The Hai Duong provincial People's Committee on September 21st opened the 2013 Con Son-Kiep Bac Festival and commemorated the 713th anniversary of the death of national hero Tran Hung Dao.
The southern province of Dong Nai organised a "Japan Culture Day" on September 21 to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan.
The first "Ngo" boat race festival of Khmer people in the Mekong Delta region is slated for November 14-17 in Soc Trang province.
(TITC) - On 12th Sept., People's Committee of Hai Phong held a ceremony to announce the recognition of the Do Son buffalo fighting festival as the national intangible heritage.
The information was released at a press meeting on the ceremony commemorating the 700th anniversary of the death of His Royal Highness Tran Quoc Tang.
The "Vietnam Days in Turin" cultural programme officially kicked off in the Italian city of Turin on September 13 with an exhibition themed "Vietnamese cultural space."
The 2013 Vietnam Festival in Japan got underway at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on September 14, as part of the "Vietnam Days in Japan" to celebrate the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.
Yen Bai province in the north will organise a cultural and tourism event to promote its Mu Cang Chai terraced fields as a tourism destination.
(TITC) - In the framework of ITE HCMC 2013, on 11th Sept., the 2nd Lower Mekong Tourism Cities Mayor Summit-2013 was held in Ho Chi Minh City.
(TITC) - Aiming to promote economic potential of grapes as well as to attract tourists to Ninh Thuan, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will coordinate with the Ninh Thuan's People's Committee to hold the International grapes and wine festival 2014 in Phan Rang City, Ninh Thuan Province.
The Vietnamese Consulate General in Frankfurt in conjunction with the Vietnamese community in Rhein-Main area has held a culture festival themed "The beauty of Vietnam" in Oberursel city in Germany's Hessen state.
A festival entitled "Ho Chi Minh City - Our Common House" was held in Van Thanh tourist site, Binh Thanh district, HCMC on September 10.