A history of the Ha Noi Old Quarter is reflected in documentary photos and installation art works on display at an exhibition at the Viet Art Centre, 42 Yet Kieu, Ha Noi. In the exhibition, Reminders of Old Streets, young artists like Nguyen Huy An, Le Tran Hau Anh, Nguyen Quoc Thanh and Tran Hau Yen The tell stories of loss and change to the capital's cultural heritage.
An exhibition entitled, “Urban planning and administrative boundaries of Hanoi in the period 1873-1954" opened at the National Archives Centre I in Hanoi on Aug. 16 as part of celebrations of the millennium of the capital city.
One hundred outstanding Vietnamese and German students visited the Bai Dinh pagoda, which is considered the biggest one in Southeast Asia, in the northern province of Ninh Binh on August 14.
The Vietnam Culture Week 2010 will be held in Germany and Belgium in August and September respectively, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade in coordination with the ABIX Joint Stock Company will host Arts and Handicrafts Week 2010 at the Friendship Cultural Palace in the city from August 4-9.
An exhibition of over 300 artefacts dating six centuries ago opened at the Revolutionary History Museum in Thua Thien-Hue Province on June 3 on the threshold of the Hue Festival 2010. The exhibits have been selected from over 1 million items fishermen had picked up from wreckages of merchant ships coming from China, Thailand and various parts of Vietnam that sunk off the nation’s shores during the 15th -18th centuries.
A six-day gastronomy festival will be held at the Ho Tay (West Lake) Water Park in Hanoi from October 5 to celebrate the 1,000th founding anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
