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Vietnam will field a very young force at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Japan with the goal of aiming towards the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the 2022 Asian Games (Asiad), and the 2024 Olympic Games. Six young athletes will represent Vietnam at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Japan. The 10-strong Vietnamese contingent, headed by Deputy Director of the Vietnam Sports Administration Nguyen Kim Lan, features six athletes (four males and two females) with five born between 2000 and 2002, namely Tran Doan Quynh Nam, Do Thi Ngoc Huong, Nguyen Van Khanh Phong, Van Vi Luong, and Trinh Hai Khang. Some veterans like Le Thanh Tung, Dinh Phuong Thanh and Dang Nam will not be included in the squad. According to Nguyen Kim Lan, all six gymnasts are debutants in the world-class arena, which will offer them the opportunity to accumulate experience in preparation for future major competitions. “In the past two …

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The program was live broadcast on Vietnam Television’s Channel 2 and on the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper’s website: www.dangcongsan.vn . The event, jointly organized by the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper and other relevant agencies, was to mark the 74th anniversary of the Wounded and Fallen Soldiers’ Day (July 27, 1947 - 2021). Despite complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizing panel of the program has tried their best to present meaningful gifts to wounded and sick soldiers, heroic Vietnamese mothers, and national contributors in different provinces and cities nationwide to partly ease their difficulties. The artistic program, consisting of three parts, namely Sacred Vietnam , Vietnam’s spirit , and Vietnam’s pride to rise , recaptured our troops’ and people’s arduous and fierce struggle for national independence and recalled touching stories about the front and the rear during the wars. Apart from clips, audiences …

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HÀ NỘI — Experts have shared advice and experience to help Việt Nam better develop and protect its cultural products. The Copyright Office of Việt Nam in collaboration with the British Embassy and Rouse Law Company Limited organised a seminar on the Strategy for the Development of Cultural Industries in Việt Nam late last week. The seminar was held online with the goal of finding out the development direction for the cultural industry in Việt Nam, within the framework of the Financial Sector and Intellectual Property Programme (FSIP), which is part of the UK-funded ASEAN Economic Reform Programme to help the Government of Việt Nam develop an intellectual property system. The creative sector, such as music, film, media and digital art, usually includes creative services with intellectual property at its core. FSIP is conducted to assist relevant state management agencies such as the Copyright Office of Việt Nam, the National Office of Intellectual Property of Việt Nam and other …

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The comic book Ehon "Friends" illustrated by local female artist Dom Dom has just been published by Japan’s Sunny Side Publishing House. The Vietnamese version of "Friends" was originally published in Vietnam in 2020. Japanese writer Aihara Hiroyuki highlighted the beautiful Vietnamese landscapes and its people, stating that they typically have optimistic, vibrant, and warm personalities. He went on to express his keen interest in Dom Dom paintings which feature the image of Japanese people through the calm Brown Bear and the Vietnamese people via the image of brave Mun Cat. Furthermore, he added his hope that children of both countries will enjoy a strong bond with each other, just like the friends in the story. Immediately after the release of the Japanese edition, the author Hiroyuki went to the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan to present this book to Ambassador Vu Hong Nam. Upon receiving the gift, Ambassador Nam expressed his joy and hope that this wonderful book will be …

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Hesman, a comic book series written by Nguyen Hung Lan has come to an end after 160 episodes and 23 years. Belgian comic books on display in HCM City Vietnamese comic books struggle to rise as market expands It along with others like Thần đồng đất Việt, Cô tiên xanh, Thằng Bờm, Siêu nhân Việt Nam, Anh trai tôi là khủng long, Cổ tích Việt Nam, and Tý Quậy made many childhood memorable. But popular though they have been, comic book sales in Vietnam are insignificant compared to their international counterparts. Anh trai tôi là khủng long was the first comic for children published by Comicola Company. Its director, Nguyen Khanh Duong, said writing quality comics for children is extremely difficult because an author needs to have in-depth knowledge of just about everything. Since the writers in his company are mostly young, they usually opt for topics that are relevant to readers their age, he said. Vietnam, in general, lacks authors that write …

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A poster from Gái Già Lắm Chiêu V – Những Cuộc Đời Vương Giả (The Tricky Ladies V: Luxurious Lives), a film about love and women which was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Photo courtesy of the producer Thu Anh HCM CITY — Vietnamese films are ready to go back to the cinema after being suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Highlighted films, Gái Già Lắm Chiêu V – Những Cuộc Đời Vương Giả (The Tricky Ladies V: Luxurious Lives) and Em và Trịnh (You and Trịnh), were scheduled to be in cinemas early this year. Both works were postponed after cinemas in Hà Nội and HCM City, the two biggest markets in the country, closed on May 3 when the fourth wave of COVID-19 started in late April. Hà Nội, HCM City and southern provinces allowed many activities, markets, supermarkets and services to reopen on October 1. However, cinemas were still not on the list. Cinemas have reopened in northern provinces such as Bắc Ninh, Hạ Long, Tuyên Quang, Yên Bái and Thái Nguyên. …

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Vietnam's film industry achieves huge revenue in 2019 (Photo courtesy of dienmayxanh.com) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Experts have shared advice and experience to help Vietnam better develop and protect its cultural products . The Copyright Office of Vietnam in collaboration with the British Embassy and Rouse Law Company Limited organised a seminar on the Strategy for the Development of Cultural Industries in Vietnam late last week. The seminar was held online with the goal of finding out the development direction for the cultural industry in Vietnam, within the framework of the Financial Sector and Intellectual Property Programme (FSIP), which is part of the UK-funded ASEAN Economic Reform Programme to help the Government of Vietnam develop an intellectual property system. The creative sector, such as music, film, media and digital art, usually includes creative services with intellectual property at its core. FSIP is conducted to assist relevant state management …

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Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh has been named as player of October during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s voting in the third round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers, the AFC said on October 17. Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh. Linh received a total of 73.38 percent of the votes, followed by Al Buraikan of Saudi Arabia (8.2 percent) and S.Azmuon of Iran (8.08 percent). Although the Vietnam national team lost the last two matches against China and Oman in Group B of the final qualifying round of the World Cup 2022, Linh scored two out of the three Vietnam goals. “Still only 23 years of age, the Becamex Binh Duong striker showed expert positioning and poise beyond his years to find the back of the next in Doha and Muscat, taking his individual tally to an excellent seven goals on the Road to Qatar 2022,” the afc.com wrote. Linh also defeated Zhang Yuning of China to win the AFC’s recent vote for NEOM’s Future Stars of matchday three …

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Startup Sky Mavis with the game Axie Infinity has surprised the Vietnamese startup community when it reached a huge total market capitalization - US$2.4 billion - after three years since its release, a record time in the Asian technology world. Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based game developed by Vietnamese, is a favourite game of players in many Asian countries. Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based game developed by Vietnamese, is a favourite game of players in many Asian countries. Staying home during the time of Covid-19 epidemic, people in many Asian countries play this game to make money. According to CNBC, Axie Infinity has become a phenomenon in Cabanatuan in the Philippines. The highest record price for an Axie that was sold recently was 300 ETH (over $70,000). The man who stands behind Sky Mavis is Nguyen Thanh Trung, its founder and CEO. At the age of 29, Trung may become Vietnam's first tech billionaire. In May 2021, the startup successfully raised $7.5 …

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Works by nearly 70 elderly painters are being displayed at the fine arts exhibition house at No. 16 on Ngo Quyen street in Hanoi. A painting titled "Vuong van ken vang" by Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong. Chairman of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association Luong Xuan Doan said the event, held from October 13 to 22, marks the reopening of the exhibition centre after the social distancing period. It is an annual activity organised in celebration of the International Day for Older Persons (October 1) and in honour of the elderly painters, who still devote themselves to creating precious artworks despite their age. Themed “Hallmark 2021”, the display features nearly 100 paintings and sculptures that haven’t been unveiled or just been created this year. "Mua he de lai" by Hoang Nguyen Doan. Most of the participating artists are over 70 years old, including female painter Nguyen Minh My, born in 1923. Many are renowned ones such as Nguyen Trong Cat, Tran …

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