About 300 domestic and foreign woodwork and handicraft enterprises gathered for the EXPO 2010 in HCM city on October 6.
A kite festival began at the My Dinh National Stadium on October 6 with the theme “Hanoi – a peaceful skyâ€.
The ASEAN+3 youth festival and “Peaceful melody†art festival opened on October 6 evening in Hanoi with the participation of 65 youths from 13 countries and 3,000 youths from the capital city.
A 810m section of Hanoi’s ceramic mosaic along the Red River road has set a new Guinness World Record. Beatriz Fernandez, a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records, presented the city with a certificate for the largest ceramic mosaic at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 5, when a plaque with “in celebration of Thang Long-Hanoi’s millennium anniversaryâ€, was placed on the mural.
Young people will hold many activities from art performances to exhibitions and street festivals across the country on October 8 to celebrate the 1,000 th birthday of Hanoi.
Many overseas visitors felt happy and extremely lucky to be in Hanoi for its millennium anniversary, both those who have lived in Hanoi for many years as well as newcomers to the city.
The Netherlands Government on October 5 presented the capital city of Hanoi with a new species of tulip named after Thang Long-Hanoi, as a special gift to mark the city’s 1,000th anniversary.
A 14.2m statue of the mythical saviour of the nation, Saint Giong, was inaugurated on October 5 on top of Da Chong Mountain in Soc Son suburban district of Hanoi.
Dong Van Stone Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has been recognised as a member of the Global Network of National Geoparks (GGN). The news was announced by the Vietnamese delegation attending the European Geoparks Conference in Lesvos, Greece, on October 3.
Gatherings have been held by many overseas Vietnamese associations in Germany to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
An exhibition of famous battles and military campaigns in Vietnam ’s military history opened at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi on October 4.
As many as 42 objects related to Southeast Asian cultures are on display at an exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on October 4 in the presence of the Swiss, French, Swedish and Indonesian diplomatic corps in Hanoi.