Two photo exhibitions were opened in the central coastal city of Nha Trang , Khanh Hoa Province, on November 29, starting a week of Buddhist Culture.
The first Rice Festival for heightening the values of the age-old rice civilization and honouring rice growers has been held in the Mekong delta province of Hau Giang on November 28. In his opening speech, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized that the Rice Festival is significant in bringing together rice producers, businesses, importers, distributors, consumers and scientists to seek opportunities for cooperation and partnership.
The Thai Nguyen Tea Festival 2009 sponsored by Vietnam Television (VTV) and the Thai Nguyen Radio and Television Station took place in La Bang Commune, Dai Tu District, Thai Nguyen Province on November 28
A conference entitled “Promoting investment in culture, sports and tourism fields in Southern provinces†was held in the Dai Nam Tourist Resort in Binh Duong Province on November 28 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).
The Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico joined other embassies of ASEAN member countries to organize a fair in Mexico City on November 28.
An exhibition of Vietnamese photos, paintings and cultural publications is being held at the Vietnamese House in Paris, France.
Nine stories of the lives, dreams and struggles of people living in the three Mekong River sub-regional countries of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are now spotlighted at an exhibition in Hanoi. “Mekong’s story: Challenge and dream,†a mobile exhibition that opened at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on November 25 aims to enhance intangible values and reflect the challenges the nations are facing in ensuring…
Forty-eight relics from the Nguyen Dynasty era donated by private collectors to the Hue Royal Fine Arts Museum are on display at the former royal capital’s An Dinh Palace. The Hue Royal Fine Arts Museum, run by the Hue Historical Relic Preservation Centre, houses a large collection of relics from the time of Vietnam’s last imperial dynasty, which ruled from 1820 to 1945.
The Department of Travel under Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has been asked to extend the Impressive Vietnam tourism promotion campaign past its December 31 deadline, a tourism official said.
The Saigontourist Travel Service Company received as many as 10,000 visitors registered for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) in November alone, equivalent to 25% of the total number of MICE visitors to Vietnam in the first 10 months of 2009.
The HCMC General Sciences Library held a cultural-heritage conference on preserving historic Han-Nom documents on November 25. The conference is organised to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23) and to report the first phase of the project of collecting and digitalising Han-Nom documents in Hue and Phu Yen.
Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong delta provinces plan to launch a tourism investment promotion programme in Cambodia from December 7-9, 2009.