnam at the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2024 held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Athletes from Ninh Binh successfully bagged home one 14 medals at the 2024 National youth bowling championship, which was held from June 3-10 in the central province of Da Nang.

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.