Vietnam and Myanmar, who share a number of cultural features, have agreed to more cultural exchanges in performing arts and archaeology.

“A Summer in Goulette” and two other contemporary films will be screened during the first Tunisian film days at the National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha street, Hanoi on April 15.

About 200 photos selected from 1,000 works contributed by domestic and foreign photographers are being showcased at an open-air photo exhibition in the province of Phu Tho.

The first Tunisian film week will be held at the National Cinema Centre in Hanoi on the evening of April 15.

A set of colour photos themed “Message of Childhood” by the Vietnamese Photographers’ Association has won the bronze medal in the 23rd contest of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) in Ireland.

Danang will host its second Craft Village Festival from May 19-23, attracting more than 100 fine arts and handicraft stands from 60 traditional craft villages across the country.

The national Hung Kings festival will officially open at 8.pm on April 14 in the northern mid-land province of Phu Tho.

Vietnamese Model Tran Thi Huong Giang has entered the top 50 of the Miss Grand Slam 2009 on the famous website for beauty contests, Global Beauties.

Up to 22 capital and cities around the world and foreign embassies in Vietnam have registered to take part in activities marking Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary that will be held later this year.

Over 40 foreign art troupes from 31 countries of five continents will participate in Hue Festival 2010 in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue from June 5-13.

The Dong Van stone plateau in the northern Ha Giang province was presented at a UNESCO international conference on geological parks in Malaysia on April 12.

Australia’s aboriginal culture will be presented by the Australian Embassy in Hanoi through exhibitions, art performances and cultural exchanges from April 14-18 to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Two beauty pageants – 2010 Miss World Vietnamese and 2010 Miss Earth – will be held at Vinpearl Land resort in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa province.

Preparations for a grand ceremony to commemorate Hung Kings believed to be the nation’s founders have been completed in the northern midland province of Phu Tho, according to the organising board.

Vietnam’s Quan Ho (love duets) and Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) folk songs will be officially recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritages at the Bac Ninh Festival 2010 due to open on April 19, 2010.

The Luong Prabang Department of Information and Culture in coordination with the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos on April 8 opened an exhibition of propaganda posters featuring the late President Ho Chi Minh.

UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova has promised to consider Vietnam’s submission of the Thang Long Royal Citadel as a world heritage.

The Japan-Vietnam Culture Exchange Centre in Vietnam will organise a series of activities between May and October to introduce Japanese culture and boost culture exchange with Vietnam. 

Hanoi has received UNESCO’s certificate recognising 82 stone steles in the Temple of Literature as World Documentary Heritage.

The Vietnam Museum of History and the Ha Tinh Museum started the restoration of a cannon dating back from the age of King Minh Mang in 1821 on April 6.

Vietnam will host its first international piano competition in Hanoi from September 4-12, according to the country’s National Tourism Administration.

A national circus gala to mark the First World Circus Day (April 17) will take place in Hanoi on April 12 -13.

The first episode of the Vietnamese version of famous “Dance with the Stars” contest in the US will be first broadcast on Vietnam Television (VTV) every Sunday starting on April 11.  

“Choi Voi” (Adrift) is the first Vietnamese film to be sent to the Titanic Film Festival scheduled for April 8-18 in Hungry to compete with 61 films from 29 nations and territories in nine categories.

A group of senior Belgian chefs will arrive in Vietnam on April 3 to train staff at the Government Guest House.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Lao Culture and Information Ministry on April 2 jointly launched a contest on composing songs about Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh in Laos.

The 2010 Hung Kings Temple festival will be held across the country in the most spectacular way so far, with various activities, including large-scale art performances and the participation of senior Party and State officials.

The Hanoi People’s Committee and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) have agreed to showcase some of the relics at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel on the occasion of the capital city’s 1,000th anniversary.

Cartoonist Ha Xuan Nong won first prize for his two cartoons titled “Three stages” and “Late lesson” in the 2nd biennial Vietnam Press Cartoon competition under this year’s theme “Traffic during integration” on April 1.

The 2010 Bac Ninh Festival will be held at the national level at the Kinh Bac cultural centre, said Nguyen Dang Tuc, Head of the Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on April 1.