The Hanoitimes - The Sam Son Culture-Sports-Tourism Week 2013 and the Sam Son summer tourist season were officially opened in Sam Son beach, Thanh Hoa. With the topic “Sam Son – a meeting place”, the arts night included songs and dances, vividly featuring the image of the tourist town of Sam Son in the integration and development path. The performances also honoured the historical and cultural values of the town and Thanh Hoa province, promoting local tourism. According to the organizers, the arts night was an event opening the Sam Son Culture-Sports-Tourism Week and the Sam Son summer tourist season in 2013. These will include badminton, table tennis and tennis tourneys; and a sport motor show named “A dance on the wave”. In addition, the local tourism sector will hold various cultural and sport activities through the summer tourist season, such as square-cake and round sticky rice cake festivals, rain worshipping festival, fish worshipping … [Read more...] about Sam Son Culture-Sports-Tourism Week 2013 debuts
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Khmer culture, sports, and tourism festival opens
The 2013 Culture, Sports, and Tourism Festival of Khmer people got underway in the southern province of An Giang on April 15, attracting thousands of local people of Kinh, Hoa and Cham ethnic groups. As many as 650 Khmer musicians, artists, and athletes from five districts of Tri Ton, Tinh Bien, Chau Thanh, Thoai Son and Chau Phu performed in the biennial festival, which aims to preserve and uphold the traditional cultural characteristics of Khmer community. An array of cultural activities will be held during the three-day event, including a photo exhibition depicting the lives of Khmer people in Bay Nui region and a culinary festival introducing the local specialities. Besides, visitors can also partake in a wide range of sport events such as football, volleyball, stick pushing and tug of war, to name but a few. Deputy director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ngo Quang Lang, said the festival creates an opportunity for local people of all ethnic groups … [Read more...] about Khmer culture, sports, and tourism festival opens
Khmer culture, sports and tourism festival 2013
(VOV) - The Khmer culture, sports and tourism festival 2013 opened in the southern province of An Giang on April 15. Khmer people enjoy New Year Festival Present were leaders of the Southwestern Region Steering Committee, provincial authorities and thousands of Kinh, Hoa and Cham ethnic people. The event attracted 650 musicians, actors and athletes of the Khmer community, living mainly in the five districts of Tri Ton, Tinh Bien, Chau Thanh, Thoai Son and Chau Phu in An Giang. The highlights of the festival include a photographic exhibition on the daily lives of the Khmer community, a food festival and sports games. The festival will go on until April 18. … [Read more...] about Khmer culture, sports and tourism festival 2013
Khanh Hoa: 10 kinds of sports will be hold at the 5th Asia Beach Games in 2016
On the afternoon of 18th March 2013, at Nha Trang city, Mr Le Xuan Than- Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa province had a meeting and working with delegates of Olympic Council of Asia (abbreviated OCA) led by Mr Wei Jizhong - Head of the delegation, Vice chairman of the Asian Olympic Council of Asia and representatives of related departments and agencies of the Da Nang city and Binh Thuan Province who prepare for organization of 5th Asian Beach Games 2016 (abbreviated ABG May, 2016). At the meeting, after hearing the representatives of The Culture, Sports and Tourism Department of Binh Thuan and Da Nang city reported their preparations for the 5th Asia Beach Games in 2016, Mr Wei Jizhong had some ideas about finding suitable locations in each province to organize different types of competition; preparation of travel services, accommodation facilities for athletes, coaches, press correspondent…. As a hosting city for ABG May 2016, Khanh Hoa province will host 10 sports: volleyball, … [Read more...] about Khanh Hoa: 10 kinds of sports will be hold at the 5th Asia Beach Games in 2016
Top 10 sports, culture, tourism events in 2012
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected 10 outstanding events in the area of culture, sports and tourism during 2012. In the top position was the UNESCO recognition of the unique practice of worshipping Hung Kings in the northern midland province of Phu Tho as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humankind on December 6. This is the first ritual heritage in the world that has been recognised by UNESCO. The other nine events are as follows: 2. UNESCO recognition of Buddhist woodblocks kept at Vinh Nghiem pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang as part of the world documentary heritage of Asia-Pacific. 3. The inaugural of a statue of late President Ho Chi Minh in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai , related State-level commemorative activities. 4. Vietnam ’s winning the bid to host the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD) in 2019. 5. Activities marking the Friendship Year between Vietnam and Laos , Cambodia , the Republic of Korea and India , and the artistic … [Read more...] about Top 10 sports, culture, tourism events in 2012