"Vietnam is part of my heart," stated President of the Germany-Vietnam Friendship Association Rolf Schulze, who served as German Ambassador to Vietnam during 2007-2011, while attending an event to introduce traditional costumes and musical instruments of Vietnam.

After being postponed several times, the races were officialy held in Hà Nội for the first time with more than 7,000 participants taking part in the marathon (42.195km), half-marathon (21.1km), 10km, 5km, and Kid Run (for young athletes aged five to 14).

Cambodia Culture Week in Vietnam 2022 will take place from September 27 to October 2 in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.

At the top of the Tay Con Linh mountain range is Xa Phin hamlet, approximately 20 kilometres northwest of Ha Giang province’s Vi Xuyen district.

Xoe Thai, the unique folk dance of Vietnam’s Thai ethnic minority group, represents the convergence of cultural beauty, therefore, promoting the art is the shared responsibility of all Vietnamese, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Street vendors which are a unique feature of the culture in Hanoi is the theme of an art exhibition which opened on September 23 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam-India Culture and Friendship Festival kicked off in the southern province of Binh Duong on September 24.

Vietnamese rapper Den Vau's latest hit Dien Vien Toi (A Lousy Actor) has clinched a new record – the Vietnamese artist with the highest number of music videos to reach the most trending section of Youtube Vietnam.

Đinh Thị Bích has recovered from the injury last May and has been training hard to prepare for the coming tournaments, including the National Sports Games in November and the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia next May.

It’s not that I’m not looking forward to this global football spectacle, seeing the world’s best playing in the biggest international football tournament is obviously a brilliant thing, but I don’t feel the same buzz as I have from previous World Cups.

There will be 11 categories with bonuses of about VNĐ700 million (US$30,000) up for the winners to grab.

A Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space debuted at the hall of the Executive Board of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in District 7, within the premise of the ancient Long Hoa pagoda, on September 22.

The northwestern border province of Dien Bien will host the 3rd Vietnam-Laos culture-sport-tourism border exchange festival on October 1 – 3, as heard at a press conference in Hanoi on September 22.

Po Hen historic complex in the northern province of Quang Ninh has been recognised as a national relic by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, according to a decision dated September 20.

The Vietnamese side controlled the game well and spent most of the opening half an hour on the attack, but the back of the net alluded them.

Vietnam beat Singapore 4 - 0 in a match of the international friendly football tournament in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21 evening.

Due to the number of people interested in attending an event to celebrate UNESCO recognising the art of Thai ethnic group’s Xoe dance as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, free tickets are only available on request, the organising committee announced.

The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) Newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) announced ten nominations for the 15th “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards on September 21.

Hanoi has defined cultural resources as an important part in the building of a creative city as well as sustainable development of the capital.

Lê Xuân Ân and Nguyễn Hoài Phong are facing 22 other competitors, including ten from Europe, four from America, six from Asia and two from Africa from September 23-25.