• Biggest Vietnam-US cultural project underway
  Biggest Vietnam-US cultural project underway
  

  The Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) and the Southwest Symphony Orchestra is working on a joint cultural project considered the biggest ever in the Vietnam-US relations.
  13/03
• Film festival celebrates 40th Francophone Day
  Film festival celebrates 40th Francophone Day
  

  A Francophone Film Festival kicked off in Hanoi on March 12 as part of a national celebration of International Francophone Day in Vietnam.
  13/03
• Orchestra celebrates 2010 German Year in Vietnam
  Orchestra celebrates 2010 German Year in Vietnam
  

  Guest conductor Gudni Emilsson and pianist Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy will be performing works by Schubert, Mozart and Haydn with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) on March 14 to mark 2010 German Year in Vietnam.
  13/03
• Preserving Xam music
  Preserving Xam music
  

  

  Xam music, usually performed by groups of blind people wandering along the streets of Hanoi, is being revived, performed and introduced to the public by the Vietnam Music Art Development Centre (VMADC).
  13/03
• British Council helps improve festival management in Vietnam
  British Council helps improve festival management in Vietnam
  

  The British Council will coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam to organise a training course on festival management in Hanoi from March 17-20.
  13/03

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• Can Tho hosts Mekong-Japan Cultural Days
  Can Tho hosts Mekong-Japan Cultural Days
  

  Preparation for the Mekong-Japan Cultural and Tourism Days is completed and Can Tho anticipates the opening day on December 2.
  01/12
• Hat Xoan – heritage in need of urgent protection
  Hat Xoan – heritage in need of urgent protection
  

  

  In four months’ time, the dossier for Hat Xoan (Xoan singing) will be submitted to UNESCO for its recognition as an intangible World Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection. Now that it appears to be falling into oblivion, there is a growing concern among researchers about preserving and developing this special...
  01/12
• China grants 200 mil yuan to build Vietnam-China Friendship Palace
  China grants 200 mil yuan to build Vietnam-China Friendship Palace
  

  Vietnam and China signed a document in Hanoi on November 30 on the construction of the Vietnam-China Friendship Palace.
  30/11
• 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.
  29/11