A performance by Police Music Band from Singapore at
the 20th World Police Band Concert held in downtown HCM City on
Saturday. The two-day event featured police bands from Japan, the US,
Singapore and Viet Nam.
Two rows of flowers were planted on both sides of
Ba Trieu Street''s pavements, Hoan Kiem District, on Sunday, to celebrate
the Ha Noi Youth Union''s 20th festival.
A ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of Ha Long Bay''s UNESCO
recognition will take place on Saturday in northern Quang Ninh
province''s Ha Long city.
The Ha Long Bay Management Board has launched a contest to mark the
20th anniversary of the UNESCO''s recognition of the Ha Long Bay as a
World Natural Heritage site.
Vietnamese Phan Thi Ha Thanh won her second gold medal at the Artistic
Gymnastics World Challenge Cup, the Osijek Grand Prix, on the
competition''s last day on Sunday, in Croatia.
The spiritual and material life of the Vietnamese
people in the early 20th century is highlighted at an ongoing photo
exhibition by late French photographer Leon Busy.
Various images of Ha Noi trams from the early 20th century to the late
1980s, and 3D models of the future monorail and metro in the city, are
on show at Exhibition House, 45 Trang Tien Street.
Hue held a series of cultural events welcoming international and local
delegates to the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of UNESCO''s
recognition of Hue''s monuments and the 10 years since the recognition of
the city''s royal court music.
An exhibition featuring over 100 posters of Viet Nam, Vietnamese films, documentary DVDs and postcard collections of Vietnamese films gathered since 1959 will be held at Virka Gallery, in Helsinki, Finland between September 12 and 18.
Viet Nam won six gold medals, four silvers and two bronzes to claim
first place at the 20th international Viet Nam Open 2013, which ended
yesterday in HCM City.
On the occasion of Luxembourg''s National Day, I take great pleasure to send greetings to all the readers of the
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