The Capital City Flower Festival will straddle the New Year, running from December 12, 2009 to January 3, 2010.
A series of activities ranging from Japanese products show and art performance are being held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to mark the Mekong-Japan Exchange Year 2009.
The French composer of Vietnamese descent Nguyen Thien Dao has devoted almost a year to the creation of a 60-minute work dedicated to the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi-Thang Long.
From November 20-23, the heritage house at 87 Ma May Street, Hanoi, will host tea-related cultural activities.
The 2009 Buon Ma Thuot Culture and Tourism Week under the theme ‘Legend of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Elephant’ will be held in the Central Highlands province of Daklak’s Buon Ma Thuot City and Buon Don District from December 16 to 22.
The Vietnam-China International Trade and Tourism Fair will be held in Mong Cai City, Quang Ninh Province from December 4-9, 2009 to provide a good chance for businesses from the two countries to seek investment opportunities.
Quang Nam Tourism and Culture Week will take place from November 20 to 23 with aim to promote culture, history and tourism of the central province of Quang Nam to Hanoi people and domestic and foreign investors.
Both young and veteran performers from 29 troupes across the country will compete at the National Professional Cai Luong Festival 2009 scheduled to begin on November 17 in Can Tho City. The festival aims to encourage and support young artists in developing their careers.
Forty troupes from both inside and outside the country will attend the International Gong Festival, to be held in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai from November 12-15. Besides 35 local troupes, artists from Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos and Myanmar will bring their “gongs†to the event.
The “Meet Vietnam 2009†programme will take place in San Francisco, California, the US, from November 15-16, beginning a series of activities to promote Vietnam’s external economic sector as well as the image of the country in California.
The Ministry of Information and Communications and the People’s Committee of Lam Dong Province held a press conference on November 5 to announce the Dalat Flower Festival 2010, which is listed by the government as one of the national events celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Ho Chi Minh City will host a series of activities featuring Japanese culture and education that will last for a month, starting on November 10.