The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) held a press briefing in Hanoi on July 6 to announce the 48th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), which will be held in Vietnam for the first time from July 25-26.

Vietnamese archaeologists have unearthed a significant cache of 3,000 year-old artefacts in Krong Pach district, Central Highlands Dak Lak province.

The Vietnam Children’s Choir, under the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Theatre (VNOB), left for the US on July 4 in the first exchange of its kind between the two countries.

A 15-member art troupe from the Vietnam Drama Theatre is taking part in the 28th World Theatre Congress and Festival, which will conclude on July 7 in Masan, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

France's Nord-Pas de Calais region has provided VND558.6 million for the restoration of four historical homes in central Hue City.

The Lao Ministry of Information and Culture held a special art programme in Vientiane on June 30 to mark 30 years of the Laos-Vietnam Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (July 18) and 45 years of the their diplomacy (September 5).

An art troupe from the Kingdom of Cambodia gave a special performance on June 30 in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, where many Khmer ethnic people reside.

The third Quang Nam-Heritage Itinerary 2007 ended on June 30 at Cu Lao Cham, Hoi An town, with a special art performance.

An exhibition featuring 30 photos of the land and people of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) opened in Hanoi on June 29.

A wood engraving painting exhibition by Aboriginal Australian artists opened in Hanoi on June 28.

Two Vietnamese films, Chuyen cua Pao (Pao's Story) and Dong Mau Anh Hung (The Rebel) are among 18 films from Southeast Asian nations to compete at the 2007 International Film Festival in Bangkok, Thailand from July 19-28.

A cultural and tourism festival entitled “Third Quang Nam-Heritage Itinerary 2007” opened in central Quang Nam province on June 27.

Vietnamese communities in Poland always appreciate and pride themselves on having a school that helps maintain Vietnamese language and culture as well as creating an exchange environment for Vietnamese young people in Poland.

The 48th International Mathematics Olympiad will take place in Vietnam from July 19-31 with the participation of 96 teams from all over the world. Each team includes six high school students, a leader and a deputy leader.

A Cambodian culture week, the first of its kind in Vietnam, began in Ho Chi Minh City on June 26 with a performance of traditional Cambodian dances.

The Vietnam Economics Times has co-ordinated with the Culture and Information Publishing House to compile a book on Hanoi’s thousand years of culture to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Traffic was stopped on Saturday near the Hanoi Opera House as around a hundred women dressed in white, traditional ao dai cycled in a circle with direction from a film crew.

The Government has given the green-light to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT)'s plan to air tourism advertisement spots on the Cable News Network (CNN).

Four Vietnamese students have been awarded gold medals from the Moscow Medical Academy in recognition of their excellent achievements in study at the academy.

A Vietnamese living in the Land of the Rising Sun tried to associate Bat Trang pottery of Vietnam with flowers from Japan, which has been a great success.

A contest for young talented musicians (2007 Autumn Concour) will be held in Hanoi from October 15-25, according to the Performing Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture and Information.

The third Heritage Route event will take place at the two cultural heritage sites of Hoi An and My Son from June 27-30 under the theme “Quang Nam – Indochina cultural heritage meeting”.

The 26th French music festival opened on June 21 in more than 250 cities of 80 countries, including Vietnam on June 21. The music festival provides a chance for music lovers the world over to meet and share their passion for music.

A nine-member water puppetry troupe of Vietnam has concluded a series of performances in cities across the Netherlands as part of a month-long international arts festival themed “Music Beat Poverty”.

The fourth photo exhibition of journalists chapters opened in Hanoi on June 20 as part of diverse activities to mark the 82nd anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

An exhibition on contemporary Vietnamese culture opened in Washington D.C. on June 20 on the occasion of State President Nguyen Minh Triet’s visit to the US.

A Cambodian Cultural Week, the first of its kind in Vietnam, will be held in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Soc Trang from June 25-30.

A talk on the Vietnamese history, people and land was held in Rome on June 19 as part of the second Month of Vietnamese culture in Italy.

The Denmark-Vietnam Cultural Support and Development Foundation launched experimental talent prizes for 2007 in the field of contemporary dance.

The “Trans-Vietnam path” delegation led by East Asia Bank came to central Da Nang city on June 19 to continue their charity work.