“Vietnamese Cultural Days in South
Africa” began in Pretoria on August 31 to celebrate the 64 th
anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (Sept. 2) and the 16 th
anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (Dec. 22).
Valuable and rare documents featuring
Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos are
on display at an exhibition opened in the Ho Chi Minh City Museum on
September 1.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture,
Sports and Tourism is stepping up efforts to entice more visitors into
visiting the country by launching a campaign called “Charming Vietnam”
in London.
Saigontourist Travel Service Co. on
Aug. 30 welcomed Italian cruise ship Costa Allegra which anchored in
northern coastal Quang Ninh province for a four-day trans-Vietnam tour.
Construction of the Cua Dai bridge
spanning the Thu Bon river kicked off on August 30 in the central
province of Quang Nam in the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung has
urged Thai Nguyen province to make full use of its advantages to become
a big industrial centre of mining and metallurgy, construction material
and supporting industries.
The official opening of the Tinh Bien
Commercial Zone in An Giang Province on August 22 coincides with a
festival to promote high quality Vietnamese goods in the Tinh Bien area
that borders Cambodia.
Academics from the HCM City University
of Social Sciences and Humunities have compiled a giant anthology to
mark the 99th birthday of General Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25) and
National Day (September 2).
A private company in the northern
province of Thai Nguyen will invest 2 trillion VND in building a
thermo-electric power plant in the locality, making it the largest
locally-invested project in Thai Nguyen so far.
A set of Nguyen dynasty wood blocks has
become the first piece of Vietnamese heritage to win recognition as a
UNESCO Memory of the World, according to UNESCO Vietnam.
More than 100 Chinese officials, led
by Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo, will
attend the first round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue,
scheduled for July 27-28 in Washington.
The Hanoi Chapter of the Vietnam Union
of Friendship Organisations on July 17 announced a number of key
activities for the remaining months of the year that will mark Thang
Long-Hanoi’s millennial celebrations.
The northern province of Hai Duong is
striving to build seven new industrial zones (IZs) by 2020 while
expanding the area of its current three IZs, according to the zones’
management board.
Cambodia wants to strengthen its friendship, solidarity and cooperation with Vietnam in general and with Binh Duong province in particular, said Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An while visiting the southern province on June 24.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and the PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Corp. (PVEP) on June 25 signed a production sharing contract for Block 05.1(a) of the Dai Hung (Big Bear) oilfield, 265km offshore southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
