• World leading magazine published in Vietnam
  World leading magazine published in Vietnam
  

  

  The world-leading magazine for young women, the Cosmopolitan, first launched in Vietnam on March 15 with the April 2010 issue.
  16/03
• Eleven Vietnamese artists to visit Japan
  Eleven Vietnamese artists to visit Japan
  

  

  A Vietnamese art troupe will set off to Japan for an exchange on March 27 at the invitation of the Japan-Vietnam Culture Exchange Centre and the Japanese International Exchange Foundation.
  16/03
• VFI opens first digital video library in Hanoi
  VFI opens first digital video library in Hanoi
  

  Viewers will have the chance to borrow films for their personal enjoyment from the first digital video library, which opened on March 15.
  16/03
• Writers’ Associations in Vietnam and Laos boost cooperation
  Writers’ Associations in Vietnam and Laos boost cooperation
  

  The Writers’ Associations of Vietnam and Laos will continue promoting cooperation and sharing experiences in writing, translating, and training young writers, said the President of the Lao Writers’ Association, Chanthi Duonsavan.
  16/03
• Hoi An Tourism and Culture Week to kick off
  Hoi An Tourism and Culture Week to kick off
  

  A Tourism and Culture Week will open in Hoi An City, Quang Nam province from March 21-28 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Hoi An Liberation Day.
  15/03

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• Bac Giang celebrates UNESCO recognition
  Bac Giang celebrates UNESCO recognition
  

  

  The Bac Giang provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on November 23 held its first performance of traditional singing to mark Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage Day.
  24/11
• Hoi An celebrates 10th anniversary of UNESCO recognition
  Hoi An celebrates 10th anniversary of UNESCO recognition
  

  

  A Culture-Tourism week opened on November 23rd in the ancient city of Hoi An to mark the 10th anniversary of its recognition as World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO.
  23/11
• Ba Ria-Vung Tau hosts first culinary festival
  Ba Ria-Vung Tau hosts first culinary festival
  

  The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau held it first ever culinary festival from November 20-22 with assistance from the provincial Tourism Association and the Vung Tau City People’s Committee and the provincial Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism.
  23/11
• Russia crowned Mrs World 2009
  Russia crowned Mrs World 2009
  

  

  Seventy-six candidates from countries and territories worldwide took part in the final round and the coronation of Mrs World Pageant 2009 at the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Sport Hall on November 22.
  23/11
• Vietnamese artists exhibite lacquer paintings in Japan
  Vietnamese artists exhibite lacquer paintings in Japan
  

  

  Sixty lacquer paintings by Vietnamese artists Nguyen Thanh Binh and Dao Hai Phong were showcased at an exhibition in Tokyo on Nov. 21.
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