The center for press cooperation and international communication under the Ministry of Culture and Information, has completed a documentary “Nguyen Ai Quoc in Guangxi”.

More than 100 paintings of nearly 20 foreign female artists are being displayed at an exhibition entitled “Cam xuc ve Vietnam” (feelings about Vietnam), which is being held in Hanoi from May 18-31.

The Vietnamese embassy in France held a ceremony on May 22 to put in place the Ho Chi Minh Statue on the occasion of his 117th birthday.

A Republic of Korea Film Festival will take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi from May 31 to June 3, to mark the 15th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam.

Construction began on a tourism village in Dong Mo district of northern Ha Tay province on May 19 as part of a national project to promote the culture of Vietnam’s extensive ethnic minority groups.

Over the last 30 years, Vietnamese artists have developed an image of Ho Chi Minh through different genres of plays and showed their boundless love for the great leader and world cultural celebrity.

A troupe of performers from the Vietnam National Music, Dance and Song Theatre will perform at the International Festival on Intangible Cultural Heritages in China from May 22 to June 10.

Central Nghe An province in coordination with the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum is holding an exhibition in honour of late President Ho Chi Minh at the Nghe An Museum from May 17-30.

One of the world's most recorded mezzo-sopranos, American Jennifer Larmore, will sing at the Hanoi Opera House on May 18.

Vietnamese and French artists jointly held a painting and photo exhibition in Paris on May 16, displaying nearly 80 paintings and photos.

A special art performance programme was held at the Hanoi Opera House on May 16 to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s 117th birthday.

The UK Education Exhibition 2007 will be held in HCM City on May 19 and 21 by the British Council to provide information on post-school and college-preparation courses at UK colleges.

Over 300 documents, photos and objects that reflect President Ho Chi Minh’s role in Vietnam-China relationship have been showcased at an exhibition that opened at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, on May 15.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) Cultural Centre in Vietnam launched its website: http://vietnam.korean-culture.org on May 15 to provide information on Korean culture and the centre’s operations in Vietnam, including travels to the RoK, library activities and exhibitions.

A photo and poster exhibition opened at 29 Hang Bai, Hanoi on May 16 to welcome the coming National Assembly election.

Vietnamese photographers outshone their rivals from 44 countries and territories worldwide at the 14th Macau International Salon of Photography, which closed on May 13.

A Vietnamese cultural festival entitled "Dragon and Butterfly 2" will take place in Rome, Italy, on May 26. The announcement was made at a press briefing in Hanoi on May 15.

Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) has broadcast a programme on Hoi An - a central ancient town of Vietnam - and its local people’s daily lives.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 365,000 people, 81,500 of them foreigners, have visited the Ho Chi Minh Museum to learn about the life and revolutionary cause of late President Ho Chi Minh.

Over 100 photos and documents about the late President Ho Chi Minh during his work in northern Thai Nguyen province are on display at an exhibition which opened at Diem Mac commune, Dinh Hoa district, Thai Nguyen province on May 12.

The film Dong mau anh hung (The Rebel), directed by Charlie Nguyen and starring Johnny Tri Nguyen, has beaten 50 other entries to secure the Grand Award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival held in Los Angeles, the USA.

Japan has donated 20 handy cameras, worth VND250 million, to five junior secondary schools in the central coastal city of Nha Trang. After Hanoi, Nha Trang is the second locality in the country to receive camera equipment from Japan.

Children’s newspapers Nhi Dong and Hoa Mi have coordinated with Plan International to launch a drawing contest on May 11. Entitled "My dreams", the contest is for disabled children aged 5-16 living in Vietnam.

Coupe de Pouce Vietnam, a humanitarian organisation in the capital, organized an exhibition on May 9, featuring entries in its fourth annual photography contest at the French Cultural Centre L' Espace.

The Nord-Pas de Calais region of France will fund the restoration of five ancient houses in Hue city, three of them over 100 years old. Each of these houses will receive VND100 million.

A beauty contest "Miss Vietnam for Vietnamese Women Worldwide" will be launched by Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, Vietnam Television (VTV), Thanh Nien (Youth) newspaper and Vinpearl Company from July to September 2007.

The European Children's Film Festival will take place in Hanoi from May 17-24 and HCM City from May 21-31, screening 12 films from Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic and the UK.

An ecology exhibition is being held in the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi from May 5 to June 6 by an Italian architect and architectural commentator, Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi.

The Central Highlands Gong Cultural Festival 2007 will take place in Buon Ma Thuot City, Krong Ana commune and Buon Dong district of Dac Lac province in October.

More than 600 Cham people, domestic pilgrims and foreign tourists are celebrating the Goddess Ponagar Festival, which opened on May 8 in central Khanh Hoa province.