Cam Ranh Airport in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa will become an international airport with the opening of an official direct air route linking Cam Ranh and Vladivostock in Russia on December 12.
Two children sit in a toy boat behind a thatched hut, smiling without a care in the world. The “toy boat†is actually the casing of a huge bomb dropped by American Air forces during the American War.
OTO ZA Group, a well-known Japanese art troupe, will perform on the wadaiko drum at HCMC’s Opera House on December 11 to bring the curtain down on the Japanese Culture Month in the city and the Mekong-Japan Exchange year.
More than 60 scientists have joined up with their Vietnamese colleagues to tour a number of archaeological sites in the central province of Thanh Hoa.
Eighteen ghe ngo (Khmer boat) teams from every Mekong Delta district with a Khmer population participated in a two-day race which ended November 30 on Xa No Canal in Hau Giang Province’s Vi Thanh Town.
Over 40 wood-block paintings printed on poonah-paper, featuring normal daily life of Vietnamese people are on show in Paris, France. The black and white paintings, made by Vietnamese painter Hoang Minh Phuc are the first of its kind to be displayed in France.
A file on the 82 doctoral laureates steles in Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi sent to UNESCO for consideration as a world documentation heritage, said General Secretary of UNESCO Vietnam Pham Sanh Chau.
President of the Ikebana Association Sumara Eiko showed 13 styles of Japanese floral art installation known as Ikebana at Hanoi’s Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) on December 5.
The Vietnam-China Trade and Tourism Fair opened in Mong Cai City, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, on December 4.
A gastronomy festival featuring delicious dishes from countries throughout the world opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 3.
Vietnam’s cultural minister joined his counterparts from the five other countries in the Mekong sub-region in Can Tho city on December 2 to discuss culture and tourism.
A series of international fairs opened on December 2 to boost trade relations between Vietnamese businesses and their foreign partners as well as to promote the tourist industry in countries in the Mekong region and Japan.