HCM City marathon calls for participants The Salonpas HCM City Marathon 2021 is calling for participants. The event will be launched by the city’s Department of Culture and Sports and its partners on January 17.

Bạc Liêu’s salt-making craft recognised as national heritage Salt produced in Bạc Liêu often has a strong and unique taste due to the low content of magnesium, calcium and sulfate.

Huế to host long dress festival

The central province will host the áo dài (traditional long dress) and cuisine Festival in Huế City’s downtown on December 18-23.

Hà Nội to transform industrial heritages into creative spaces The transformation of industrial heritages like old factories and construction sites into creative spaces was the main topic of a round-table discussion in Hà Nội on December 16.

Thừa Thiên-Huế looks to boost tourism with three plans The province has announced plans with different three scenarios for the local tourism sector in the near future and for the whole year of 2021 based on COVID-19 developments.

Contacts of new COVID-19 patients test negative for coronavirus Tests of people related to four new COVID-19 patients in HCM City were negative for SARS-CoV-2, according to the city Disease Control and Prevention Centre.

City to improve sport facilities at schools Over the past five years, sport competitions for students in HCM City have increased significantly but the conditions of sport facilities at schools have not met demand.

HCM City launches new art project on folk music

A long-term art project offering folk music albums and performances was launched this week as part of the city’s efforts to introduce Vietnamese traditional arts and culture to young people. 

National tennis championship gets under way in HCM City The 2020 Việt Nam National Tennis Championships for the Hưng Thịnh Cup began on October 28 at the Phú Thọ Tennis Club in HCM City.

Hà Nội creative space design contest launched The Hà Nội creative space design contest has been launched on Wednesday by the Hà Nội Department of Culture and Sports and the Architecture Magazine in collaboration with the Hà Nội’s People Committee and the Việt Nam Association of Architects.