Culture - Sports

Long An Provincial People's Committee has just issued Official Letter No.1507/UBND-VHXH, dated 25/3/2020, on temporarily closing entertainment places to prevent Covid-19 epidemic.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has honored Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh as one of five ASEAN legends on its Facebook page.

An animated image of Vietnam’s “banh mi” (bread) was featured on Google’s homepage on March 24.

Fourteen of the best posters from a competition held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Culture Department will be used to promote good hygiene and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and the Inoue Yasushi Memorial Foundation have recently launched the fourth edition of Inoue Yasushi Awards to honour theses on Japanese literature.

A video clip by two young people is helping members of the Mong ethnic minority learn about COVID-19, providing accurate and useful information to prevent the spread of the virus.

The 100-year-old Buu Son Pagoda in southern Dong Nai province, built in the 18th century, rests on only one pillar.

Xam Ha Thanh has recently published various videos of traditional xam singing.

The Department of Grassroots Culture under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on March 12 it had invited over 20 painters to draw posters portraying COVID-19 prevention and control.

Miss Vietnam 2020, a biennial national beauty pageant, will not begin in May as scheduled due to new developments of the COVID-19 outbreak.

People can vote for Vietnamese photographers Nguyen Tan Tuan and Nguyen Thien for the 17th annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest's Readers' Choice Winner.

The increasing global spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has forced the organizers of national and international cultural events and celebrations to change schedules, reduce the scale or even cancel the events.