The Department of Culture and Sports of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 19 launched an exhibition on the life and career of nationalist figure Phan Boi Chau and Japanese doctor Asaba Sakitaro, featuring the friendship between the two as well as the Vietnam-Japan relations. Visitors at the exhibition. (Photo: VNA) The exhibition is part of...

Works from Vietnam and seven European countries will join the 13th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival that is set to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from September 22-28, organisers announced at a press briefing on September 18. Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) The annual event will be co-organised by the National Documentary and Scientific Films Studio...

From September 14 to September 18, 2023, the delegation of Lang Son province’s children led by Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Chairwoman of the Provincial Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization Le Thuy Dung and 12 teachers and members of Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization with excellent achievements in studying representing children of Lang Son province...

An exhibition of books on President Ho Chi Minh and leaders of the Party and State opened on Ho Chi Minh City's book street on September 15 in the framework of the annual meeting of the ASEAN Book Publishers’ Association Executive Committee. Visitors at the exhibition (Photo: VNA) Addressing the opening, Pham Minh Tuan, Chairman of the Vietnam Publishers’...

A Vietnam – Japan cultural exchange programme was held in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on September 14 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam – Japan diplomatic ties (1973-2023). The Vietnam – Japan cultural exchange programme opens in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on...

The Vietnam International Culture and Character Week 2023 was opened in Binh Duong on September 14 by the Binh Duong province People’s Committee, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), and the World Trade Centre Binh Duong New City (WTC BDNC). Vietnam int’l culture, character week 2023 opens in Binh Duong (Photo: VNA) The four-day event sees the participation...

The family of British antiquities smuggler Douglas Latchford handed over a 7th-century statue to Vietnam at a ceremony in London on September 13 (local time). At the handover ceremony of the 7th-century statue. (Photo: VNA) The four-armed goddess Durga statue, about 2m in length and 250kg in weight, was recognised by UNESCO as world heritage, and was stolen...

Vietnamese flower designers won big in a flower arrangement contest at the World Flower Council Summit 2023 which wrapped up in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat on September 11. Vietnamese flower designers win big in a flower arrangement contest at the World Flower Council Summit 2023 (Photo: VNA) In the Championship category, Nguyen Chi Thai took...

On the evening of September 9, in Hanoi, the Central Propaganda and Education Commission held an Awards Ceremony for composing and promoting literary, artistic, and journalistic works on the topic "Studying and following ideology, morality, Ho Chi Minh style" period 2021-2023. Attending the ceremony were Standing Secretary of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Organization Commission Truong Thi Mai;...

A Vietnamese Festival was held in Yokohama, the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan on September 9, drawing a large number of visitors. An art performance at the Vietnamese Festival in Kanagawa (Photo: VNA) Addressing the event, Kanagawa Governor Kuroiwa Yuji highlighted the meaning of the event, marking the complete recovery of exchange and cooperation activities between the...