The Hanoi municipal People’s Committee will cooperate with Fukuoka prefecture of Japan to organise Fukuoka Cultural Days in Hanoi from August 10-13.

A TV series on the culture and lifestyle of the ethnic Khmer people living in Vietnam’s southwest region will be filmed this week.

Italy’s Ambassador to Vietnam Andrea Perugini has become the first foreigner to be successfully registered as the owner of a Thang Long dragon, a special souvenir to mark the capital city’s millennial anniversary.

The third International Circus Festival will kick off at Hanoi’s Central Circus Theatre on August 6.

Hanoi has the largest number of Buddhist pagodas and temples in Vietnam. 

Young Vietnamese entrepreneurs will join a caravan named “Thang Long Millennial - Cultural Journey” on October 4 to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city. 

An exhibition focusing on Vietnam’s National Assembly and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) opened at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on August 4.

An art performance for AO/dioxin victims’ day will be held at Palace Hotel, 56-66 Nguyen Hue street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on August 10.

Vietnam will take part in the 14th International Beer Festival in Berlin, the capital of Germany from August 4-6.

The tribe was far removed from Vietnamese society until relatively recently. Today in a K’Ho village you will find houses made out of more modern materials and in a more modern style.

Hanoi International Theatre will perform a series of short plays about love at L’Espace this weekend to raise money for charity.

Around 90 beauty queens from across the world will take part in the final round of Miss Earth 2010 in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.  

Around 90 beauty queens from across the world will take part in the final round of Miss Earth 2010 in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.  

Monument inscriptions in Han Chinese and Nom (old Vietnamese script based on Chinese characters) at the royal citadel in Hue will be submitted to UNESCO for recognition as World Document Heritage.

A total of 120 photos on China’s world heritage sites are on display in Hanoi from August 3-14. 

An exhibition to mark one thousand years of Thang Long-Hanoi opened in Vientiane, Laos, on August 2, helping the Lao people and the Vietnamese community in the country better understand Hanoi's 1,000-year history.

The organising board of 2010 Miss Vietnam has announced that the pageant’s final round will be held in Tuan Chau International Tourist Area, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh province from August 1-15.

The 30th congress International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) is taking place in Hanoi on August 2 with the participation of 240 delegates from 40 countries and territories.

On the occasion, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Son, who is also Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, granted a VOV reporter an interview about the need to preserve the citadel.

The best photos selected from the 2010 Vietnam International Photo Contest will be displayed for a week in Hanoi as from August 1.

The installation of a statue of legendary hero Thanh Giong (Saint Giong) in the Da Chong Mountain in Hanoi’s suburban district of Soc Son completed on August 1.

More than VND20 billion has been allocated for restoring nearly 550 traditional Rong houses (communal houses in the Central Highlands), according to the Kon Tum provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee on August 1 agreed to recognize Vietnam’s Royal Citadel as a World Heritage.

A festival held in Kien Giang province on July 31, featuring 30 southern art troupes, presented puppet shows and folk games from a number of different provinces and cities across the country.

A night festival with flower garlands and coloured lanterns entitled “Thang Long Hallmark” was held at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Relics on July 31 to celebrate the 1,000 anniversary of the capital city.

A night festival with flower garlands and coloured lanterns entitled “Thang Long Hallmark” was held at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Relics on July 31 to celebrate the 1,000 anniversary of the capital city.

An embroidered picture called “Coi xua” made by the Coi Xua Handicraft and Export Company from Van Lam craft village in the northern province of Ninh Binh, has recently been introduced in Hanoi.

An International Tourism Festival will be held at Hanoi’s Bao Son Paradise Theme Park from October 2-5 to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and National Tourism Year 2010.

Students from the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) recorded a great success at the Asia Piano Academy Festival and Competition in Cheonan, the Republic of Korea, from July 20-23, winning 5 gold and 1 silver medals.

Buddhism under the Ly dynasty (1009-1225) was a special cultural heritage of Vietnam, said the Director of the Vietnam Buddhist Research Institute’s Hanoi branch.