A Vietnam Culture Week 2019 was kicked off at the Lao National Cultural Hall in Vientiane, Laos on December 5, with an art show featuring folk dances and music performed by artists of the Vietnam National Music, Song and Dance Theatre.
Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien on June 27 expressed his hope that the Republic of Korea (RoK) will advance from the second biggest source of tourists to Vietnam to the largest one in the future.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) will continue work on visas so that more people from ASEAN countries can easily make a visit, said Yu Byung-chae, Director General of the Tourism Industry Bureau under the RoK’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Vietnam and Canada’s Quebec province hold special relations, but the two sides should further step up cooperation in specific areas to deepen these ties, a senior official has said.
Increasing cultural exchanges based on traditional friendship and cooperation as well as cultural and historical similarities have promote mutual understanding between Vietnam and Mexico.
A ceremony was held in Binh Dinh on May 5 to receive a certificate from UNESCO recognising Bai Choi singing, a popular folklore style of singing in central Vietnam, as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Paintings capturing Vietnamese and Chinese folk culture and traditional New Year (Tet) festival are on display in Beijing, China, starting from January 8.
A Vietnam Festival with the theme of “Feel Vietnam” took place in Yokohama city of Kanagawa Prefecture on September 16 and 17, marking it as one of the largest Vietnamese festivals in Japan.
APEC tourism ministers have convened in Ha Long for their policy dialogue, focusing on promoting sustainable tourism for an inclusive and interconnected Asia-Pacific.
The Russian Embassy organised a ceremony in Hanoi on June 11 to mark the
25th anniversary of Russia’s Independence Day (June 12, 1990 – June
12, 2015), featuring Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Konstantin
Vasilievich Vnukov and Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and
Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh.
Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh met
with President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of
Singapore on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of SEA Games on June
5.
Vietnam and Slovakia has signed a cultural cooperation agreement,
which is in coincidence with the 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties
between the two countries.
A Vietnam tourism forum running from September 17-22 in Seoul, the
Republic of Korea (RoK), is helping tourist agencies from Vietnam and
the RoK build partnerships.
Azerbaijani Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov on July 2 hosted a
reception for visiting Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and
Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh during which they discussed bilateral
cooperation in the field.
An exhibition of 30 lacquer paintings by Vietnamese artists was started
at the State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow, Russia, on June 25,
becoming the first in a series of activities within the “Vietnamese
Culture Days in Russia”.
Wushu artist Pham Quoc
Khanh brought the 5th gold medal for the Vietnamese Wushu team in the
final man’s gunshu on December 10, helping them surpassing their set
target.
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