Hanoi was among the 10 Asian cities taking part in the eighth conference of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21), which was held in the Thai capital of Bangkok from October 31 to November 4.
Vietnam was named among one of the most peaceful nations in the world at a Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations held in Washington, DC, from November 1-3.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet and his Danish guests, including Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Prederik and Crown Princess Mary, attended the opening ceremony of a street art festival at the Ly Thai To Flower Garden in Hanoi on November 3.
A new exhibition called the Emergency Room puts artists under the pressure of daily deadlines to come up with topical new works in the ever-changing exhibition space at the Fine Arts University in Hanoi.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) will set up a centre to promote Vietnam tourism in France and other European countries, said Minister Hoang Tuan Anh.
The Hue Relic Preservation Centre (HRPC) and the National Palace Museum of the Republic of Korea (NPMK) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in preservation and museum work.
Vietnam and Denmark on November 2 signed a memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation during the 2009-2014 period as part of activities within the official visit to Vietnam by Dannish Queen Margrethe II.
The Ooc Om Boc Festival, an annual festival of ethnic Khmer people in the Mekong Delta, opened at Ho Nuoc Ngot Cultural Park in Soc Trang Province on October 28. This year’s event was organized more imposingly than ever with government support of VND1.3 billion.
A plan to build a 4,000m long cable car system for getting to the top of Bach Ma (White Horse) Mountain, proposed by the Song Da-Thang Long Co has been approved by the Thua Thien-Hue authorities.
Folk musicians from Vietnam and Sweden will perform in a traditional music festival in November in Hanoi to promote the culture of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.
The Fifth International Photo Contest in Vietnam’s jury presented awards to 32 best pictures of photographers from 16 countries and territories and put them on show in Vietnam Arts and Culture Exhibition Centre at 2 Hoa Lu Street, Hanoi on November 1.
More than 100 tourists are taking part in the Fansipan Discovery Programme launched in Sapa, northern Lao Cai Province from October 29 to 31, 2009.