The second International Kite Festival will be held at the Bien Dong Tourist Area in Vung Tau City from March 25-29, which is expected to attract participants from 30 countries around the world.

A yearbook on Hanoi’s 1,000-year history and cultural relics has recently been published by the Publishing House of Culture and Information.

A huge rice-cake was carried from Phu Minh town, Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi to Bai Dinh pagoda in Ninh Binh province on the morning of March 3 to welcome the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and honour the famous Quan Ganh trade village.

The Republic of Korea’s Nanta show (a kitchen utensils art performance) and its Everland tourism complex were introduced to Hanoi’s tour operators on March 2.  

Japanese pianist Tamura Hibiki will play Piano Concerto No 4 at the Hanoi Opera House on March 3-4 under the baton of Austrian conductor Christoph Campestrini, who has worked with more than 80 symphony orchestras around the world.

The Vietnamese Embassy, in coordination with the Embassies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asian Cultural Network (ACN), organised the fourth ASEAN Bazaar and Tourism Exhibition in Kuwait on February 27.

The “superman acrobat” performance given by 8 artists from the Vietnamese Circus Federation (VCF) has won a gold medal at the 3rd International Circus Festival in Albacete, Spain, from February 14-25.  

Tens of thousands of visitors have flocked to the Long Tong (Going to the Field) festival of the Tay ethnic people in Na Hang district of the northern mountain province of Tuyen Quang.

More than 500 Vietnamese newspapers, including Spring and Tet (Lunar New Year) editions, are on display in Paris, making a hit with French readers and bringing some of the spirit of the homeland’s spring to overseas Vietnamese.

HCM City has announced a list of its top 100 attractions following a poll of visiting tourists in a campaign that lasted more than three months.

Japanese pianist, Tamura Hibiki, will perform at a Beethoven musical evening at the Hanoi Opera House on March 3-4.

A giant Banh Day (a traditional Vietnamese cake) will be transported from Phu Minh town in Hanoi to Bai Dinh pagoda in Ninh Binh province on a festival next week of March 3.

The Phu Tho provincial People’s Committee on February 26 held a meeting to review the process of compiling a dossier for Hat Xoan (Xoan singing) to be submitted to UNESCO for its recognition as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection.  

The “Tracing the Roots 2010” programme will open in Lao Cai province on February 27 evening.

Hanoi’s image will be promoted at a campaign launched in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia from February 28 to March 6, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

A procession carrying a sacred flame from the Hung Kings Temple to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi took place on February 25, officially opening the 8th Vietnam Poetry Day – the first cultural event in celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

A pictorial book on Vietnam’s natural landscape and people has been published by Russia’s Vokruk Sveta Publishing House.

The Lim festival in Bac Ninh province, dedicated to the singing of traditional love duets, Quan is expected to lure up to 10,000 visitors on the 13th day of the first lunar month (February 26 this year).

A painting of a Bodhisattva has just been returned to the Tam Thai Pagoda in the central city of Da Nang after being held in a Japanese temple for four centuries.

A traditional martial art and calligraphy troupe from Guangxi, China, arrived in HCM City on February 25 for a cultural exchange programme as part of activities to mark 65 years of diplomacy between Vietnam and China.

Exhibitions displaying photos of Vietnam taken by German photographer Jochen Voigt will open in the ancient city of Hoi An and several other locations in April.

The 8th Vietnam Poetry Day was held by the Vietnam Writers’ Association at the Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on February 24 in coordination with the HCM City Writers’ Association.  

Thai pop star Tata Young will bring her unique voice and world-class choreography to Vietnam for the first time on February 26.

Some folk paintings of the Republic of Korea (RoK) are being displayed at a 3-day exhibition opened in Hanoi on February 23.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Denmark and the Danish-Vietnamese Association (DVA) jointly held a “Day of Vietnamese Culture” in Copenhagen.

The traditional Sinh wrestling festival in Hue will be held next year on a new stage in an effort to modernize the event and preserve the festival’s traditional venue, which is now in ruins.

A Vietnamese day will be held at the Corinthia Royal Budapest on February 25 to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Hungary diplomatic relations.

A host of ancient objects dating back to the 10th -18th century have been discovered at the Hoa Lu ancient capital relic in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

An estimated 40,000 visitors from across the country are coming to the Vieng Fair in the northern city of Nam Dinh to buy ‘lucky’ items.

A festival to commemorate two national heroes, the Trung Sisters (Trung Trac and Trung Nhi), who led the country against northern invaders 1970 years ago, opened on February 19.