The first Da Nang Sandcastle Competition was held on My Khe beach in Da Nang city on May 13, with over 300 people from 70 teams participating.
An exhibition featuring Vietnam ’s cultural maritime heritage will open in Hanoi on May 18, just one of numerous activities to mark the 122 nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh and International Museum ’s Day.
The 2012 Lang Sen (Sen Village) Festival will be held in the late President Ho Chi Minh’s home village of Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district in central Nghe An province from May 17-19, as part of a range of activities to celebrate his 122nd birthday.
The first flight from Novosibirsk city, Russia, carrying 74 passengers, landed at Danang International Airport on May 12.
International friends have had the chance to enjoy Vietnam’s art of serving and drinking tea at the Asia-Pacific Heritage Month Festival that opened at Stony Brook University in New York on May 12.
Vietnam Festival in Japan will take place in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan on September 15-16.
A folk music programme to promote cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Vietnam and Malaysia was organized in Kuala Lumpur on May 11.
An additional 13 historical sites nationwide have been listed as special national relics under the Government’s decision dated May 10.
A space for a Vietnam-Japan Culture Exchange will be set up in Vietnam’s National Sports Complex and include areas for cuisine, performances, and a Japanese-style garden.
Vietnamese musicians along with their counterparts from the Republic of Korea (RoK) got together to put on a concert on May 9 in the northern province of Bac Ninh to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
A Mekong Delta trade, tourism and investment fair opened in Xuan To industrial zone, Tinh Bien district, in An Giang province on May 9.
The Hanoi People’s Committee says it plans to promote tourism to reach a target of two million foreign visitors in 2012.