This year’s European food festival will take place at 6 p.m. on May 26 at the National Library of Vietnam, 31 Trang Thi Street in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.
An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh opened in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on May 14 to mark the President’s 122nd birthday (May 19, 1890-2012) and the 65th anniversary of the President’s arrival at the Thai Nguyen safe zone to lead the resistance war against the French colonists.
Thousands of visitors dropped by Vietnam’s stand at the ongoing fourth Friends’ Culture Fair, themed ‘Diversity in Harmony’ in Mexico City from May 12-27.
The “ Riverscapes In Flux†exhibition opened in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12, highlighting the key ecological issues in Southeast Asia.
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.