A contest was launched in Hanoi on June 4 to design posters on the forthcoming Party National Congress.

An international fair is being held in Algiers City in Algeria on June 2-7, attracting large numbers of agricultural import-export business and several businesses that specialise in Vietnamese arts and handicrafts.

An exhibition of over 300 artefacts dating back six centuries opened at the Revolutionary History Museum in Thua Thien-Hue province on June 3 on the threshold of the 2010 Hue Festival.

Mexico’s renowned guitarist, Paco Renteria, will appear at the Hanoi Opera House on June 14 following a performance at the 2010 Hue Festival.

A seminar on the promotion of post-war Vietnamese literature in the US and other countries was held in the northern province of Hoa Binh on June 2 with the participation of Vietnamese and US writers.

Vietnamese audiences will have the chance to watch the biggest reality fashion show called Vietnam's Next Top Model to appear on the national TV entertainment channel VTV3.

Belgium’s Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation in Vietnam will send a number of performers to appear at the 2010 Hue Festival, which will take place in the imperial city of Hue from June 5-13.

A 65 sq.m ceramic picture of vivid colours and images displaying the typical features of Argentina was unveiled on June 2 in Hanoi as part of the "Ceramic Road along the Red River" - the project to celebrate the 1,000 birthday of the capital city.

Audiences in Hanoi and Hue will have a chance to enjoy the spectacular contemporary dance Roam staged by British dancers.

A concert titled “the beauty of the Republic of Korea (RoK)” will be held on June 3 at the Vietnam Song, Dance and Music Theatre, No 8 Huynh Thuc Khang street, Hanoi.

Vietnam Week in Cuba was launched with an interesting programme of cultural events by artists from the Vietnam National Theatre in the Cuban capital Havana on May 31.

The Republic of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on May 31 handed over a 3D film on the Ho Quyen relic site in the former imperial city of Hue to the city’s preservation centre.

An exhibition of Vietnamese ceramics spanning 1,000 years and several dynasties has opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum.

The 2011 Asia Music Olympic will be held in the provinces of Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces from August 28- September 4 in collaboration with Germany’s Interkultur Group.

The representatives of 31 countries from across the globe will take part in the 2010 Hue Festival from June 5-13.

The Secretariat of the Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum and the Ho Chi Minh City Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism co-launched a photo exhibition at Lam Son Park in HCM City on June 1 to reflect the dynamism of the region.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology held an event to bring Vietnamese children together with children from overseas to celebrate International Children's Day on June 1. 

A collection of 52 works by Republic of Korean calligraphers, featuring poems from the Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh, is being showcased at an exhibition beginning on May 31 in central Thua Thien-Hue province.

Vietnam’s first ever cartoon week opened in Hanoi on June 1.

Vietnam’s first online short film festival, which can be seen at the website www.yxineff.com, offers local film-makers an opportunity to promote their works worldwide.

Nearly 50 photos of the land and people of Vietnam taken by Italian photographer Maurizio Cofini are on display in an exhibition in Rome

The Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Students’ Association (VSA) in the UK jointly held a music programme entitled “Memory of Love” in London on May 29.

The fifth Festival of the Federation of International Cinema, Television and Sports (FICTS) came to an end in Da Nang City on May 30.

An exhibition of Vietnamese paintings collected by G. Ponsanh has opened at the University of Liege in Belgium and will last until July 10.

An exhibition is being held in Rome, Italy, featuring photos taken by the famous Italian photographer, Maurizio Cofini.

The “Friendship Connections” programme kicked off in the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on May 29, drawing the participation of children from Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, India, Russia, Japan and the Philippines.

Vietnam’s first international food festival will be held in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province from July 21-25, drawing the participation of 80 foreign countries.

Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh met with his Mexican counterpart and reached agreements to intensify bilateral relations during a visit to Mexico from May 23-28.

Vietnam's fifth Federation of International Cinema, Television, and Sports (FICTS) Festival kicked off in Da Nang City on May 27.

Work on the casting of a bell to help celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Thang Long-Hanoi began at Quang An pagoda in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thanh Tri on May 27.