A ceremony was held in Dong Tien commune, Dong Son District, in the central province of Thanh Hoa on September 11 to launch the casting of 100 bronze drums as gifts to Hanoi for its millennium celebrations. 

A film by director Nguyen Phan Quang Binh, the only Vietnamese entry, will compete for the New Currents' prize at the 15th Busan Film Festival, October 7-15.  

A series of works to decorate Hanoi is basically complete with just 30 days left until the millennium anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Fourteen reporters from Cambodia, Egypt, Bulgaria and Hungary gathered at a meeting in Hanoi on September 10 to cover the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long Hanoi.

A massive collage of 1,000 paintings by children from Hanoi titled “thousands of pictures, thousands of wishes” will be on display on September 22.

Vietnam and China have highlighted the important role and position of culture in their modernisation and reform.

Between October 2009 and August 2010, more than 3.2 million entries were sent to a contest testing contestants’ knowledge about the 1000-year history of Thang Long-Hanoi, say contest organizers.

The third Vietnam International Book Fair, under the theme “Celebrating 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi”, will be held in Hanoi from September 17-21.

Foreign experts will be in Vietnam from October 2-5 to present a certificate from the Guiness World Record for the “Ceramic Road along the Red River”, a work of art in celebration of the city’s 1,000th birthday.

12 international and five Vietnamese puppetry groups attended the 2nd International Puppet Festival in Hanoi, which ended on September 9.

Vietnam’s Record Book has acknowledged nine national records made by ceramic objects and other related events. 

The Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese ethnic groups will officially open on September 19, says the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Hanoi and Hoi An are on this year’s list of the top ten travel destinations in Asia announced by online tourism magazine Smart Travel Asia.  

The Italian embassy in Hanoi has announced the ‘Italian Music Month in Vietnam’ as part of the embassy’s activities to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The Thang Long Antique Association started casting an incense-burner in bronze on September 8 in Tu Liem district, Hanoi to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The Vietnam-Thailand Cultural Association will hold a Bangkok-Hanoi culture and tourism programme in the Thai capital from September 27 – October 2, expected to attract many overseas Vietnamese living in Thailand.

The capital of Hanoi and the central ancient city of Hoi An are listed in the 2010 top ten attractive travel destinations in Asia.

Ha Long Bay was voted second place in 28 selected landscapes in the campaign voting for the world’s seven new natural wonders.  

The Cuban Book Institute and the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples published a book entitled “Remembering Late President Ho Chi Minh” by Vietnamese Colonel-General Phung The Tai on September 7.

Italian jazz pianist Cesare Picco will perform at a concert to mark Italian Music Month at Hanoi Opera House on September 11. 

The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Frederick Chopin's 200th birthday at the Hanoi Opera House tonight with a performance of the Polish composer's Concerto for Piano No 1, Opus 11 by soloist Luu Hong Quang, 20. 

The first ever Vietnamese International Film Festival will take place in Hanoi on October 17 to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The country’s TV channel for Vietnamese children and teenagers, VTV6, was officially launched nationwide on September 7.

The most spectacular 31-km cave, Thien Duong (Paradise), in the central province of Quang Binh, has opened to the public.

The first Hanoi international piano competition began in Hanoi on September 6, attracting 63 contestants from the Republic of Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Canada, Russia, Taiwan and host Vietnam.

The 2010 National Ceramic Festival was held in Thu Dau Mot town in southern Binh Duong province on September 4.

A picture book entitled “Magic Hat” written by the well-known Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson was published in Vietnam on September 4.

The second International Puppetry Festival was held at the Hanoi Opera House on September 4, attracting the participation of 17 Vietnamese and foreign art troupes.

A photography exhibition entitled “Guanajuato-Human Cultural Heritage City” will be held at 31A Van Mieu Street, Hanoi on September 6-12.

A photography exhibition is being held in Gacily, France, focusing on Vietnam and its people.