• 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).
  19/03

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• Water puppeteers participate in Asian arts festival
  Water puppeteers participate in Asian arts festival
  

  

  Vietnam’s Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre participated in the 8th Asian Performing Arts Festival (APAF) in Tokyo from November 26-29.
  30/11
• Buddhist cultural week welcomes 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi
  Buddhist cultural week welcomes 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi
  

  The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) has launched a cultural week to welcome the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi in Nha Trang city in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on November 29.
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• Jubilant tea festival held in Thai Nguyen
  Jubilant tea festival held in Thai Nguyen
  

  

  The Thai Nguyen “Tea Festival” 2009 was held in La Bang commune, Dai Tu District, in Thai Nguyen province on November 28 sponsored by Vietnam Television (VTV) and the Thai Nguyen Radio and Television Station.
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• Foreign conductor and violinist to take encore in Vietnam
  Foreign conductor and violinist to take encore in Vietnam
  

  Japanese conductor Yoshikaza Fukumura and Thai –Japanese violinist Ana Takeda will mark their return to Vietnam with the Ho Chi Minh City Music Conservatory’s orchestra on November 29.
  28/11
• Dak Lak to celebrate first culture week
  Dak Lak to celebrate first culture week
  

  

  The Central Highland province of Dak Lak will hold a riverside ceremony during the Buon Me Thuot-Dak Lak Tourism and Culture Week from December 16-20.
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