Automobile sales in August dropped by 10 percent from the previous month to 18,236 units, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA).
A festival featuring the Vietnamese community’s 40-year integration and
development in Germany was held in Berlin on June 28 as part of
activities to celebrate the 40 th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic
ties.
Experts and educators gathered at a seminar in Hanoi on March 24 to
discuss how to include intangible cultural heritage in education for
sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.
A wide range of activities imbuing with cultural characteristics of
ethnic groups in the Central Highlands are being organised throughout
the province of Dak Nong to celebrate the lunar New Year (Tet)
festival this year.
Located 50km north of Hanoi,
Bac Giang province is considered to be well-suited to develop tourism,
especially due to its good transport connections, including road,
railway and waterway infrastructure.
The registration of geographical indications (GIs) will not only protect
trademarks and consumers but also help Vietnamese goods to penetrate
into large markets.
H’Mong ethnic people in northern mountainous provinces always welcome
the lunar New Year with colourful festivals. This year’s spring
activities are more interesting thanks to the return of a festival named
“buttock flapping”, a tradition that had disappeared for many years.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen
Thien Nhan has suggested that the VFF and the Solidarity Front for the
Development of the Cambodian Motherland (SFDCM) further their
cooperation and exchange in the coming time.
A photo exhibition and a film week featuring Vietnam’s land,
people and culture are going on in Kharkov city, Ukraine on the
occasion of Vietnam’s 68 th National Day and the 21 st anniversary
of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Ukraine .
Similarities in the cultural traditions and development goals between
Vietnam and the Republic of Korea can further strengthen their strategic
partnership, it was said at the fourth Vietnam Tourism-Culture Festival
in the RoK.
In the joyful atmosphere of spring, many communes in the central Thua
Thien – Hue province are organising longevity celebrations for the
local elderly.
The Council of State Awards and the Ministry of Culture,
Sports and Tourism held a ceremony on May 19 to present the Ho Chi Minh and State
Awards for Literature and the Arts and announce the winners of the
People’s Artist title.
Nationwide, tens of thousands of monks, nuns, Buddhist followers and
tourists have flocked to pagodas and Spring festivals at the beginning
of the new year, wishing for peace, good weather, happiness and
prosperity for all people.
Victory on the Urn Field-Xieng Khouang Battlefield was a vivid
manifestation of the special solidarity and fighting alliance between
Vietnam and Laos , said a senior Vietnamese official.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee recognises Vietnam’s Thang Long
Royal Citadel as a world cultural heritage at its 34th session in
Brazil on July 31, according to the Hanoi People’s Committee.
A workshop on 80 years of building and
developing the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was held in Hanoi on
Jan. 26 to mark the 80th anniversary of the CPV’s founding.
Vietnamese and international Buddhist women to the 11th Sakyadhita International
Conference, which closed in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 4, affirmed to continue
their efforts to achieve long-term development goals set by the United
Nations.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
