U21 Viet Nam defeated U21 Thailand 4-2 in their first Group A match at the Thanh Nien Newspaper''s U21 International Football Tournament in HCM City yesterday.
Three major concerts will be held in HCM City, Ha Noi, and Hue starting
next week to mark legendary composer Trinh Cong Son''s 14th death
anniversary, his family told the media on Wednesday.
Trinh Van Thanh of Bac Ninh and Nguyen Van Hieu of
Ninh Binh each won a gold medal in events that marked the end of the
National Sports Games yesterday.
Sipping a glass of a beer known as Chimay at the capital city''s first
Belgian Beer festival, Nguyen Van Thanh recalled happy days living in
Brussels where he used to go to the bar to drink beer with his friends
every weekend.
The lighting design on the Rong (Dragon) Bridge over
Han River, in central Da Nang City, received the ‘Best Citation'' Award
from the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD).
The number of tourists to villages in Sa Pa for
sightseeing and buying plums, peaches, and pears has increased
considerably since April – the plum harvest season – according to
reports by Lao Cai Province.
National writing-award winners such as La Nguyen
Quoc Vinh, Van Thanh Le, Pham Ba Diep and Nguyen Duong Quynh will join a
cultural exchange held by the HCM City-based Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday.
A special programme featuring the culinary arts of Viet Nam will be held
at Van Thanh Tourist Park in HCM City''s Binh Quoi Tourism Village on
Feb 21-23.
Thai Phien, Ha Dong and Van Thanh, three famous
flower villages in Da Lat city, are must-see destinations for visitors
during the Da Lat flower festival from December 26 to January 1.
