Culture - Sports

Members of the Vietnam's U23 football team who will play at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) were announced on April 15, with the captain’s armband given to Do Hung Dung.

The Youth Union of Quang Ngai province, in collaboration with the Vietnam Students’ Association (VSA), held an art programme themed “Seas, Islands – Heart of Fatherland” in Ly Son district on April 13.

Coach Park Hang-seo has announced the names of three over 23-year-old players who will be in Vietnam’s line-up to compete at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games.

Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2022, the first of its kind, will take place with various activities this month, especially from April 15 to May 1.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 9 offered incense to the legendary ancestors of Vietnam, Father Lac Long Quan and Mother Au Co.

The host Vietnam has registered 965 athletes, including 534 males and 431 females, for the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) to be held in May.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh wished Khmer people and Buddhist dignitaries in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang happy, safe and good crops.

A solo exhibition “The gioi lon trong mat tre tho” (Big World, Little Eyes) by Vietnamese young painter Xeo Chu is underway in London from March 29 – April 4 in the framework of the Vietnam Days in the UK 2022.

Secretary General of the Asian Football Confederation Windsor John has stated that Vietnam’s draw with Japan is a big surprise and serves as a motivation for Southeast Asian football.

The national men’s football team of Vietnam is expected to move up two spots in the FIFA rankings after the 1-1 draw match with Japan as part of the final round of World Cup 2022 qualifiers on March 29.

Vietnam topped the ninth Southeast Asian Karate Championship, which closed in Cambodia on March 27.

Vietnam finished their last home game of the 2022 World Cup Asian Qualifiers with a 0-1 loss to Oman at Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium on March 24.