(Fatherland) - President Luong Cuong attends the "Spring Colors in Every Region of the Country" Festival; Vietnamese Shooting has the first coach to receive an international A-class certificate; International visitors to Vietnam increase to a record in January 2025 are notable news in today's newspaper.
1. Cultural Field
- VOV, Government Newspaper, People's Army Newspaper, Tien Phong Newspaper, Van Hoa Newspaper, To Quoc Newspaper and many other newspapers reported: On the morning of February 15, at the Vietnam Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village (Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized the "Spring Colors in All Regions of the Country" Festival in 2025. President Luong Cuong attended, wished the people a Happy New Year and delivered a speech at the festival. The "Spring Colors in All Regions of the Country" Festival is held annually to honor the traditional cultural values of the Vietnamese ethnic groups, contributing to strengthening the great national unity of the 54 ethnic groups, bringing the traditional Tet atmosphere to serve tourists in the first days of spring at the Vietnam Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village. This year's festival was attended by more than 200 people, including typical village elders, village chiefs, intellectuals, and artisans representing the Vietnamese ethnic groups.
The President beats the drum to open the Khai Ha festival - Photo: Nam Nguyen
- VNA, Nhan Dan, Van Hoa, To Quoc, Governance, Nhan Van va Cong Luan, Tin Tuc, VietnamPlus and many other newspapers reported: On February 16, in Hanoi, Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee coordinated with the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association to organize a scientific workshop on "Construction and restoration of the Tran Dynasty Temple in Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien Province", with the participation of many experts in cultural heritage and beliefs. The workshop listened to opinions related to the proposed construction site; scale, architecture associated with the worshiped figures; materials, interior decoration of the Tran Dynasty Temple; orientation for management and promotion of the value of the Temple...
- News, Culture, Labor, Government, Youth, Youth, Laborers and many other newspapers reported: On February 15, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee held an international consultation seminar to provide comments on Ho Chi Minh City's application to join the Creative Cities Network of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Sharing at the seminar, international and domestic experts emphasized that, in order to improve the quality and develop cinema sustainably, Ho Chi Minh City needs to focus on both human resource training and infrastructure development for cinema.
- Tien Phong, Van Hoa, Nha Bao and Cong Luan newspapers and many other newspapers reported on February 16: Thanh Hoa province has just submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to appraise the project to preserve and reinforce the Hon Vong Phu relic belonging to the An Hoach mountain national art relic and landscape complex (Nhio mountain). Made of limestone, the relic has weathered and cracked over time... facing the risk of this relic collapsing at any time, in September 2024, the Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee decided to approve spending from the provincial budget to preserve and reinforce this scenic spot. Completion date is before April 30, 2025.
- Tien Phong, Van Hoa and many other newspapers reported: On February 16, the representative of the leader of Hoang Mai town (Nghe An) said that the Con Temple festival in 2025 will be held from February 16 to February 18 (ie January 19 to 21 of the year At Ty). In addition to unique rituals and attractive folk games, this year's festival also organizes a ceremony to hand over more than 600 restored Han Nom documents about Con Temple. These are valuable and important documents that are currently being carefully preserved at the Nghe An Museum.
- People's Newspaper, Culture, People's Police on February 16 reported: Following the success of the first Vietnamese Business Culture Day Abroad held in September 2024 in Paris, France, the second Vietnamese Business Culture Day Abroad will be held in Japan in September 2025, within the framework of the EXPO 2025 World Exhibition - an event that brings together hundreds of countries and international organizations. The above information was just announced at the Conference to summarize the work of 2024 and deploy key tasks in 2025 of the Vietnam Association for the Development of Corporate Culture (VNABC).
2. Sports Field
- Nhan Dan, To Quoc, Van Hoa, Lao Dong, Tuoi Tre, Quan Doi Nhan Dan, SGGP and many other newspapers on February 16 and 17 reported: On the afternoon of February 16, on her personal page, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhung announced that she had officially received the international shooting coach certificate of class A from the International Shooting Federation (ISSF). This is the first time a Vietnamese coach has received the highest level of coaching certificate for shooting coaches in the world after passing the tests or training athletes to win Olympic and world medals.
On the afternoon of February 16, at Thai Son Nam Stadium (District 8, Ho Chi Minh City), the first matches of round 1 of the 2025 HDBank National Futsal Championship took place. The tournament had the participation of 8 teams, including: Thai Son Nam Ho Chi Minh City, Thai Son Bac, Sahako, Hanoi, Tan Hiep Hung Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon Titans Ho Chi Minh City, Luxury Ha Long and Tre Ho Chi Minh City.
The final round of the 2025 National U19 Football Championship kicked off in Ba Ria - Vung Tau on the afternoon of February 15. The tournament brought together 12 teams from localities and leading youth football training centers in Vietnam. This tournament is part of the national youth football competition system organized annually by the Vietnam Football Federation and is considered a useful playground for young players to compete and hone their talents.
News of other sports on SGGP and Van Hoa newspapers:
On the evening of February 16, local time in Thailand, the 2025 Asian Youth Jujitsu Championship ended with the final matches in the U18 age group. On the final day of competition, young Vietnamese jujitsu athletes won 3 more gold medals for the U18 age group. In addition, we also won silver and bronze medals in the men's and women's age groups. In the end, in the U16 and U18 age groups, the Vietnamese youth jujitsu team won 7 gold medals, 19 silver medals, and 30 bronze medals, thereby ranking 3rd overall. In this competition, the Vietnamese youth jujitsu team participated with 48 athletes in the weight classes and competitions of the U16 and U18 age groups.
In the team score, the Vietnamese women's shooting team won the bronze medal in the 25m sport pistol event with a total of 1,725 points at the 2025 Asian Cup taking place in Thailand. Team. The tournament will continue until February 22.
The Vietnam Chess Federation announced that chess player Pham Le Thao Nguyen has secured a spot at the 2025 Chess World Cup in November. Thao Nguyen is the second player after Le Quang Liem to participate in this tournament. At the 2024 Olympiad, the Vietnamese chess team ranked 23rd and was awarded 2 spots at the 2025 World Cup.
The Vietnam Wushu team with 38 athletes has returned to practice in combat (sanshou) and performance (taolu) in Hanoi to prepare for international competitions in 2025. The sanshou team gathered this time includes athletes who won gold medals at the 2023 world championships such as Huynh Do Dat (70 kg men), Nguyen Thi Lan (48 kg women), and Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy (60 kg women).
Vietnam's No. 1 female cyclist Nguyen Thi That won a silver medal in the women's mass start event at the 2025 Asian Cycling Championships in Thailand. This is also the team's only medal in the youth and team events.
3. Tourism Sector
- VOV, VTV, Nhan Dan, Tuoi Tre and many other newspapers reported on February 16: The number of international visitors to Vietnam in January 2025 reached nearly 2.1 million, an increase of 18.5% compared to the previous month and an increase of 36.9% compared to January 2024. This is a new record for Vietnam's tourism industry, surpassing the figure of nearly 2 million international visitors in January 2020. The number of international visitors to Vietnam in the first month of 2025 is a bright spot that helps Vietnam achieve the goal of welcoming 22 - 23 million international visitors, serving 120 - 130 million domestic visitors, achieving total tourism revenue of about 980 - 1,050 trillion VND.
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- Kien Giang Newspaper, Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre, VOV, Van Hoa, Tin Tuc and many other newspapers reported: Last weekend, the 5-star cruise ship Aida Stella (Italian nationality) carrying more than 2,000 international passengers anchored near Phu Quoc international passenger port. This is also the first time Phu Quoc has put Phu Quoc international passenger port into operation and welcomed cruise ships. It is expected that on February 16, 17 and 20, the 5-star cruise ship Costa Serena will bring more than 5,000 international passengers to Phu Quoc international passenger port.
- Lang Son Newspaper, News, People, Culture and many other newspapers reported: The seminar "Developing Cave Exploration Tourism in Lang Son Geopark" organized by the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion of Lang Son province in coordination with the Vietnam Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Development Joint Stock Company has just taken place in Hanoi. This event was organized to introduce and promote the potential, strengths and resources of caves in the Lang Son Geopark, propose solutions to build and develop cave exploration tourism in Lang Son Geopark; promote cooperation in building and exploiting cave exploration tours; promote investment attraction in the tourism sector of Lang Son Geopark...
- Some local tourism news on Lao Dong, VTV, Van Hoa newspapers:
According to data from online travel platform Trip.com, Nha Trang and Da Nang are among the top destinations chosen by Koreans during the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday. In a social media thread about why Da Nang is a popular destination for Koreans, many people agreed that the reason is that the city is surrounded by beaches that can be walked from hotels. In addition, Da Nang is also a developed city with beautiful scenery, but not as crowded as Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. In addition, Korean visitors have easy options for flights to Da Nang.
According to the Management Board of Con Dao National Park, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, since the beginning of 2025, the Park has welcomed and served more than 3,540 visitors, an increase of 14% over the same period last year. Of which, international visitors accounted for more than 50% with more than 2,000 visitors coming to experience forest and sea ecotourism services and other services.
Currently, Lang Son Geopark has formed 4 tourist routes with 38 Geopark attractions with the theme "Evolution of life in the sacred land". Route 1: Explore the world of the Upper Realm; Route 2: Journey to the Heavenly Realm; Route 3: Wild life on earth; Route 4: Road to the Aquarium.
4. Family Field
- Hanoi Moi Newspaper reported on February 17: In 2024, by mobilizing more than 116 billion VND, supporting more than 118 thousand children, the Vietnam Children's Fund has made a significant contribution to ensuring the social security network and supporting disadvantaged children. To continue to promote effectiveness in a context of many changes, it is necessary to soon consolidate and stabilize the operating model of the Vietnam Children's Fund.
Source: https://toquoc.vn/diem-bao-hoat-dong-nganh-van-hoa-the-thao-va-du-lich-ngay-17-02-2025-20250217112042739.htm
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