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Top ten sports, culture, tourism events in 2013

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected 10 outstanding events in the area of culture, sports and tourism during 2013, reported by the Nhan Dan online newspaper, as follows:
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected 10 outstandingevents in the area of culture, sports and tourism during 2013, reportedby the Nhan Dan online newspaper, as follows:

1. Thereview of the 15-year implementation of the Resolution of the CommunistParty of Vietnam Central Committee, eighth tenure, on building anadvanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity.

2.Don Ca Tai Tu (a traditional musical art form of the south) was listedas a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humankind; and for the firsttime, Vietnam was elected to the World Heritage Committee of theUNESCO.

3. The National Great Solidarity - VietnameseCultural Heritage Week; the fifth Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2013; theNgo boat race of Khmer people in the Mekong delta; the eighth Tay Bac(Northwest) Cultural, Sports and Tourism Festival.

4. Thecultural days and weeks celebrating the anniversary of diplomatic tieswith other countries and a festival featuring arts of Vietnam, Laos,Cambodia, and Myanmar.

5. Vietnam Year of Family 2013 and the second national conference to honour outstanding cultural families.

6. Achievements of the Vietnamese sports teams at internationalcompetitions: The third place among 44 countries and territories at 4thAsian Indoor and Martial Arts Games; the third position in the medaltally among 11 participating countries at the 27th SEA Games; theseventh place among 45 countries and territories at the second AsianYouth Games; the fifth position among 41 countries and territories atthe Asian Youth ParaGames.

7. Successful performances ofathletes at international tournaments: swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien withthree gold medals and one silver medal at the second Asian Youth Games,and three gold, two silver, one bronze medal, breaking SEA Games recordsat the 27 SEA Games; gymnast Nguyen Ha Thanh with a gold medal at theGrand Prix Osijek 2013; shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh with the first goldmedal for Vietnam at the World Shooting Cup 2013; Le Quang Liem with theWorld Blitz Chess Championship; badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh with abronze medal at BWF World Championships.
8. Sports festivals at all levels towards the seventh National Sports Festival in 2014.


9. Vietnam welcomed 7.5 million foreign guests, 3.5 million domesticvisitors and total revenue from the tourism sector reached 200 trillionVND (9.4 billion USD), two years ahead of schedule. And

10.The National Tourism Year for the Red River Delta-Hai Phong 2013, andthe international conference on spiritual tourism for sustainabledevelopment in 2013.-VNA
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