Danang City recently approved the use of over 160,000 square meters of land for the development of hi-tech agriculture, including a rest stop for tourists, indicating the central coastal city’s keenness to promote hi-tech agrotourism.

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will hold the JF Garage Concert No.19 in Hanoi on January 13 to introduce Japan’s traditional instruments Shakuhachi and Shamisen.

The Australian Consulate General in HCMC, in coordination with Taste of Australia, will organize the third Australia Day community event on RMIT University Vietnam’s Saigon South Campus in District 7 on January 20.

The US Embassy in Hanoi will hold the eighth Blood Drive themed “Tet Gift 2019” on January 18 at the Rose Garden building, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi.

The year 2018 ended with many remarkable events occurring in the financial sector, including the higher-than-expected State budget revenue, the hike in environmental protection tax, and the property tax proposal, among others.

German lecturer Veronika Radulovic will hold a lecture on January 3 on the No War No Vietnam exhibition which took place at the center for contemporary art Galerie Nord in Berlin from August to October 2018.

Ho Chi Minh City residents on December 28 enjoyed a Guinness-record dance of up to 108 kylins at the second Kylin-Dragon Dance Festival at Van Lang Park in District 5.

The British Council in Vietnam in collaboration with the Vietnam Film Institute will hold a symposium on “Film as a Cultural Heritage” at the National Cinema Center in Hanoi in mid-January.

Vietnamese enterprises should devote effort, time and money for quality improvement and marketing if they want their products seen and sold on foreign supermarket shelves.

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will hold the JF Garage Concert No.18 featuring The Flying Clef Quintet in Hanoi on Friday, December 28, starting at 8 p.m.