Culture - Sports

At the end of the year, many people and businesses selling specialties in the province are busy providing products for the Lunar New Year market.

Athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh and head coach of the national women’s football team Mai Duc Chung have been voted as the most outstanding athlete and sport coach, respectively, in 2022 by journalists and sports reporters.

The three-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in Huong Son commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc, on January 27 (the second day of the lunar new year).

Vietnam’s national men’s football team is at the 96th position in the latest FIFA rankings released on December 22.

Huynh Thi Thanh Thuy, an English language student at Da Nang University, was crowned Miss Vietnam 2022 in the grand finale held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23 night.

“Children of the Mist” (Nhung dua tre trong suong), has been included into the shortlist of the top 15 documentary films advanced in the Documentary Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards (2023 Oscar).

Vietnam had a good start at the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 with a 6-0 triumph against Laos on December 21, which helped the team rise to the top of Group B.

The national men's football team of Vietnam sets a target of gaining three points in the opener of the AFF Cup 2022 against Laos, which will take place at 7:30 pm on December 21.

Chargé d'Affaires of the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos Phan Minh Chien said that the embassy will provide all necessary support to the Vietnamese national football team.

The ninth Da Lat Flower Festival opened in the city of the same name in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 18 evening, drawing the participation of more than 400 professional and amateur artists.

An art exchange programme was held in Vientiane on December 17 to celebrate the success of the 12th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) for the 2022-2027 tenure.

Fashion show themed “Vietnamese ‘Ao dai’ meets Thai silk” and Vietnamese designer Le Thi Lan Huong with a collection titled “Prosperous Planet” were honoured as the best show and the best designer respectively.