Vietnam ranked first at the 2024 Southeast Asian Rowing, U19 and U23 Championships held in the northern city of Hai Phong from June 27-30 with a total of 34 gold, 23 silver and 13 bronze medals.

Vietnamese rowers on June 28 won two gold, six silver and four bronze medals at the 2024 Southeast Asia Rowing and Canoeing, U19 and U23 Championships being held in the northern city of Hai Phong.

The 2024 Southeast Asia Rowing and Canoeing, U19 and U23 Championships kicked off in the northern port city of Hai Phong on June 27.

A press conference to announce preparations for the 2024 Southeast Asia Rowing and Canoeing, U19 and U23 Championships was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on June 25.

Vietnam Family Day (June 28) will be marked with a five-day festival taking place this week in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

The northern port city of Hai Phong will host the 2024 Southeast Asia Rowing and Canoeing, U19 and U23 Championships from June 24 to July 7.

The northern port city of Hai Phong on May 11 kicked off the 11th Red Flamboyant Festival and received the UNESCO certificate of recognisation for the Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago as the World Natural Heritage Site - the first inter-provincial heritage of Vietnam.

Performances of intangible cultural heritage recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) entertained the audience in Hai Phong city on May 5 evening.

More than 200 antiques, including stone artifacts from the Late Neolithic Era, are on display at Hai Phong Museum in the northern port city of Hai Phong from November 21.

The famed musical “Les Misérables” based on the masterpiece by Victor Hugo was staged at Hai Phong City Opera House in the northern port city of Hai Phong on November 19.

The Belgian Culture & Food Festival 2023 (B.Fest 2023), the third of its kind and the largest Belgian culture and food event ever hosted in Vietnam, opened in the northern port city of Hai Phong on October 6 evening as a celebration of the 50th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries (1973-2023).

Banh da cua, a local delicacy of the northern port city of Hai Phong, has been named one of the world’s best noodle soups by TasteAtlas, a culinary website which is known for its collection of information on 10,000 dishes and 9,000 restaurants.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has requested the People's Committees of Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province to urgently study the recommendations of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to review and update a nomination dossier for seeking UNESCO’s recognition of “Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Archipelago” as a world heritage site.

Hanoi plans to create a "food tour map" to help home and foreign tourists explore local cuisine on their own, thus further developing culinary tourism into a strength of the capital.

A street music festival will be held in the northern city of Hai Phong every Saturday this May.

The fifth international experimental theatre festival will take place in Hanoi capital and the northern port city of Hai Phong from November 15 – 26 with the participation of 15 domestic and six foreign troupes.

A fine arts exhibition is being co-held by the northern city of Hai Phong and the Republic of Korea’s Gwangju city, displaying over 100 works by 90 painters from both sides.

The traditional Do Son buffalo fighting festival took place in the northern port city of Hai Phong’s Do Son district on September 4 after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The traditional Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival will take place at Do Son district’s Stadium in the northern city of Hai Phong from August 27 to September 11, according to Pham Hoang Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Do Son People's Committee.

About 1,850 cars formed a map of Vietnam in northern Hai Phong city on July 9, breaking the current world record of 750 cars.