The Embassy of Vietnam organised a ceremony in Berlin on February 5 to launch the “Vietnamese Year in Germany - 2010†and welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival. This was the first in a series of important events to be held throughout 2010 by the embassy and overseas Vietnamese in Germany to celebrate 35 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on February 4 launched a video clip contest on the subject of Thang Long-Hanoi to celebrate the upcoming millennium anniversary.
The greatest-ever tourism promotion program “Impressive Vietnam†has wrapped up, but incentives will continue for local travelers as the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has shifted its focus to domestic tourism as the core for development.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is calling on the country’s representative offices abroad to join forces in promoting Vietnam’s tourism and culture to travelers worldwide.
Seventy coconut shell mosaics by artist Vo Quy Quoc depicting portraits of Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap are on display at the Exhibition House, 29 Hang Bai Street in Hanoi.
The Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee on February 3 honoured 16 traditional craft villages and 17 artisans for 2009 in contributing to restoring and developing traditional handicrafts.
Over 100 artefacts dating back to the first millennium BC are on display at the office of the Asia Society in New York, with many of them going abroad for the first time. The exhibition themed “Art of Ancient Vietnam: from River Plain to Open Sea†showcases artistic objects featuring four key stages of development in Vietnamese cultural history.
Besides a series of activities to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, the Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival is expected to draw a large number of foreign tourists to Vietnam.
A total of 2,000 people are expected to join in drawing the “Tale of carp turning into dragon†painting at the Tet Viet 2010 Fair slated for the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on February 5.
Three arts troupes from Belgium will take part in Hue Festival 2010 in the central province of Thua Thien Hue from June 5 –13.
An exhibition showcasing 550 souvenirs in the wartime opened at the Hanoi-based Museum of Vietnam Military History on February 2 as witnessed by State President Nguyen Minh Triet.
Two decades after she first visited the country, Isabelle Aragon has not had her fill of Vietnam. She has traveled the length and breadth of the country since her maiden visit in 1989, and closing the way, recorded striking images of its landscape and its people.