The cherry – Yen Tu yellow apricot blossom festival is to be held in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh on March 11-15, the organising board said at a press conference on February 23.
The southern province of Tay Ninh and its Cambodian neighbouring province of Svay Rieng will host the first border friendship exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia on December 28-29.
Chairmen of Vietnamese and Lao friendship associations held talks in Hanoi on November 19 on furthering their coordination to strengthen their relations.
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins concluded his State-level visit to Vietnam from November 5 – 14 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang.
A forum highlighting the role of Vietnamese and Chinese youths in preserving cultural identities and developing tourism was held in the northern province of Phu Tho on November 7.
The third Vietnam-China Youth Festival will take place in Vietnam from November 7-10 to cement friendship, mutual understanding and trust between the two countries’young people.
The Vietnam-France locality cooperation conference, which will take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from September 14-16, will focus on five big topics with the climate change.
A bicycle race around Ho Chi Minh City was organised on September 2 to mark the 71st National Day, with the competition of 200 racers from the city and neighbouring localities.
About 180 outstanding children from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have gathered at an international exchange progamme entitled “Vong tay ban be” (Friend’s arms) .
A humble coastal village in Tam Ky city in the central province of Quang Nam has been wearing a new coat with vivid murals as part of the Korea Foundation Community Art Exchange Programme.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) – Vietnam community art project was launched in Tam Ky city in Quang Nam on June 10, aiming to add new colour to seashorefishing villages with wall-paintings.
A humble village by the seashore at Tam Ky City in central province of Quang Nam will become full of art in June, with wall paintings as part of the Korea Foundation Community Art Exchange Programme.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment called for greater public awareness of the urgent need for water resource protection and efficient water use.
Important achievements in cooperation between Vietnam and Denmark were highlighted at a celebration to mark the 43rd anniversary of Vietnam-Denmark diplomatic relations held in Hanoi on Nov. 25.
Over 100 volunteers in Ho Chi Minh City involved in the “Red Holiday” and Green Summer campaigns have participated in volunteer activities in the Lao provinces of Attapeu and Champasak since July 26.
A delegation of 13 Russian ex-servicemen and experts, on August 23
visited Hanoi as part of a programme sponsored by the Vietnamese
Association in Russia’s St Petersburg city on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).
About 170 young Vietnamese people abroad will return to the homeland
to join in the 2014 Vietnam Summer Campthis month, which will help
raise their awareness of the country’s sea and island sovereignty.
A campaign calling on youngsters to promote their role in defending the
nation’s sea and island sovereignty was launched in the northern port
city of Hai Phong on June 6.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
