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Jan 04, 2016 / 18:17

Hanoi's top 10 cultural events

Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports announced 10 outstanding cultural and sports events in 2015. The events were selected fromr consultation of nearly 100 media agencies in the city.

1. The successful organising of culture and sport activities to welcome political events, major holidays of the country and the capital in 2015.
2. Completion of permanent body of the City Party's Steering Committee of the programme 04 on "Developing culture and society, improving the quality of municipal human resources and building elegant and civilized Hanoians in the 2011-2015 period.
3. Completion of the total inventory, assessment and classification of monuments which was assessed to achieve outstanding results by the Acceptance Council.
4. The Tug of War rituals and games in Tran Vu temple, Thach Ban ward, Long Bien district and Pull of mine rituals and games in Vua Ba temple, Lai Xuan village, Xuan Thu ward, Soc Son district has been inscribed by UNESCO as the Intangible cultural assets of humanity and joined in building a multinational heritage dossier. 
5. Achieving excellent results (3 gold medals, 3 silver medals in the programme and plays) at the national and international professional art competitions.
6. The State President for the first time conferred the Emeritus Artisan for 39 artisans and 37 artists in Hanoi in the intangible cultural heritage field who are considered living humanity treasures.  The title is in recognition of the artisans’ contributions to the preservation of the country’s precious heritage.
7. Successful organising of exchanges and cooperation in culture and sports between Hanoi and the provinces and cities nationwide contributed to promote, introduce and enhance the image and position of the city and the country.
8. Hanoi's sports delegation participating the Vietnam Sports teams  reached the excellence results in SEA Games 28 held in Singapore with the total of 68 medals out of 186 and 25 out of 73 gold medals (accounting for 34.25%) of Vietnam Sports delegation.
9. "Olympic Run Day for national health 2015" programme held in communes, wards and towns in the capital attracted nearly 300,000 participants.
10. Construction and installation of outdoor sports tools to serve local residents in the urban districts has gained a high efficiency, becoming  the model for other districts to invest in the coming time.