A cultural and tourism event honouring the values of terraced paddy fields and the culture of ethnic groups in Ha Giang province will take place in Hoang Su Phi district from Sept. 24-26.
Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh won a silver medal in the men's 50m pistol category on September 3, at the World Cup Final Rifle/Pistol 2015 being held in Munich, Germany.
An exhibition of historical documents and objects related to the Politburo conference from December 18, 1974 – January 1, 1975, opened in the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi on August 30.
A ceremony to officially name “Da Nang-Vietnam” as one of the 12 yachts participating in the Clipper Race was held at the St Catherine Docks in London on August 26.
Officials from the Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee held a get-together in Hanoi on August 27 for prominent overseas Vietnamese.
Nearly 500 bicyclists from 40 teams nationwide will participate in the Hanoi Open Bicycle 2015 race, as heard at a conference to introduce the event on August 18.
Cargill Vietnam Company, a wing of the US-based Cargill Corporation – a leading firm in agriculture, food and financial service, will build two schools worth 2 billion VND (93,000 USD) in Vietnam.
A detail planning for the National Sports Complex integrated with shopping, convention and tourism centres in Nam Tu Liem district was unveiled on August 13.
Weightlifter Le Van Cong broke the world record at the 2015
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting Asian Open
Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan on July 26.
The Thanh Long Cup, Vietnam’s first international traditional martial
arts championship, will take place from August 6-13 at the My Dinh
Indoor Athletics Gymnasium in Hanoi City, the Chairman of the Vietnam
Traditional Martial Art Federation announced at a press conference on
July 9.
The visit by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the US,
scheduled for July 6-10, the first time a General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Vietnam has made a visit to the US, is of historic
significance.
Vietnam won third place after defeating Laos one-nil at the Japan-Mekong
U15 Football Exchange 2015 in Japan, said the Vietnam Football
Federation (VFF) on July 4.
Vietnam’s Under-15 football team has left Vietnam for Japan to
participate in the Japan-Mekong Under-15 Football Competition, which
will take place at the J Green Sakai Centre from July 1-3.
A community outreach programme was held in the Cua Lo township of
central Nghe An province on June 26 to raise awareness of unsanctioned
water migration and deter them from risking their lives to sail for
Australia – a popular destination for local illegal immigrants.
Over 5,000 people, including foreigners, will be splashed with coloured
powder during the “Colour Me Run”, the most colourful running event in
Vietnam, set to be held in the central coastal city of Da Nang on June
27.
The Football for All in Vietnam (FFAV) programme, funded by the Norway
Football Federation, organised its third community football tournament
for children.
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