Fireworks, music and art performances lit up the coastal city of Nha Trang on the opening night of this year’s Sea Festival on June 6.
More than 500 actors and actresses performed in the colourful closing ceremony of the fourth Quang Nam - Heritage Journey Festival held in the central coastal city of Hoi An on the evening of June 6.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue held a ceremony on June 6 to announce the recognition of Lang Co Bay as the 30th member of the “World’s Most Beautiful Bays†club (Worldbays Club).
Exhibitions of the pottery of the Cham community opened in Nha Trang City, the central province of Khanh Hoa on June 4.
A traditional craft village fair opened in Dien Ban District in the central province of Quang Nam on June 4.
The Quang Nam Heritage Itinerary Festival 2009 opened in the central province of Quang Nam on June 4 to mark 10 years of UNESCO recognising My Son Sanctuary and Hoi An ancient town as world cultural heritages.
US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak has announced a grant of USD74,500 to help Vietnam preserve O Quan Chuong Gate, the only ancient gate that remains in the capital city of Hanoi.
A friendship festival on the Vietnamese-Chinese border will be held in Fangcheng City in China’s Guangxi Province and Mong Cai City in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province from June 5-8.
The opening Bac Ha horse race took place in Bac Ha Town, Lao Cao Province in the morning of May, 30, 2009.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will organise a grand procession of relics of the Lord Buddha and holy monks to Quan Su Pagoda in Hanoi and Bai Dinh Pagoda in northern Ninh Binh Province on June 6.
The world’s most prestigious competition of the hospitality industry, the George Baptise Cup, ended in the former imperial city of Hue on May 30 with Kocemba Jacob from Denmark bringing home the first prize.
A photographic exhibition on the flora and fauna in Vietnam’s national parks is being held in Hanoi from May 30 to June 7.