Vietnam will soon officially ask the UNESCO to consider putting the country’s Xoe Thai dance in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and Cham pottery making art among Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

Construction started on the Formula One (F1) Hanoi Grand Prix racetrack in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem district on March 20.

A team of 23 players have been called up for the national U19 squad for an international tournament which will be held in Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from March 23-30.

Hanoi will be hosting its first Singapore Festival on March 23-24 with a wide range of cultural activities.

The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2019, themed “Stories by the Rivers”, will take place in the central city of Da Nang from June 1 – July 6, announced the municipal People’s Committee and real estate developer Sun Group during a press conference on March 19.

Kashiki Shoko from Japan claimed the yellow jersey of the Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Tournament – Biwase Cup 2019 over the weekend.

A Vietnam-Japan Friendship Concert, themed ‘Spring of Music and Friendship’, will take place at the L’Espace Centre in Hanoi on March 20.

Six matches of Group K within the framework of the 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship, which are hosted by Vietnam, will be broadcast live nationwide, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced on March 18.

A new dance Bleu Neon co-created by Vietnamese and French contemporary dance artists will be staged at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 2 on March 22.

The sixth ban flower festival 2019 kicked off in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 16.

Vietnam’s culture and cuisine were introduced at the 2019 Algeria international charity bazaar underway in Algiers capital city from March 16-22.

Nearly 2,000 foreign and domestic runners will take part in the 61st National Marathon Tournament organised by Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper in Vung Tau city, the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau, on March 24.

A major project on developing an arts industry in HCM City by 2020, with a vision to 2030, has been submitted to the city People’s Committee.

Walker Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc and her younger brother Nguyen Thanh Ngung will be representing Vietnam at the 2019 Asian Championships 20km Walk in Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture on March 17.

Flower arrangements of two Vietnamese artists for the first time are on displayed at the Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Exhibition, which kicked off in Osaka city of Japan on March 15.

The Ban Flower Festival 2019 – the popular spring flower festival of the north and northwestern regions, kicked off in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La on March 15.

The Hoi An Centre for Management and Conservation of Cultural Heritage on March 15 opened the Hoi An museum of traditional medicine in the ancient city of the same name, the central Quang Nam province, to the public.

The President has issued Decision 356/QD-CTN bestowing the State title of People’s Artisan to 62 performers of folk arts to honour their outstanding contribution to preserving and developing the country’s intangible cultural heritage.

Vietnam was ranked fifth in the list of top 20 Performers of the Year 2018 voted by the beauty pageant website Missosology.org.

The 74th General Assembly and Congress of the International Military Sports Council (CISM) will take place in late April at the Military Zone 7 in Ho Chi Minh City.