The Department of Performance Arts and the Hanoi Department of Culture and Information will introduce 10 typical stage works in Hanoi from April 14-17. These works feature the nation's two heroic struggles for independence and freedom and the new image of Vietnamese people in the renovation process.

A musical show entitled "Advancing under the Party's banner" will be organised at the Friendship Cultural Palace on the evening of April 14 with the participation of 400 famous artists.

Another musical programme to praise the Party, Uncle Ho and the Vietnamese people in the war time as well as in the current process of socialist construction will be performed by central and Hanoi art troupes at the August Revolution Square on April 17.

The Vietnam Cinema Department, from April 15-25, will organise a film week at the National Cinema Centre to introduce many documentary and video films.