More than 1,000 Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers attended a ceremony at Phat Tich Pagoda in Bac Ninh Province, about 60km from Hanoi, to welcome the arrival of the world’s largest Jade Statue of Buddha.
“In a City" is the title of an exhibition about the capital city of Hanoi, which opened on May 15.
Tens of thousands of visitors flocked to the Nui Sam trade centre in Chau Doc Town, An Giang Province on May 15 to attend the ninth Ba Chua Xu Festival.
A cultural exchange programme between Laos and Vietnam was conducted in the capital Vientiane in Laos on May 15 as part of activities to celebrate the late President Ho Chi Minh’s 119th birthday (May 19)
Vietnam’s land, people and culture were introduced internationally when the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK attended the 50th World Fair held in London from May 12-13.
Park Hyatt Saigon voted “Best Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City†in the fourth annual Readers’ Choice Awards Poll of DestinAsian, Asia’s leading luxury travel and lifestyle magazine.
The grace of ao dai (traditional long dress of Vietnamese women) shines at a show held by a Vietnamese photographer in Berlin, Germany.
Conservationists from central Quang Ngai Province have completed restoration of four ceramic jar tombs belonging to the Sa Huynh Culture, which dated back more than two millennia.
Lang Co Bay in central Thua Thien-Hue Province has become the third bay, after Halong and Nha Trang bays in Vietnam to be included in the list of the most beautiful bays in the world.
Vietnam’s music, gastronomy, traditional dress and palm-leaf conical hat have impressed visitors to the Hi Seoul Festival 2009 that was wrapped up in the capital city of the Republic of Korea on May 10.
An art exhibition opened in Hanoi on May 9 to showcase literature, newspapers, photos and fine art about the late President Ho Chi Minh.
Canadian television company VTTH Departure Entertainment arrived in Vietnam to make 50-minute TV documentary on Vietnam’s landscapes, culture, history and people on May 9.