The Vietnam Golf Association (VGA) Golf Awards 2023 to honor outstanding individuals and organisations who have contributed to Vietnam’s golf development was announced in Hanoi on January 28.

Hanoi should take specific steps to exploit and develop its culinary culture to serve as a motivation for the growth of the city’s cultural industries, according to experts.

A French-style villa in Hanoi's downtown started to be opened to visitors on January 26 after renovation.

The Chef de Mission Meeting of the 13th ASEAN Schools Games was held in the central city of Da Nang on January 26.

An Indian Punjabi folk dance cultural exchange programme was held in the southern province of Ben Tre on January 24 to mark the 52nd anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and India (January 7, 1972-2024) and the 74th anniversary of the Indian Republic Day (January 26, 1950-2024).

The Ho Chi Minh City Cultural House for Youth on January 24 kicked of the 17th Vietnamese Tet Festival which aims to promote traditional cultural values of Vietnam.

The northern province of Ninh Binh will organise activities this year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of UNESCO recognition of the Trang An Landscape Complex as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, the provincial authorities announced on January 24.

Head coach Philippe Troussier said on January 23 that the men’s national football team will try their best to have a good performance in their last Group D match against Iraq at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)’s officials have asked Vietnam's coaches and players to look for a positive result in their last Asian Cup's group round match on January 24 in Doha, Qatar.

The Department of Culture and Sports of Binh Dinh province and the Indian Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City jointly held an art exchange programme on January 21.

The Association for the Promotion of Vietnamese Culture (APCV) in France held a programme in Paris on January 20 to introduce the culture of Vietnam as an activity to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

The Vietnamese communities in Argentina and Japan have joined activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Nguyen Duc Thang, head of the Thang Muoi (October) arts club – a member of the Germany - Vietnam Association, has highlighted the role of cultural exchanges in promoting mutual understanding between the two peoples.

Vietnam’s national men’s football team lost 0-1 in their second match against Indonesia in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group D.

A tourism promotion programme themed “Tet Lang Viet” (Tet in Vietnamese village) is being held in the ancient village of Duong Lam, Son Tay township of Hanoi on January 20-21 to promote the value of traditional Tet customs.

The northern province of Ninh Binh, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, wants to integrate into the global network of heritage cities and towns to learn preservation and tourism development experiences through UNESCO, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Doan Minh Huan said on January 19.

A Vietnamese 'ao dai' (traditional long dress) fashion week kicked off in Fukuoka prefecture on January 18 as part of the Homeland Spring Festival 2024 of the Vietnamese community in the Kyushu region of Japan.

Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Sai Gon) Newspaper and Global Entertainment JSC on January 18 signed a cooperation agreement for co-organising the Vietnam Golf Festival 2024 in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Vietnamese movie "Cu Li khong bao gio khoc" (Cu Li never cries) by director Pham Ngoc Lan will compete in the Panorama category at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), which will take place from February 15-24.

The Government Office has issued a notice on Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s conclusion at a recent national teleconference on the development of Vietnam’s cultural industries.