Thang Long-Hanoi City of the Soaring Dragon by director Trong Dai and script writer Nguyen Khac Phuc will be performed in Hanoi at 8pm on October 10.

A photography exhibition on Vietnam by famous Cuban photographer and war reporter Roberto Salas opened in Havana on October 8 to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic ties.

The Hanoi municipal People’s Committee on October 9 inaugurated Dai Nam theatre as a construction to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

A gala night under the theme of “Proud of Hanoi” took place in Paris, France on October 8, with the participation of 80 Vietnamese young people from cities and provinces across this foreign country.   

The Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, has presented the Hanoi Zoo a pair of cranes, a valuable and rare kind of bird listed in the world’s Red Book, as a gift to the city on the occasion of its 1,000th anniversary.

An imposing street festival took place in Hanoi on October 8, representing the Vietnamese young generation’s sentiment, responsibility and love to Hanoi on the occasion of its 1,000 th birthday.

Audiences in Hanoi this week will be treated to classical music from a Finnish quartet and performances by a Russian folk troupe as part of a diverse entertainment programme being held to mark the capital city's 1,000th anniversary.

Japanese Film Week kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City at the BHD Star Cinema on October 8.

A seminar on youth’s contribution to preserving and upholding their nation’s cultural values was co-organised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Hanoi municipal Youth Union on October 8 in Hanoi during the ASEAN+3 Youth Festival.

Peace (Hoa Binh) Park was inaugurated on October 8 to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Hundreds of objects and documents representing the development of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) over the past 80 years are being showcased at an exhibition opening in Hanoi on October 8.

Audiences in Hanoi this week will be treated to classical music from a Finnish quartet and performances by a Russian folk troupe as part of a diverse entertainment programme being held to mark the capital city's 1,000th anniversary.

Sailing teams from 20 countries and territories will take part in an International Sailing Festival in Mui Ne resort of Binh Thuan province from December 8-11.

An “I love Hanoi” event opened at Ly Thai To Park in Hanoi on October 8 to mark the ASEAN + 3 Youth Festival and the capital’s 1,000th birthday.

Utazo Katsura, a master of the traditional Japanese entertainment Rakugo, will perform in Hanoi at the Dance and Light Music Theatre and Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities on October 19 and 20.

Nearly 50 paintings, photos and poems about the Vietnamese land and people created by French artists to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi were on display at the New Ben Thanh Gallery in Ho Chi Minh City on October 6.

Hanoi held an awards ceremony at the Hanoi Opera House on October 7 for the “Hanoi-your destination” contest.  

A full-dress rehearsal of the art performance to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi was held at My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi on October 7.

The 2010 Ha Thanh Culinary Festival opened in West Lake Park in Hanoi on October 6 as part of Hanoi’s millennial celebrations and National Tourism Year 2010.

A kite festival began at the My Dinh National Stadium on October 6 with the theme “Hanoi – a peaceful sky” to mark the capital’s millennium birthday.

The ASEAN+3 youth festival and “Peaceful melody” art festival opened on in Hanoi on the evening of October 6 with the participation of 65 youths from 13 countries and 3,000 youths from the capital city.

A ten-day exhibition of gifts, which were presented to the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, opened on October 6 in Cultural Friendship Palace, in Hanoi.  

An inauguration ceremony for Hanoi Museum was held in Hanoi on October 6 to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi.

A tourism channel on Vietnam will officially be aired on October 9 on a VCTV channel of Vietnam Television.

For the first time, the Asian-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) awarded an official prize to Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

A seminar themed “the traditional and modern features of Vietnam’s urban culture” was held in Russia on October 5 to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The State Museum of Oriental Arts of Russia on October 5 held a seminar focusing on traditional and modern features in Vietnamese urban culture on the occasion of the 1,000 anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. 

The Netherlands Government on October 5 presented the capital city of Hanoi with a new species of tulip named after Thang Long-Hanoi, as a special gift to mark the city’s 1,000th anniversary.

A statue of legendary hero Thanh Giong (Saint Giong) was inaugurated at Da Chong Mountain in Hanoi’s suburban district of Soc Son on October 5.

The exhibition A Glimpse into Southeast Asia will be held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) from October 4, 2010-November 5, 2011.