Lang Co in central Thua Thien-Hue province, has become the third bay, after Ha Long and Nha Trang bays in Vietnam to be included in the list of the most beautiful bays in the world.

‘Dung Dot’ (Don’t Burn), a feature film directed and written by Dang Nhat Minh portrays the life of a heroic army doctor and the love she had for her country and people, will be screened at the second Asia-Europe film festival in Hanoi from May 15-22.

Vietnam’s Nhon Nghia Duong troupe has won a silver medal at the ongoing World Lion and Dragon Dance Championship in Shanghai. 

The Vietnam Cinematography Department, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has liaised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to organise the 2nd Asia-Europe Festival on May 15-22 in Hanoi.

The US band Ozomatti-winner of three Grammy awards is currently on a visit to Vietnam from May 11-15 as part of a programme of culture exchanges assisted by the US Department of State and the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam will host the second Asian-European Education Ministerial Meeting (ASEM) for the first time on May 13, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

The construction companies have finished putting up a marble statue of a monument to the national hero Quang Trung on Ban mountain in the former imperial city of Hue.

Vietnamese handicrafts and cuisine have attracted thousands of visitors at the Ottawa Tulip Festival in Canada from May 1-18.

Elan Q. Nguyen, a student of Vietnamese origin who is studying at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Bradenton, Florida is one of the 141 US Presidential scholarship recipients for 2009.

An art exhibition opened in Hanoi on May 9 to showcase literature, newspapers, photos and fine art about the late President Ho Chi Minh.

President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap and Vietnam’s victory over the French colonialists at Dien Bien Phu are topics of three newly-published books in Thailand.

The classic silent film The Battleship Potemkin, known as one of the most influential war films of all time, will be screened in both Hanoi and HCM City.

American researcher John Prados’ book: Vietnam: The history of an unwinnable war, 1945-1975 has been released to the American public.

Classic music lovers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will be treated to a special concert on May 9-10 by French orchestra Stradivaria playing Mozart’s pieces.

Many delegates from the diplomatic community and parliamentarian delegations, including Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, have attended a cultural exchange to enjoy the quintessence of Vietnam’s love duets.

An exhibition focusing on the logistical work that led to the Dien Bien Phu victory over the French colonialists 55 years ago opened at the Vietnam Revolution Museum on May 5.

A film crew from Cuba’s Mundo Latino film studio visited the central highlands city of Da Lat on May 5 to scout locations and do background research for a documentary on the relationship between Vietnam’s late President Ho Chi Minh and Cuban President Fidel Castro.

One of Vietnam’s two UNESCO natural world heritage sites ascended to second place in Group G in the voting for the New 7 Wonders of Nature on May 4.

The world’s largest jade statue of Buddha will be on display at Phat Tich Pagoda in the Red River Delta province of Bac Ninh from May 16-22.

The “2009 European Days” festival will take place across the country between now and early June, featuring 16 cultural and intellectual events imbued with different European identities.

A portrait of one of the most prominent Vietnamese military commanders, General Vo Nguyen Giap, is on display at an exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on May 4.

Vietnam’s garden, which is decorated by a model of Ngoc Son temple in Hanoi, has drawn the special attention of Japanese visitors at the on-going 10th World Gardening Fair in Tokyo, Japan.

A “Ha Long Heritage Gala” performance was held at night on May 2 on Bai Chay wharf in Ha Long city, northern Quang Ninh province.

Thousands of domestic and foreign visitors and local people flocked to the Sa Pa district Cultural Centre in the north-western province of Lao Cai to attend the opening ceremony of the 2009 Sa Pa Tourism and Culture Week.

The 2009 Vietnam Sea Festival officially kicked off on April 29 at Pie Pierre Cardin Centre in Paris, France, with the aim of introducing Vietnam’s image and the potential of the country’s sea tourism to the world’s community.

Vietnam’s National Commission to UNESCO has made a big effort to get Vietnam’s landscapes recognised as world cultural heritages, which will help to develop, preserve and increase the country’s cultural values.

Vietnamese flowers are on show for the first time at an international exhibition being held in Goyang city, the Republic of Korea, between April 22 and May 10.

Works by Japanese illustrator Iwasaki Chihiro are being exhibited at the Japanese Cultural Exchange Centre on 27 Quang Trung street, Hanoi from April 28 to May 22.

The 2009 Sea Festival organising board on April 28 in coordination with the Gol Services Trading Information Technology Co. Ltd., has officially launched its website at www.nhatrangfestival.vn.

A painting exhibition opened at Vietnam’s House (Foyer du Vietnam) in Paris on April 26 to highlight the beauty of Vietnamese countryside.