Source: VNA
Vietnam will host the Asian Esports Championships (ECA 2025) for the first time from November 19–22 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, marking a milestone in the country’s growing presence on the global esports stage, the Vietnam Recreational and Electronic Sports Association (VIRESA) has announced.
As scheduled, Vietnam will send 184 members, including 139 athletes, 27 coaches, and 17 officials, to the event.
The initiative highlights UNESCO’s pioneering role in making culture an independent pillar contributing to sustainable development at both national and global levels — a motivation to maintain peace, promote creative industries, and protect cultural diversity and inclusive economic growth, and enhance social cohesion.
Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Tourism Nguyen Tran Quang emphasised that the four-day festival served a dual mission, honouring and preserving the intangible cultural heritage of the Ao Dai while boosting tourism and raising public awareness, particularly among the youth, about the importance of national cultural identity.
Highlights included an exhibition titled "Party in the 21st Century", featuring 58 works blending photography, painting, and ethnography to showcase traditional Slovak “Party” headpieces worn by unmarried women and brides in the 19th–20th centuries.
The Vietnamese team dazzled the competition, clinching an impressive 24 gold medals along with one silver, successfully defending their title as champions.
More than just a restaurant, Saigon Lotus has become a vibrant hub of culture and arts — a shared home where Vietnamese traditions, hospitality, and community spirit flourish.
The festival, themed “Heritage – Connection – Era”, seeks to showcase Vietnam’s cultural heritage to the world while highlighting Hanoi as a distinctive and creative heritage city.
The event aimed to promote mutual understanding and cooperation between Quang Ninh province, other Vietnamese localities, the EU Delegation, and European embassies in Hanoi, contributing to the comprehensive partnership and cooperation that is moving towards a higher level of cooperation.
For the first time, Vietnam has been invited as the guest of honour at the Festival Changé d’Air, offering an opportunity for cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the two countries.
A photo exhibition opened on November 6 at the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam), Hanoi, featuring a valuable collection by French photographer Firmin-André Salles that captured vivid images of Vietnam’s Confucian education and examination traditions in the late 1800s.
The Standard Chartered Hanoi Heritage Marathon 2025, slated for November 8-9, sees the participation of around 2,500 runners from 70 countries, nearly doubling the number of the 2024 edition.
Vietnam News Agency secured ten prizes including one first, two second, two third, and five consolation prizes. The first prize went to VietnamPlus for its online series “Hanoi: Everlasting memories of the victorious return 70 years ago” by reporter Do Minh Thu.
Experts suggest that incorporating local cuisine into tourism offerings is a flexible and progressive approach as Vietnam embraces a new era of development.
Vietnamese representative Trinh My Anh was crowned Miss Earth Water at the Miss Earth 2025 pageant, held on November 5 at The Cove, Okada Manila, in the Philippines.
This is the first time the event has been held in Da Nang, bringing together more than 40 Italian businesses and their partners from both Vietnam and abroad.
Works by four contemporary Vietnamese painters were showcased at the exhibition themed Vietnam – Enchanting Beauty, held from October 31 to November 5 at Sotheby’s London, attracting strong interest from collectors, auctioneers, and art enthusiasts from the UK and abroad.
The Ok Om Bok Festival, a traditional cultural event of the Khmer ethnic community and a recognised national intangible cultural heritage, was held on November 5 at the Ao Ba Om national historical and scenic site in Vinh Long province.
As many as 203 films have been submitted, including 30 feature films, 120 documentaries, 21 science films and 32 animated films.
Vietnam, ranked 26th in the world and seeded in Pot 2 by FIFA’s August 29 rankings, landed in a challenging Group B with familiar rivals: 2022 runners-up Thailand, Kuwait and Lebanon. Vietnam shares Pot 2 with powerhouses Uzbekistan (19th), Afghanistan (33rd) and Iraq (41st), making for competitive group-stage fixtures right from the start.
