Numerous objects dating from 4,000 years ago have been discovered during excavations recently carried out in the mountainous district of Son Ha in the central province of Quang Ngai.
Vietnamese students have joined their friends from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand in performing native music and dances in a cultural exchange programme held in HCMC to celebrate the traditional New Year in the three neighbouring countries.
An exhibition about the history, culture and politics of the Federal Republic of Germany has opened in HCMC.
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.
A friendship exchange programme was held in Hanoi on April 10 to mark the traditional Lunar New Years of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar and the success of the 16th ASEAN Summit.
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.
A royal procession of elephants, horses and hundreds of people dressed in Nguyen Dynasty ceremonial costumes was re-enacted in the evening of April 8 in the city of Hue.
Eight international airlines are promoting HCMC’s most popular tourist destination on flights to the southern hub.
Hanoi has received UNESCO’s certificate recognising 82 stone steles in the Temple of Literature as World Documentary Heritage. The stele engraved with doctoral records during the Le and Mac dynasties (1442-1779) were recognised at the annual meeting of the Committee for World Memory in Asian-Pacific in Macao, China in mid March.
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 to UNESCO for recognition as a world heritage, while receiving Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Son in Paris on April 7.
Representatives from Vietnam and China met on April 7 and agreed to work together to explore tourism potential of Ban Gioc Waterfalls in northern Cao Bang Province to ensure sustainable development and environmental protection.