CULTURE AND SPORT

The Association of Vietnamese students in Hungary has opened a football tournament involving 9 Vietnamese and 1 Hungarian teams from different cities across the country.

A European Village event is being held in Hanoi as part of the Europe Days 2018 series of activities to mark Europe Day-May 9.

Vietnamese tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam continued to demonstrate steady form at the ongoing Vietnam F1 Futures tournament, as he brilliantly defeated Canadian Kelsey Stevenson on May 2, to book a place in the men’s singles quarterfinal stage.

Vietnamese boxer Tran Van Thao will be honoured by the World Boxing Council Asia at an award ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 30.

The “Europe Days 2018” program is having a rendezvous with Vietnamese public, proposing a fascinating journey to Europe through the European cultural scene with a series of spectacular activities.

The lacquer painting Thác Bờ (Bờ Waterfall) by Nguyễn Huyến (1915 –94), will be auctioned on April 29 in Hanoi. The starting price is US$120,000.

A special art performance together with a firework display opened the Hue Festival 2018 at Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) Square in Hue imperial city on April 27 night.

Vietnamese film Father and Son has received the best Asian film prize at the 36th Fajr International Film Festival held in Tehran, Iran.

The Hanoi Beer Run will take place for the first time on April 30, bringing together the melting pot that is the stunning West Lake area combined with sports and charity events, according to the Organizing Board.

Jazz duo Saskia Laroo and Warren Byrd will join a concert hosted by the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Embassy of the Netherlands to Vietnam next month.

Vietnam topped the ranking table after winning 29 gold medals at the Southeast Asian Karate Championships which closed in Bac Ninh province on April 25.

Nearly 100 photos and more than 40 artefacts of ancient Oc Eo culture are being displayed for visitors at an exhibition which opened at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on April 24.

The Vietnam Festival 2018 will take place at the Yoyogi Park in Tokyo between 10 am and 8 pm on May 19 and 20.

Hundreds of different types of cakes will be on display at the Southern Traditional Cake Festival from April 25 to 29 in the Mekong Delta’s Can Tho city.

Internationally-acclaimed jazz guitarist Nguyen Le and his band will perform at The BandFest 2018 later this month at the Hanoi Opera House.

An international photo exhibition marking the country’s Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1) will take place in the city from April 24th to May 3rd at the Đà Nẵng Museum.

Vietnam’s national U23 team go into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championships in the top seeded group.

A group of Japanese artists will perform their country’s Yosakoi dance on Hanoi’s pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake tomorrow, April 21.

Three players will represent Vietnam to compete in the third division of the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Sweden from April 29 to May 6, according to the Vietnam Table Tennis Federation.