Culture - Sports

The organising committee of the 31st Southeast Asian Games and 11th Southeast Asian Para Games has devised three scenarios in response to developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration.

The Voice of Ho Chi Minh City People has launched a special art project offering folk music, dance and singing performances this month as part of its efforts to preserve and introduce Vietnamese traditional arts.

A series of art and cultural events will take place in big cities from March 5 to 21.

The Tet holiday is the most important and most anticipated of the year in Vietnam. A number of meaningful traditional customs are practiced at this time, with collecting calligraphy being among the most beautiful.

The 2021 Saigon Urban Arts, the first international street art project of its kind in Vietnam, is scheduled to begin this April.

The 2021 Grand Ho Tram Chess Tournament is set to take place from March 10-17 at The Grand Ho Tram complex in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Buffalo appears in many cultural aspects in Vietnam from the very old days to present. It is included in old sayings, folk stories and paintings and appears as a mascot in culture and sports events.

Offering ritual to God of Agriculture, Opening Royal Seal ritual, Ground-breaking ritual, Thuong Nguyen ritual are among beautiful traditions of Vietnamese people during Tet.

The festival which best epitomises Vietnam's cultural identity is the Lunar New Year or Tet, with a lot of meaningful customs and traditional special foods.

An exhibition featuring large-sized paintings on Vietnam’s landscapes, people and culture opened on February 12 in a pedestrian zone in Budapest, Hungary.

Banh gio is favoured as a breakfast dish and as an after-school supper dish for children.

Passing down through generations and continued with equal enthusiasm today, “Xong dat”, a Tet tradition in Vietnam, has always been associated with hopes for a fruitful year ahead.