The Hong Kong Royal Yacht Club has announced it will organize an international yacht race from Hong Kong to Vietnam’s central coast in October.
The Thang Long-Hanoi International Tourism Festival will be held at the Bao Son Paradise Theme Park from October 2-5. The festival will recreate daily life in Hanoi in the late 19th and early 20th century.
The third Vietnam International Book Fair with the theme “1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi†opened on September 17 in Hanoi.
Phan Thiet will hold the ‘Children in Phan Thiet welcomes Mid-Autumn Festival and towards the millennium anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi†event on September 21-22 (or the 14th and 15th day of the eighth lunar month) at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square and around the city.
Many friendship exchanges will be held during September and October to promote Hanoi’s image to international friends on the occasion of the capital city’s millennial anniversary.
The events aim to promote exchange, friendship and promote the image of a 1000-year-old Hanoi to international friends.
Vietnam's first international film festival will be held in Hanoi from October 17-21 to celebrate the capital's millennium, said Le Ngoc Minh, deputy director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Cinema Department.
The Vietnamese pavilion was opened on September 14 at the 19 th International Exhibition of Food and Drink in Moscow , Russia , marking the start of the “Vietnamese Days in Russia-2010†programme that will last through September 19.
The “Thang Long-Hanoi craft villages and streets†festival will be held at the Bach Thao botanical park in Hanoi from September 16-21.
Preparations have begun for the annual Kate Festival of Cham people in Phan Thiet with processions, spirit rituals and lots of food, culture and fun.
A massive collage of 1,000 paintings by children from Hanoi will be on a display themed “thousands of pictures, thousands of wishes†to be held on September 22.
A ceremony was held in Dong Tien Commune, Dong Son District, central province of Thanh Hoa on September 11 to kick off the casting of 100 bronze drums as gifts to Hanoi for its millennium celebrations.