Several German films will be screened in Vietnam during a festival held by Hanoi’s Goethe Institute from May 5-9 as part of German Year in Vietnam.

An exhibition highlighting Vietnam’s cultural heritage opened at the Vietnamese Culture Centre in France on April 27.

Hands Oxide an exhibition on Vietnam – Myanmar cultural exchanges featuring Myanmar artist Moe Satt entitled has opened at Nha san (Stilts House) Studio in Hanoi.

The Japanese Satsuki festival will take place in the capital city of Hanoi for the first time.

The first Vietnam art gallery, themed “Apricot”, and an exhibition of pictures drawn by five Vietnamese modern painters officially opened in London, UK on April 27.

The “Europe Days 2010” will be held in Vietnam in May, showcasing a wide variety of events representing the cultural richness and diversity of all the 27 member states of the European Union.

An exhibition of 50 selected photos taken by Japanese photographer Hagiwara Takeshi and Vietnamese reporter Nguyen Tien Truong opened in Tokyo on April 27. 

A documentary about the My Lai massacre, where more than 500 unarmed Vietnamese citizens were killed by American troops in 1968, was shown on TV by the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) on April 26.

Washington audiences had a good opportunity to enjoy a selection of Vietnamese folk music at a concert including the dan tranh (16-string zither) and the dan bau (monochord) given by Vietnamese musicians on April 26.

The year 2010 will bring Vietnamese photographers many opportunities and challenges as Hanoi will host the 30th International Federation of Photographic Arts Congress in August.  

Two short films by Hanoian high school pupils have been chosen as co-winners of the Bup Sen Vang (Golden Lotus Bud) prize in a competition for young filmmakers.

The Vietnamese embassy in Mexico has held a solemn ceremony to commemorate the 18 Hung Kings who founded the country and began a golden era in Vietnam’s history.

The film “Bi, dung so!” (Bi, don’t be afraid) is in the running for the International Critics’ Week prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in May.

Work on the casting of the largest special bronze drum in celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi began in the central province of Thanh Hoa on April 23.

Senator Alberto Anaya, General Secretary of Mexico’s Labour Party (PT), held a recent press briefing to announce the publication of a Spanish collection of political writings by Ho Chi Minh.

More than 100 images, photos, and documentary films featuring the history of Vietnam’s seas and islands are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in the central province of Quang Ngai on April 22.

Tran Thi Huong Giang, the Vietnamese super model, has been crowned Miss Grand Slam Asia 2009.

An exhibition opened in Lam Son Park, Ho Chi Minh City on April 21 as part of its preparations for the 35th anniversary of the south’s liberation and national reunification.

Solidarity and unity are the most important characteristics shared by the Vietnamese people, including ethnic minority populations, said Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Council of Nationalities Be Truong Thanh at a conference on April 20.

Two ballet dancers Cao Chi Thanh and Pham Ngoc Thanh will attend the Burgundy International Video Dance Festival at Le Breuil, France as they feature in the movie Dream in Hanoi.

Young Vietnamese women across the world are invited to participate in the second Miss World Vietnam, scheduled to take place in Nha Trang from August 10-21.

A conference on preserving and developing traditional festivals, particularly the Giong Festival, in Vietnamese contemporary society opened in Hanoi on April 20.

The News Publisher’s first Vietnam Business Directory containing a wealth of general information about Vietnam’s industries in English came out in Ho Chi Minh city on April 20.

Some 70 members of the staff at the Government Guest House have just completed a ten-day training course run by culinary experts from Belgium.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has approved an additional VND10 billion for improving the national and local press in the 2011-2015 period.

The Cham residing in and around Phan Rang, a coastal town in south-central Vietnam, still preserve seventy-two drum songs used in religious and cultural festivals. In search of the last of the Cham drummers, I took a fact-finding trip to that area.

The Government has approved the project to upgrade Yen Tu forest in the northern Quang Ninh province into a national forest, said local officials on April 18.

A dossier on Truc Lam Zen Buddhism teaching wood blocks kept at a pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang has been submitted to UNESCO for its recognition as World Documentary Heritage in the Memory of the World Programme, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The number of visitors to this year’s Hung Kings Temple Festival has increased sharply over the past five days, according to the festival organising board.

An exhibition of contemporary Australian arts by Jeremy Donovan and a group of aboriginal artists is being held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi from April 17-May 12.