Culture - Sports

“Bo Gia”, by directors Tran Thanh and Vu Ngoc Dang, was honoured as the Best Feature Film at Golden Kite Awards 2020 which was held by the Vietnam Cinema Association (VCA) in Hanoi on December 22.

Winners of this year’s national fine art photo competition on homeland sea and islands were announced during an award presentation ceremony held in Hanoi on December 20 night.

The Foreign Ministry held a conference in Hanoi on December 20 in both online and offline formats to popularise the content of a cultural diplomacy strategy till 2030.

E-Racing has officially become a category of the Southeast Asian eSports Championship 2021 besides PUBG Mobile, League of Legends: Wild Rift and Valorant.

The third Mong Ethnic Culture Festival is scheduled for December 24-26 in the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau, heard at a press conference on the event held in Hanoi on December 16.

An exhibition on cultural heritage, scenic landscapes, and traditional handicrafts of Vietnam will take place in the northern province of Ninh Binh this December.

Nomination of the art of Xoe dance of Thai ethnic minority people of Vietnam will be discussed at the 16th session of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The Vietnamese fantasy film Maika - Co be den tu hang tinh khac directed by Ham Tran will represent the country at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Vietnamese martial artists bagged two gold medals at the International Federation of Muay Thai Associations World Muay Thai Championships 2021 held in Thailand.

A virtual exhibition of 50 prominent Vietnamese lacquer paintings opened on December 9 at http://trienlamtranhsonmai.trienlamao.net./., introducing the essence of Vietnamese art to the public at home and abroad.

With the coming Lunar New Year marking the start of the Year of the Tiger, a collection of tiger images, which symbolise power, have been chosen to be featured in a new stamp collection.

“Bo Gia” (Dad, I’m Sorry), a product of TRAN THANH TOWN, has been chosen to represent Vietnam at the 2022 Oscars in the US.