Vietnam Culture Week in Brazil is taking place in Brazilia Capital from October 11 to 23, 2009. In his speech at the opening ceremony, Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh affirmed that the Vietnam Culture Week in Brazil is one of the important events to develop the relationship and multi-sided co-operation between Vietnam and Brazil.
The International Gong Festival 2009 will be organised for the first time in the Pleiku City of Gia Lai Province from November 12-15.
The Association of Vietnamese People in Berlin-Brandenburg opened a photo exhibition on Vietnam in Lichtenberg District, Berlin, on October 19.
The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK are organising the “Vietnamese Culture Days 2009†in London, Britain from October 19-31.
Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam is building a VND2 billion tourism promotion plan between now and 2010.
The Suoi Tien Corporation on October 17 began construction on a tourism project worth USD600 million in Long Thanh District of the southern province of Dong Nai.
The German travel company Gebeco on October 16 held a night to introduce Vietnam and Mekong tourism within the framework of the freshly-ended Asia-Pacific Week 2009 in Berlin.
A photo exhibition on the friendship between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) opened in Hanoi on October 19, with the participation of officials from the two countries’ cultural, art and diplomatic departments and agencies.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s daily Dong-a, has issued its October edition entitled “Vietnam-Land of Opportunity†on the occasion of RoK President Lee Myung-bak’s visit to Vietnam from October 20-21.
An online dialogue themed “1000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi - Traditional values†was held on October 18, helping readers better understand historical and cultural traditions as well as valuable heritages of Thang Long-Hanoi.
A ceremony was held at the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh on October 17 to mark the park’s decade-long cooperation with the Cologne Zoo of Germany.
The Vietnam Women’s Union and the Department of Science and Technology of central Thua Thien Hue Province established the Hue Non La Association in Hue City on October 17.