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	hanoi-marks-10th-anniversary-of-“city-for-peace”-recognition 30 Oct 2009A ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of Hanoi’s recognition as “City for Peace” by UNESCO was held on October 27. Addressing the event, the Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao stressed the title was the recognition of the international community.

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30 Oct 2009

An ancient tomb with exterior and interior coffins has been unearthed in the northern port city of Hai Phong, according to the city’s museum.

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30 Oct 2009

The Brahminical Cham community celebrated the Kate Festival on the first day of the seventh month of the Cham calendar (October 18 by solar calendar) to revere its gods, heroes, ancestors, and kings.

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27 Oct 2009

Vietnam’s representative at the upcoming Miss World pageant in South Africa will present the 1,000-year history of Hanoi Capital to the rest of the world.

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27 Oct 2009

A German photojournalist who was only 20 years old when he was on assignment in Vietnam in the 1960s has returned to exhibit a new collection of photos that juxtapose the old with the new.

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27 Oct 2009

“Lotus”, a cultural art performance of Vietnam, was held in Paris’ District 10, France, drawing crowds of Vietnamese residents and French people.

	vietnamese-people-in-france-follow-uncle-ho’s-example 27 Oct 2009The Vietnamese Embassy held a meeting in France on October 26 with Vietnamese individuals and organisations actively involved in the “Study and work following Uncle Ho’s example” campaign.

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27 Oct 2009

The Vietnamese cultural association in Germany was founded at a congress in Berlin on October 24 to maintain and develop Vietnam’s cultural values and promote its images.

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26 Oct 2009

A photo contest promoting tourism has been launched under the theme of Vietnam - My Homeland.

	unesco-to-attend-capital-city’s-1-000th-birthday 26 Oct 2009Representatives of 193 UNESCO members have passed a resolution on the participation in the grand ceremony to mark the millennial anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi in October, 2010.

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26 Oct 2009

An exhibition sheds a new and interesting light on Vietnam’s people and land to fellow countrymen and international friends in France.

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23 Oct 2009

An exhibition introducing the Taoism worshipping tradition upheld by ethnic people in the northern mountainous areas of Vietnam opened in Hanoi on October 21.

	from-hanoi-to-houston 23 Oct 2009The American people now have the chance to learn more about Vietnamese fine arts, as well as its culture, when “Arts of Ancient Vietnam: From River Plain to Open Sea” opens at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (MFAH), Texas.

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23 Oct 2009

Vietnam Culture Week in Brazil is taking place in Brazilia Capital from October 11 to 23, 2009. In his speech at the opening ceremony, Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh affirmed that the Vietnam Culture Week in Brazil is one of the important events to develop the relationship and multi-sided co-operation between Vietnam and Brazil.