CULTURE AND SPORT

Nam Dinh Provincial People's Committee has announced it would not organise the Tran Temple Festival this year due to Covid-19.

The Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Centre last year collected VNĐ150 billion (US$6.4 million) in royalties for registered composers and songwriters, an increase of 12 per cent over 2019.

Hanoi FC striker Nguyen Van Quyet, who recently won the 2020 Vietnamese Golden Ball, has been honoured as the most valuable athlete of the country in 2020.

Ngoc Thao, second runner-up at Miss Vietnam 2020, will represent the country during Miss Grand International, with the global beauty pageant set to be held in Thailand this March.

Nguyễn Văn Hùng is a dab hand on the basketball court and in the dojo and has the distinction of being one of few Vietnamese national champions in two sports.

The Flamingo Contemporary Art Museum, the first of its kind in Vietnam, recently debuted in the Flamingo Dai Lai Resort complex in the northern province of Vinh Phuc.

The 2021 Tet Viet Festival is taking place in HCM City, and is expected to attract around 70,000 visitors.

The Vietnam Sports Administration has launched a vote to identify the athletes and coaches who recorded the most outstanding achievements in 2020, with many young faces among those nominated.

A food and tourism festival will take place in Nha Trang city in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from January 29 - 31.

An exhibition on the Communist Party of Vietnam has just opened to mark the CPV’s 91st founding anniversary (February 3, 1930) and welcome the upcoming 13th National Party Congress.

Forty-one outstanding girls are competing for the crown of the Vietnam Miss University 2020 during the final round held from January 13-20 in Hanoi.

Ljupko Petrovic, who won the European Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991, has vowed to bring Thanh Hóa back to the top of V.League 1 this season.

Danang authorities will organise the Love Market-Toom Sara Fest which will be one of the highlights for the Tet Holiday from February 14 to 16 at Toom Sara Village in Hoa Vang District.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has recognised three local female referees, in addition to three assistant referees, as coming up the standards of its Elite level.

A wide range of cultural activities will take place throughout Hanoi’s Old Quarter from February 6, or the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, as part of celebrations for the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

LiveSpace Vietnam, a music project aimed at discovering new talents initiated by the by the French Cultural Centre-L’Espace in collaboration with Monsoon Music Festival and a number of organisers, has been launched in Hanoi.

Vietnamese representative Do Thi Ha has been forecasted to make the top ten of Miss World 2021, according to Missosology Magazine.

Forward and captain Nguyen Van Quyet of Hanoi FC and striker Cu Thi Huynh Nhu of HCM City Club won the Golden Ball awards for player of the year during an awards ceremony held in HCM City on January 12.

Futsalplanet.com has said that two representatives of Vietnam’s futsal scene have been nominated for honours at the Futsalplanet Awards 2020.