French-Vietnamese musician and singer Dorothée Hannequin will for the first time perform in Vietnam in two shows, one at the French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi on February 21 and another at the French Institute in HCMC on February 22.
Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UNESCO in collaboration with the central province of Ha Tinh will organise a ceremony to commemorate the 200th death anniversary of great poet Nguyen Du at the UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris in March.
The authorities of Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam have decided to temporarily delay any upcoming cultural activities involving gathering crowds as of March 10 to prevent the swift spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The book street in Nguyen Van Binh Street in downtown HCM City is still open for local and international visitors despite of a 30 percent drop in the number of visitors due to coronavirus fears.
The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and the Inoue Yasushi Memorial Foundation have recently launched the fourth edition of Inoue Yasushi Awards to honour theses on Japanese literature.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia is participating in a multicultural festival that opened on February 21 in Canberra to promote beauty of Vietnamese land and people to Australians and international friends.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been accompanying Vietnam in protecting, preserving, and promoting the country’s cultural heritages. The goal is to create a future based on the bond between past and present.