A pictorial book on Vietnam’s natural landscape and people has been published by Russia’s Vokruk Sveta Publishing House.
A painting of Bodhisattva has just been returned to the Tam Thai Pagoda in the central city of Da Nang after being held in a Japanese temple for four centuries.
A traditional martial art and calligraphy troupe from Guangxi, China, arrived in HCMC on February 25 for a cultural exchange programme as part of activities to mark 60 years of diplomacy between Vietnam and China.
The People’s Committee of Ha Tinh Province has approved a beachside eco-resort project on an area of 1,557ha at Thien Cam national tourism site in the north-central coast province.
A festival to worship the ancestor of Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province was held at Nam Dieu Temple in Thanh Ha Ward on February 23 (the tenth day of the first lunar month).
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and tourism entrepreneurs on February 28 will start promotion programs in three ASEAN countries -- Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, an official said.
The 8th Vietnam Poetry Day was held by the Vietnam Writers’ Association at the Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on February 24 in coordination with the HCMC Writers’ Association.
Works began on a four-star hotel on February 23 in the misty mountainous town of Sapa in Lao Cai Province.
A host of ancient objects dating back to the 10th -18th century have been discovered at the Hoa Lu ancient capital relic in the present-day northern province of Ninh Binh.
A gathering of overseas Vietnamese to celebrate Tet took place in Belgium on February 20, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, attracting Vietnamese expatriates from Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and France.
Thousands of tourists and pilgrims flocked to the opening ceremony of this year’s Yen Tu Spring Festival in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on February 23, the tenth day of the first lunar month. Yen Tu has so far welcomed over 250,000 visitors since the first day of the Lunar New Year and its festival will last three months during spring.
A Vietnamese day will be held at the Corinthia Royal Budapest on February 25 to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Hungary diplomatic relations.