The National Programme on Culture 2006-2010 has helped promote the outstanding cultural values of ethnic minorities and develop cultural lives in localities.
A showroom featuring more than 400 objects of Sa Huynh ancient culture that flourished 2,000-3,000 years ago opened in central Quang Ngai Province on July 22.
A five-year national project to restore Nha Nhac (court music) ended on July 21 when the Hue Relics Conservation Centre surveyed more than 30 musicians’ costumes which had been restored under the project.
Vietnam’s Halong Bay is among the top 28 nominees to advance to the final stage of a campaign voting for the world’s seven new natural wonders.
A narration completed in 1961 by the late President Ho Chi Minh is to be submitted to UNESCO for recognition as a World Documentary Heritage.
A group of five Vietnamese painters left Ho Chi Minh City on July 21 for Penang, Malaysia to take part in an international art exhibition from July 23-27.
A giant coconut shell mosaic depicting General Vo Nguyen Giap and his victory at Dien Bien Phu has been placed on display in time to celebrate the hero’s upcoming 99th birthday on August 25.
Sixteen travel agents from the Philippines will conduct market research in HCMC from July 23-25, 2009.
A musical instrument called the dan da (lithophone) dated back 3,000 years ago has been found in Dinh Quan District of southeastern Dong Nai Province.
The People’s Committee of Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam has worked with its Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to promote tourism in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to upgrade the Phu Bai International Airport in central Thua Thien-Hue Province through 2030 to the tune of over VND 12.57 trillion (USD 718 million).
U.S.-based hotel giant, Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) has signed a management agreement with a Vietnamese ownership group, Binh Minh Import Export Production and Trade Company, Ltd on July 17, 2009 in National Convention Center to open a JW Marriott luxury branded hotel in Hanoi in 2012.