(To Quoc) - Urgently completing investment procedures for the National Target Program on Cultural Development to be implemented immediately in 2025 is emphasized in the new Resolution passed by the 15th National Assembly; The training plan for teams preparing to participate in the 33rd SEA Games must be consistent with the preparation roadmap for higher Games, the most recent of which are the 2026 ASIAD and the 2028 Olympics; In the first half of February 2025, the number of international searches for information about Vietnam tourism continued to increase by 30% - 45% compared to the same period last year, which is notable information in the newspapers.
1. Cultural Field
- The Culture and Fatherland Newspaper reported: At the closing session of the 9th extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly on the morning of February 19, the National Assembly voted to pass a Resolution supplementing the socio-economic development plan for 2025 with a growth target of 8% or more. It emphasized the need to urgently complete investment procedures for the National Target Program on Cultural Development for immediate implementation in 2025.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and Vice Chairmen of the National Assembly chaired the closing session. (Photo: VNA)
- Nhan Dan, Van Hoa, To Quoc, VOV and many other newspapers reported: On February 19, in Huong Tra Town (Hue City), the Ceremony to receive the title of National Intangible Cultural Heritage for the Van Cu vermicelli making profession took place. Within the framework of the Ceremony, there were rich and meaningful activities such as: sacrificial ceremony, Vietnamese vermicelli heritage culinary festival, art performances, bicycle journey, journey to discover the heritage of Van Cu vermicelli village, display and introduction of OCOP products, reenactment of the traditional vermicelli making profession... thereby contributing to promoting the image of community tourism to tourists and people.
On February 19, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Circus Federation held the 2025 Customer Conference to announce the programs and plays that will be launched this year. At the Conference, the Federation introduced nearly 30 outstanding performances in 2025. According to People's Artist Tong Toan Thang, Director of the Vietnam Circus Federation, 2025 is a year with many major commemorative events in the country. The unit has planned to stage and perform dozens of new programs to serve the audience, including programs that are both political in nature to celebrate major anniversaries and attractive, artistic, bringing valuable moments of entertainment to the audience.
The British Council has announced the projects receiving funding from the Connections Through Culture (CTC) programme in 2024 - a programme to promote creative collaboration between UK and Asia-Pacific artists. Of which, Vietnam has 10 projects receiving support from this programme, including: Experimental Contemporary Performance: Exchange/Connection between Vietnam and Scotland (artist Mamoru Iriguchi, Take Me Somewhere and artist Tra Nguyen); Kieu - Reimagining: Women, Heritage and Empowerment (Timothy Allen, Da Nang Tui); Photography Insights: Vietnam and New International Perspectives on Photography (IC Visual Lab, Studio Tum Lum); Vietnam - UK Live Music Incubator Programme 2024/2025 (Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), Vietnam Music Industry Network (VMIN), Hozo International Music Festival)...
- News, Culture, Hanoi Moi Newspaper reported: On February 19, Dan Phuong District People's Committee coordinated with Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam Historical Science Association to organize a scientific workshop on "Preserving and promoting the value of historical and cultural heritage of Dan Phuong homeland and famous person To Hien Thanh". The workshop is a scientific basis for better management, conservation, restoration, planning and promotion of the value of the relic cluster associated with tourism development of the district, so that this place can truly become an attractive tourist destination of the city.
- VNA has an article: Innovating traditional festivals to ensure civilization but not separating from the origin. According to experts, festival development must be associated with the purpose of preserving and promoting cultural values. Traditional elements are the soul and origin of the festival, while new elements, if applied properly, can make the festival closer and more attractive to the younger generation and tourists. When developing festivals, the ultimate goal is to preserve and promote cultural values, not only attracting visitors but also maintaining the connection with the origin, with the priceless values that the festival has passed down for generations.
- Some local news on Nhan Dan, Van Hoa, VOV Newspaper:
On the evening of February 19, in Hanoi, the Hanoi City Cultural Center (Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism) held the opening ceremony of the final round of the Hanoi "Party - Spring - Nation" Choir Festival 2025 with the theme "Forever the belief in the Party". This is an activity to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2025) and the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Hanoi City Party Committee (March 17, 1930 - March 17, 2025).
The Vinh Nghiem Pagoda Festival (Bac Giang) will be held from March 10 to March 13, 2025. This year's festival is associated with the announcement of the decision to recognize the statues of the Three Patriarchs of Truc Lam at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda as a national treasure. At the opening ceremony on the evening of March 10, 2025, there will be a drum performance, lion dance; special art program; announcement of the Prime Minister's Decision to recognize the statues of the Three Patriarchs of Truc Lam at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda as a national treasure and awarding of the Certificate of Recognition.
In order to preserve and promote the value of cultural heritage, and at the same time contribute to promoting the image of Tuyen Quang tourism, Tuyen Quang City People's Committee organizes the Ha Temple, Thuong Temple, and Y La Temple Festival in 2025 from March 9-15, 2025. This is a unique cultural event, associated with the Mother Goddess worship - a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity, recognized by UNESCO, affirming the historical and cultural values of national relics in Tuyen Quang city.
2. Sports Field
- Van Hoa and To Quoc Newspaper reported: On February 19, at the Department of Sports and Physical Training, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong chaired a working session on the training plan for teams preparing to participate in the 33rd SEA Games. Speaking at the meeting, the Deputy Minister emphasized that the development of a preparation plan for the SEA Games is an important factor in the overall orientation of the plan at the level of the Olympics, ASIAD and SEA Games. The Deputy Minister requested that the development of the plan must be consistent with the preparation roadmap for higher games, the most recent of which are the 2026 ASIAD and the 2028 Olympics. The Deputy Minister also noted that during the preparation period for the largest sports event in the region, the teams need to regularly review and ensure a close grasp of the athletes' physical strength, health, mood, etc. to handle promptly, avoiding affecting the preparation process for the Games.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong chaired a meeting on training plans for teams preparing to participate in the 33rd SEA Games. (Photo: To Quoc Newspaper)
- Dan Tri, Tuoi Tre, and VFF newspapers reported: The results of the two make-up matches of round 11 of LPBank V.League 1-2024/25 that took place on the evening of February 19 changed the position on the rankings. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Dong A Thanh Hoa did not get any points at Tam Ky Stadium of Quang Nam, The Cong Viettel rose to take the top spot after the first leg of LPBank V.League 1-2024/25 when defeating Cong An Ha Noi at home at My Dinh Stadium with a score of 2-1.
- Nhan Dan, Lao Dong, and Sai Gon Giai Phong newspapers reported: On February 19, the final matches of Group A of the 2024/25 National U19 Football Championship Finals took place dramatically with important victories helping Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Binh Duong win the right to advance to the quarterfinals.
- Van Hoa Newspaper reported: The Vietnam U17 team will have a training trip in Oman to prepare for the 2025 AFC U17 Championship - the 2025 U17 World Cup qualifiers. Accordingly, the Vietnam U17 team will regroup from February 22 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center (Hanoi). Then they will go to Oman for training from March 23 to 29. Here, the team will have 2 "test matches" with the host U17 Oman before moving to Saudi Arabia. At the 2025 AFC U17 Championship, the Vietnam U17 team is in a group with the defending champion Japan, Australia - a team that has reached the semi-finals 3 times and the UAE.
- VietnamNet newspaper has an article: Coach Kim Sang Sik and the challenge of the Asian Cup qualifiers. According to the article, Coach Kim Sang Sik must face many challenges with the Vietnamese team in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers if he wants to continue to reap success in the future. The Vietnamese team still has many difficulties in the 2024 ASEAN Cup, which can be understood when the Korean strategist has just arrived, but the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers must be different. Therefore, this is another challenge for Mr. Kim Sang Sik. Looking at what the V-League has at the moment, Coach Kim Sang Sik is in a really difficult situation in the near future.
- The People's Army Newspaper has an article: The Vietnamese wrestling team is determined to maintain its position. In the two most recent Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), the Vietnamese wrestling team won overwhelmingly: 17/18 gold medals at the 31st SEA Games; 13/18 gold medals at the 32nd SEA Games. Looking forward to the 33rd SEA Games in 2025, the Vietnamese wrestling team set a target of winning 6 gold medals. The reason the gold medal target of the Vietnamese wrestling team is much lower than the previous two SEA Games is because wrestling at the 33rd SEA Games only has 12 sets of medals, divided equally into 3 events: men's classical wrestling, men's freestyle wrestling, and women's freestyle wrestling. With the number of events being significantly reduced and some countries naturalizing athletes, the ability of Vietnamese wrestlers to compete for gold medals is not simple.
3. Tourism Sector
- To Quoc Newspaper reported: On February 19, continuing the 9th extraordinary session, the National Assembly voted to pass the National Assembly Resolution supplementing the socio-economic development plan for 2025 with a growth target of 8% or more. In particular, the National Assembly Resolution requires developing the air transport industry and creating more favorable conditions to attract foreign tourists; urgently considering and deciding on a unilateral solution to exempt entry visas for citizens of some European and Middle Eastern countries holding ordinary passports; promoting tourism promotion activities; improving the quality of tourism products and services.
- VNA, VOV reported: On February 19, the SATTE Fair - an annual event of the Indian tourism industry opened at the Yashoboomi Convention Center, New Delhi. SATTE 2025 is considered the largest fair in South Asia specializing in tourism, travel, hotels and resort services. On the opening day, the Vietnamese tourism booth with the presence of Da Nang city, national airline Vietnam Airlines as well as Vietnamese travel and tourism businesses attracted the attention of Indian customers, partners and the public.
- Tuoi Tre Newspaper, VietnamNet, Hanoi Moi reported: According to data from Google, the number of international searches for tourist accommodation in Vietnam from the end of November 2024 to the end of January 2025 increased by 15% - 30% compared to the same period in 2023. Notably, in the first half of February 2025, the number of international searches for information about Vietnam tourism continued to increase by 30% - 45%. Among the countries with the most searches for information about Vietnam tourism, the United States topped the list. Next were search sources from Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Malaysia.
- Van Hoa Newspaper has an article: Many opportunities for cruise tourism to break through. The article stated that with the number of cruise passengers increasing continuously since the beginning of the year, bringing luxury international visitors to Vietnam, our country's cruise tourism is facing a great opportunity to break through. If exploited effectively, cruise tourism will help Vietnam improve its position on the global tourism map and become a driving force for sustainable marine economic development.
- Some local tourism news on Nhan Dan newspaper, VTV, VOV:
With the theme "Buon Ma Thuot - Destination of world coffee", the 9th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival taking place from March 9 to 13 will have 34 tour programs with many types. According to Ms. Nguyen Thuy Phuong Hieu, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dak Lak, the province has printed 3,000 "Tourist Itinerary" handbooks integrating information about the activities of the Coffee Festival as well as publicizing the listed prices, addresses of tourist attractions, dining, shopping, etc. At the same time, QR-Codes are created for visitors to conveniently look up on the digital platform and choose a suitable schedule.
Binh Thuan and Dong Nai provinces have cooperated to develop tourism. The two provinces focus on implementing promotion programs, connecting and developing tourism to complement each other, arousing tourism potential and advantages, actively cooperating, linking, building inter-provincial and inter-regional tourism products to exploit tourism strengths, potentials and resources; rationally using resources, solving practical needs to create new momentum for sustainable tourism development between the provinces.
On February 19, the Department of Tourism of Binh Dinh province coordinated with the People's Committee of Quy Nhon city to organize the launching ceremony of the movement "Safe - Friendly - Attractive tourism environment". According to Mr. Nguyen Phuong Nam, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quy Nhon city, "Every citizen of Binh Dinh province in general, Quy Nhon city residents in particular and tourism business organizations and individuals should join hands to develop tourism in a green - clean - beautiful direction; ensure security, safety, civilization and friendliness with the most practical actions".
4. Family Field
- Vietnam Women's Union reported: On February 19, in Ho Chi Minh City, a training course on gender-responsive food safety was opened with the participation of representatives of the Women's Unions of the Southern provinces/cities. The program was organized by the Vietnam Women's Union in coordination with the Department of Quality, Processing and Market Development - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Food Safety for Development Project (SAFEGRO). According to the program, trainees will be provided with knowledge and skills related to ensuring gender-responsive food safety; planning gender-sensitive food safety communication. The training program will also help women see more clearly the Union's responsibility in mobilizing society to implement gender equality in food safety in particular and in society in general.
- Ho Chi Minh City Women's Newspaper reported: On February 19, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee issued a plan to implement the national strategy and program on gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence in the city for the period 2025 - 2030. Accordingly, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee set a political goal of reaching 60% by 2025 and 75% by 2030 of state management agencies and local authorities at all levels with key female leaders. In the economic sector, the proportion of female directors/owners of enterprises and cooperatives will reach at least 27% by 2025 and 30% by 2030. In preventing and responding to gender-based violence, by 2025, 80% and by 2030, 90% of detected victims of gender-based violence will have access to at least one of the basic support services.
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