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The medal "For the Cause of Culture, Sports and Tourism" was awarded to two Czech politicians at a ceremony held at the Vietnam Embassy in the Czech Republic on February 22.

The first visitor of the New Year is very important to Vietnamese because they he or she is believed to decide the luck of the host for the entire year.

No one can count how many markets there are in Vietnam but many agree that they are the vivid reflection of the Vietnamese culture.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on November 29 focusing on the influence of traditional dancing of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups on professional dancing.

A string of events were held in Mar del Plata and Miramar cities in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 5-6 to promote Vietnam.

The 6th Vietnam Culture Festival took place in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 16, offering a chance for locals to understand more about the Vietnamese culture.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh received 40 former Vietnamese teachers in Thailand on October 12.

Nghe, a fictional creature with a lion-like head, a long tail and a dog-like body, is important like other mascots such as dragon and phoenix because it symbolises the intelligence.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai on September 14 visited the Ho Chi Minh Institute of Saint Petersburg University as part of her visit to Russia.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and Ireland have jointly held a programme in Ireland’s capital of Dublin to introduce Vietnamese culture.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and his Thai counterpart Thanasak Patimaprakorn on August 10 attended an opening ceremony for the Vietnamese Culture Days in Thailand.

The Hanoikids Voluntary English Club continues its Culture Puzzle – a series of cultural workshops, giving a chance for attendants to create traditional Vietnamese toys under the guidance of artisans.

Vietnam’s traditional long dress and conical hat dance appeared as part of the “Parade der Kulturen” which aimed to establish a connection between different cultures in Frankfurt, Germany on June 25.

The essence of the Vietnamese culture was highlighted at a ceremony to wrap up the 2015 Vietnamese Culture Year in the Czech Republic in Prague on June 18.

An extravagant art show by Vietnamese performers opened the Vietnamese Culture Days festival in Moscow on June 6.

Vietnam’s cultural space has attracted attention from locals and international visits at the Culture and Language Festival, which was held in Norway’s capital city of Oslo, on May 21.

The State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) highly values the role played by the General Union of Vietnamese in France (UGVF) in the system of Vietnamese organisations abroad.

Vietnamese culture was recently introduced at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Kiev, Ukraine.

Vietnamese cultural heritage was on show at a get-together among local students and teachers in San Miguel de Allende City, Guanajuato state, Mexico on May 12.

A tourism photo exhibition and a Vietnamese Cuisine Week were recently held in the Colombian capital of Bogota .