A cultural exchange called “Meet Vietnam 2009†was officially held on November 16 in San Francisco, California, the largest of its kind in the US so far. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong attended the opening ceremony of the event.
The Saigontourist travel services on November 16 received over 2,000 visitors from the Costa Classica cruise ship docking at Navioil Port in Ho Chi Minh City.
The International Gong Festival concluded on November 15 after four days with 14 events organized in Pleiku and one in Hanoi.
The famed nha vuon or garden house of Hue City could flourish and bloom again, nurtured by new policies of the Thua Thien-Hue provincial administration.
A Vietnamese Cultural Centre officially opened in Berlin, Germany on November 15.
A conference on Gong culture took place in the central highland city of Pleiku on November 14 as part of the International Gong Festival 2009. Many scientists and managers from different countries delivered more than 74 speeches focused on the change in socio-economic conditions and the preservation of gong culture in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.
A festival to introduce Korean food, jointly sponsored by the Korean Culture Centre in Vietnam and the Korean Food Industry Asociation (KIFA), opened at Big C supermarket in Hanoi on November 13.
Tourists on a “Cultural journey through the Red River Delta’s ceramic villages†on November 13 stopped at Tho Ha Village in Viet Yen District, in the northern province of Bac Giang, during their current trip.
A 22-member troupe from the Okinawa Song and Dance Theatre Chura has presented a traditional theatrical performance at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.
Sixty gong troupes from five Asian countries and 24 cities and provinces in Vietnam kicked off the first International Gong Festival in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai on November 12 night.
Three resorts in Vietnam’s central coast region have been short-listed among “Asia’s Top 25 Resorts†in the annual Readers’ Choice Awards organized by Conde Nast Traveler, a travel magazine featuring travel tips, vacations, and destinations among others.
More than 300 Republic of Korean students who are learning Vietnamese attended a Vietnamese language contest and a Vietnamese culture and arts festival held in Republic of Korea (RoK) for the first time on November 11.