• 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.
  20/03
• 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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• Over US$1.7 million earmarked to expand culture database
  Over US$1.7 million earmarked to expand culture database
  

  The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to invest VND31 billion (around US$1.73 million) in eight new satellite database centres that preserve information on intangible cultural heritages of ethnic groups in the country.
  06/11
• Overseas Vietnamese receives UNESCO award
  Overseas Vietnamese receives UNESCO award
  

  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) announced its 2009 awards granting at a World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary on November 5.
  06/11
• Australian Actress to visit Vietnam
  Australian Actress to visit Vietnam
  

  

  Jessica McNamee, a popular Australian actress is to visit Vietnam for first-hand experience of The Fred Hollows Foundation’s blindness prevention programme in developing countries.
  06/11
• Flower Festival to celebrate Hanoi's 1,000th anniversary
  Flower Festival to celebrate Hanoi's 1,000th anniversary
  

  

  The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Lam Dong Provincial People’s Committee held a joint press conference on November 5 to announce the Da Lat Flower Festival 2010, which is listed by the government as one of the national events celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
  05/11
• Three models compete in Miss Fashion TV 2009
  Three models compete in Miss Fashion TV 2009
  

  

  Hanoi’s Nguyen Thai Ha and two other models, Ho Thi Oanh Yen and Nguy Thanh Lan, are in Hong Kong to compete in Miss Fashion TV 2009, which opened at the Dragon-I club on November 4.
  05/11