Posters and decorations will be put up along a number of main streets in the city centre, while the culture sector will organize film screenings, cultural programmes and art performances throughout the city.

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Along with fireworks shows at 30 venues across the capital, cultural and sporting events will be also organised to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival which falls in the latter half of January, and celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on February 3.

A photo exhibition, dragon boat racing, a spring calligraphy festival, and a traditional wrestling contest will all be held during the Tet holiday.

The Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) Cycling Tournament, and the Formula 1 Vietnam Grand Prix 2020 will be held on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam.

Meanwhile, a national-level ceremony will be held at My Dinh National Convention Centre to mark the 130th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

To celebrate the 1010th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi this year, the city will host a wide range of cultural activities, especially in Hanoi’s Old Quarter and pedestrian streets.

Municipal authorities have promoted emulation movements towards fulfilling socio-economic development tasks for 2020.

Relevant department and sectors in the capital have been asked to enhance measures to ensure social security and order, traffic safety and environmental sanitation.

ASEAN’s culture promoted in Mexico

The ASEAN Committee in Mexico City (ACMC) has hosted a bazaar to promote culture of the bloc’s member countries in Mexico.

Vietnamese culture promoted at Winternational in Washington DC

Vietnamese culture has been promoted at the Winternational 2019, the 8th Annual Embassy Showcase, held in Washington DC on December 5 (local time).

Bac Giang invests in grassroots-level libraries, develops reading culture

(BGO) - On December 7, a working delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism led by Vu Duong Thuy Nga, Director of the ministry’s Library Department, had a fact-finding tour of Bac Giang province to evaluate the 2- year of implementation of a project to develop reading culture in the community until 2020, with orientation toward 2030 in Bac Giang province.

NA leader attends opening of Hoa Binh culture, tourism week

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended the opening of the Culture and Tourism Week of the northern Hoa Binh province on December 6 evening.

Vietnam Culture Week kicks off in Laos

A Vietnam Culture Week 2019 was kicked off at the Lao National Cultural Hall in Vientiane, Laos on December 5, with an art show featuring folk dances and music performed by artists of the Vietnam National Music, Song and Dance Theatre.

Source: VNA