• Hue owns biggest plain rice cake in Vietnam
  Hue owns biggest plain rice cake in Vietnam
  

  

  Thua Thien-Hue’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on March 20 organised a ceremony to announce the city’s 2010 tourism year and presented to the public the country’s biggest plain rice cake.
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• RoK beauty queens visit Vietnam for cultural exchange
  RoK beauty queens visit Vietnam for cultural exchange
  

  

  The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Ho Chi Minh City has organised a cultural exchange programme from March 18-22 to commemorate the 18th establishment of Vietnam-RoK diplomatic relations.
  20/03
• Shanghai’s photo exhibition opens in Ho Chi Minh City
  Shanghai’s photo exhibition opens in Ho Chi Minh City
  

  A “Shanghai – World exhibition” opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Exhibition Centre on March 19.
  19/03
• Epic collection of minority stories on display
  Epic collection of minority stories on display
  

  The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences officially opened a display of bound volumes containing the epics of ethnic groups in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) on March 18.
  19/03
• Norwegian trio return to HCM City
  Norwegian trio return to HCM City
  

  Norwegian conductor Tgruls Sanaker and his colleagues will stage a concert at the HCM City Opera House this week, accompanied by the city’s Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).
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• Vietnamese singer to attend “ASEAN + 3 Concert for the King”
  Vietnamese singer to attend “ASEAN + 3 Concert for the King”
  

  

  Pop singer Minh Quan, who is also an artist on Radio the Voice of Vietnam, will represent Vietnam at a music festival to be held at the Cultural Centre in Bangkok on May 22.
  20/05
• 2009 Thac Ba Discovery festival to kick off
  2009 Thac Ba Discovery festival to kick off
  

  

  The 2009 Thac Ba Discovery festival will be held from June 26-30 by the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee in an area near the Thac Ba Hydroelectric power plant, the first and biggest hydropower project during the anti-US resistance war.
  19/05
• Exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s time in Guangdong
  Exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s time in Guangdong
  

  

  Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Museum and the Revolutionary History Museum of Guangdong province (China) opened an exhibition in Hanoi on May 18, depicting President Ho Chi Minh’s activities in the Chinese province.
  19/05
• Swedish literature week starts in Vietnam
  Swedish literature week starts in Vietnam
  

  A Swedish literature week opened at the East-West Culture and Language Centre in Hanoi on May 18, premiering a selected collection of Swedish poems in the Vietnamese language.
  19/05
• Online contest on Hanoi launched for foreigners
  Online contest on Hanoi launched for foreigners
  

  

  An online multi-choice contest on Hanoi’s historical milestones and its cultural heritages was launched on May 18 for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese.
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