Int’l circus festival to come to Thua Thien-Hue
The international circus festival will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue between May 28 - June 4, attracting 11 troupes from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Ukraine and Viet Nam.
Culture-Sport event for ethnic minority groups
The Gia Lai provincial Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism kicked off the second Sport-Culture competition for ethnic minority groups on May 24th.
Photos highlighting Viet Nam’s world heritages on display in RoK
Photos of Viet Nam’s world heritages are being exhibited at the Yoondang Arts Hall in the Republic of Korea’s capital Seoul.
Heritage of poetry on Hue royal architecture gets world status
The royal literature on Hue royal architecture has been honoured as documentary heritage at the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP)’s 7th General meeting, which took place in Hue city from May 18-21. 
Art exhibition shows beauty of Hue
The beauty of Hue, the ancient citadel of Viet Nam, is the inspiration for an art exhibition launched at Hue Royal Palace.
First Vietnam film week opens in Czech Republic
The first Viet Nam Film Week in the Czech Republic kicked off on late May 20 at Lucerna Cinema in the capital city of Prague, attracting hundreds of movie lovers. 
Brand name for central coastal tourism launched
“The Essence of Viet Nam” will be the common tourism brand of three central coastal localities namely Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Da Nang, according to the Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme funded by the European Union (EU-ESRT).
More Vietnamese nominations named World documentary heritage
The “Royal Literature on Hue Royal Architecture” and “Phuc Giang School Woodblocks” were named as documentary heritages by the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) on May 19. 
Exhibition celebrates 10th anniversary of RoK Culture Centre’s establishment
Over 40 royal and ordinary folk paintings and traditional handicrafts from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are being exhibited from May 18 to June 17 at the RoK Culture Centre, 49 Nguyen Du, Ha Noi to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the centre’s establishment.
Ha Noi lures visitors with new tourism products
Ha Noi has been building new tourism products to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the capital city, affirming its position as a tourism centre of the country, said the municipal Department of Tourism.
Photo exhibition on langurs opens in Da Nang
An exhibition featuring 150 photos on the ‘Life of the red-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) in Son Tra Peninsula' opened on May 17 at Da Nang City’s Science Library. 
Fourteen monuments to be ranked as special national sites
  The Viet Nam National Cultural Heritage Council has agreed to propose classification of Special National Monument in 2016 for 14 relics.
Vietnamese culture on show in Kiev
Vietnamese culture was recently introduced at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Kiev, Ukraine. 
Brussels tourism introduced in Viet Nam
(TITC) – On 12 May 2016, in Ha Noi, the Embassy of Belgium in Viet Nam organized a networking dinner to introduce tourism, trade and investment of Brussels to Vietnamese tourism enterprises and press agencies.
Hue event honours Buddha’s birthday
Seven giant lotus flowers floating on the central Huong River in Hue were lit up on May 14 evening to inaugurate a cultural week celebrating Buddha’s 2560th birthday.
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