(To Quoc) - Opening of Pho Hien Folk Culture Festival 2025; Vietnam's No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem will be in the Czech Republic to compete in the Prague International Chess Festival 2025; Ten Vietnamese hotels receive Forbes' Star of 2025 awards are the highlights of today's newspaper.
1. Cultural Field
- Nhan Dan, Tin Tuc, VietnamPlus, Cong Luan, Hung Yen and many other newspapers reported: On the evening of February 17, Hung Yen city, Hung Yen province held the opening ceremony of the Pho Hien Folk Culture Festival 2025, with the participation of a large number of people from Hung Yen province and tourists from all over. Coming to this year's Pho Hien Folk Culture Festival, people and tourists will be able to visit the cultural space imbued with spiritual and historical values about the origin of Pho Hien land, enjoy the sophistication and richness of art forms bearing the cultural identity of the Vietnamese people in general and the Red River Delta region in particular, and enjoy the beauty that the values of nature and architecture, art bearing the mark of a place in the prosperous urban period have gone down in history to leave for Pho Hien land - Hung Yen city today.
Opening ceremony of Pho Hien Folk Festival, Hung Yen city. (Photo: Nhan Dan Newspaper)
- Van Hoa, Tien Phong, Lao Dong, Sai Gon Giai Phong, and VietnamPlus newspapers reported: On February 17, at Ha Khe Sea Park - Xuan Ha Ward, Thanh Khe District, Thanh Khe District People's Committee, Da Nang City held the opening ceremony of the traditional Cau Ngu Festival 2025.
- Tin Tuc Newspaper, VietnamPlus, Hanoi Moi, Tuoi Tre Thu Do, Kinh te Do thi reported: On February 17, the Hanoi People's Committee issued Decision No. 735/QD-UBND on ranking historical-cultural relics and scenic spots in Hanoi. Specifically, 4 relics were ranked as City-level relics, including: Nguyen family temple historical-memorial relic (Trung Hoa commune, Chuong My district); Sen Tri communal house historical-cultural relic (Binh Yen commune, Thach That district); Go Man restaurant historical-cultural relic (Ha Bang commune, Thach That district); Nguyen Chinh family temple historical-cultural relic (Binh Minh commune, Thanh Oai district).
- People's Representative Newspaper, Culture reported: On February 18, the discussion "The Tale of Kieu and the great poet Nguyen Du in Vietnamese culture" was held at CSO Gallery, Hoi An city, Quang Nam, as an activity to welcome International Mother Language Day on February 21 every year. As a Nom work consisting of 3,254 six-eight verses, "The Tale of Kieu" by Nguyen Du has contributed to bringing Vietnamese literature beyond the national scope, marking Vietnamese literature on the international poetry scene, being translated into more than 20 languages in the world, of which French has more than 10 translations, English and Korean have more than 10 translations, Japanese has 5 translations...
- On February 17, Nhan Dan Newspaper published an article titled "Ho Chi Minh City to organize a "Spring Concert" program. The article said: According to information from the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO), at 8:00 p.m. on February 21, the theater will organize a "Spring Concert". The program will feature classic musical works and excerpts with the joyful melodies of spring.
- Tin Tuc Newspaper (February 17) published an article titled 'Efforts for a civilized, safe and economical festival season', stating: January is the time when Spring festivals take place across the country, attracting a large number of tourists, requiring the organization of festivals to be carried out seriously. In order for festivals to be increasingly safe, healthy, civilized, economical and in line with the cultural traditions and good customs and practices of the nation, on February 6, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy signed and issued Official Dispatch No. 418/BVHTTDL-VHCS to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities on ensuring the implementation of a civilized, safe and economical lifestyle in festival activities after the Lunar New Year and the Spring Festival in 2025.
2. Sports Field
- On February 17, the Education and Times newspaper published an article titled 'SEA Games 33, a big challenge for U22 Vietnam', stating: SEA Games 33 will be a big challenge for U22 Vietnam, especially when the opponents have significantly increased in strength. To win the championship, coach Kim Sang Sik needs to choose the right personnel and build a strategy suitable for the current force. In 2025, U22 Vietnam will be given the opportunity to gather and train at the same time as the FIFA Days. According to the plan, in the first gathering this year, the young players will continue to participate in the international U22 "Four Nations" tournament in China next March. In particular, the U22 Vietnam team aiming for SEA Games 33 is determined to participate in the U23 Asian qualifiers, scheduled to take place in September 2025. The draw will take place in June 2025. This is a good opportunity for coach Kim Sang Sik to test his playing style and build the best squad for U22 Vietnam.
Vi Hao (right) and his teammates celebrate winning the 2024 ASEAN Cup. (Photo: Education & Times Newspaper)
- Some sports news in Saigon Giai Phong newspaper, VFF on February 17 and 18:
On the morning of February 17, the opening ceremony of the B/AFC/VFF Certificate Football Coach Training Course, Phase 1, took place in Nam Dinh. During Phase 1, which lasts 12 days (from February 17 to 28), the trainees will be taught theoretical knowledge about coaching methods; Coaching principles; skills to implement technical and tactical methods and topics on Integrity in sports, physical fitness, psychology and Sports Science...
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced the latest rankings this week. Vietnamese table tennis players Nguyen Khoa Dieu Khanh and Nguyen Anh Tu are on the rankings. For the women's rankings, Nguyen Khoa Dieu Khanh has risen 7 places to 554th in the world. Nguyen Khoa Dieu Khanh is the only Vietnamese female table tennis player to be on the rankings. For the men's rankings of the ITTF, Vietnamese table tennis players Nguyen Anh Tu is ranked 968th in the world. Nguyen Anh Tu is the only Vietnamese male table tennis player to be on the world rankings.
Vietnam's number 1 chess player Le Quang Liem will be in the Czech Republic to compete in the Prague International Chess Festival 2025 (taking place from February 25 to March 7) in the Master category for grandmasters.
3. Tourism Sector
- To Quoc, Van Hoa, Lao Dong, Thanh Nien newspapers reported: On February 17, the Department of Tourism of Da Nang City coordinated with Vietjet Air to organize a program to introduce Da Nang tourism in Ahmedabad City (Gujarat State, India). Recently, Indian tourists have been in the top 5 international tourist markets to Da Nang City, accounting for 5.3% of the tourist structure. Indian tourists favor Da Nang City with many cultural similarities, especially MICE tourism products and wedding tourism. Da Nang City has launched special service packages for wedding tourism products, such as incentives for groups of 50 people or more.
- Tuoi Tre, To Quoc, Sai Gon Giai Phong, VOV, and Vietnam National Administration of Tourism reported: On the morning of February 17, speaking at a conference with Khanh Hoa tourism businesses, Mr. Le Dai Hai - representative of Ana Mandara Cam Ranh resort - said that in order to achieve the goal of developing green tourism, Khanh Hoa tourism industry needs to develop a set of criteria for evaluating and ranking green tourism businesses, tourist destinations and implementing green labeling for tourism businesses and tourist destinations. Develop programs on developing green tourism products, implement strategies to position green tourism brands, instead of focusing only on beach resort tourism products.
- VietnamPlus, VTC News, Tin Tuc, Cafebiz and many other newspapers reported: Vietnam has 10 representatives in the list of the best hotels in the world in 2025 voted by Forbes Travel Guide (USA) with 02 hotels (Capella Hanoi and Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai - Da Nang) reaching 5-star standard, 4 hotels ranked 4-star and 4 hotels in the list are ideal destinations for classy accommodation experiences. The list of the best hotels in the world in 2025 was announced by Forbes Travel Guide at the Star Awards Ceremony held this February. Forbes Travel Guide is a prestigious ranking system in the tourism and hotel industry worldwide, similar to Michelin Guide in the culinary industry.
- Local tourism news in To Quoc, Nhan Dan, Van Hoa newspapers on February 17 and 18:
Khanh Hoa launches a series of new programs and products to stimulate tourism, fulfilling the goal of welcoming 11.8 million visitors by 2025.
In order to create a breakthrough in promoting the development of marine tourism, Quang Nam province has been mobilizing investment resources to synchronously build a transport infrastructure system, ensuring regional and inter-regional connectivity along coastal economic corridors and the East-West economic corridor.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong province has just issued a document requesting the People's Committees of districts and cities in the province to strengthen inspection and review of investment, construction and registration of tourism business activities. This activity aims to improve the effectiveness of state management of tourism in the province, in accordance with the provisions of law and the province's tourism development orientation; create favorable conditions to support the promotion of tourism potential of localities to form and put into operation, develop tours, routes and typical tourism products to attract visitors.
The 9th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival, organized by Dak Lak province, will take place from March 9 to 13 in Buon Ma Thuot city and several localities in the province. This will be a major event, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Buon Ma Thuot Victory Day, the liberation of Dak Lak province (March 10, 1975 - March 10, 2025); at the same time, contributing to affirming and promoting the Buon Ma Thuot coffee brand, building the image of Buon Ma Thuot city as "The coffee city of the world".
4. Family Field
- Vietnam Women's Newspaper reported: Implementing the 2025 working theme of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union "Promoting the role of women in participating in building a clean and strong Party and political system, ready to enter a new era, an era of national growth", in order to promote the strength of solidarity, creativity, raise awareness and sense of responsibility for the role, position and contribution of the Union organization, cadres, members and women to the cause of national development, the Women's Union of Bac Giang province launched a special emulation campaign with key tasks.
Source: https://toquoc.vn/diem-bao-hoat-dong-nganh-van-hoa-the-thao-va-du-lich-ngay-18-02-2025-20250218123434321.htm
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