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An exhibition beginning tomorrow will present 400 Russian books and newspapers from various fields, including science, economy, physics, mathematics and chemistry.
The event aims to present and popularise Russian technological and scientific documents to libraries, universities, research institutes, scientists and students in Vietnam. Hopefully, the exhibition will also boost relations between Vietnam and Russia.
The three-day exhibition will be held by the Russian Culture and Science Centre, Informnauka Company (Russia) and XUNHASABA (the Import-Export Books and Newspapers Company).
Seminar aims to preserve intangible cultural heritage
A seminar is scheduled today in central Hue City, joining together 20 professionals and many cultural researchers from Vietnam and other countries in East and Southeast Asia.
They will discuss a plan for preserving the intangible cultural heritage of the region and improving relations between the area and the international community. They will also discuss crafts and art performances as intangible heritage.
Establishment Initiative for Intangible Heritage Centre for Asia-Pacific (EIIHCAP) co-operated with the Viet Nam Cultural Heritage Office of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry organise the event, which lasts until Thursday.
King Thai To Ly Cong Uan film readies for anniversary
The Viet Nam Feature Film Studio will make a film of King Thai To Ly Cong Uan on November 1 of next year to commemorate Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary.
The film will be made during a five-month period in many local areas, such as Son Tay, Hoa Binh and Da Nang, as well as places in China, and will have an expense of about VND40bil (US$2.5mil). The Viet Nam Feature Film Studio will invite foreign specialists to join, including Japanese Musician Kitaro and Chinese cameraman Du Khafeng.
The film is predicted to be released on May 1, 2010.
(Source: Viet Nam News)
At a seminar on Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia archaeological cooperation was held in Hanoi on December 11, scientists reviewed development of archaeology in the region over the recent past, informed the results of recent archaeological studies and seek opportunities for sustainable cooperation.
President Tran Duc Luong and scientists from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, the US and Japan attended the event.
In Vietnam, basic results of studies of prehistoric and early historic archaeology have been obtained. In early the 20th century, foreign archaeologists discovered the Hoa Binh and Bac Son culture. In the 1960s, Vietnam discovered the Son Vi culture, which helped find the origin of the Hoa Binh-Bac Son culture.
Many major relics have been excavated in the area of Hong, Ma and Ca rivers (northern Vietnam ), showing the unanimity at a large scale of the Dong Son culture.
A project for preserving and developing My Son, a World Cultural Heritage Site in central Quang Nam Province, has been sent to the Prime Minister for approval.
The project includes preserving vestiges and developing environment and tourism services. The plan is divided into two periods. The first will be implemented from next year to 2012 and the second runs from 2012 to 2020.
A seminar on intangible cultural heritage is scheduled for December in central Hue City, bringing together 20 professionals and many cultural researches from Vietnam and other countries in East and Southeast Asia.
They will discuss a plan for preserving the intangible cultural heritage of the region and improving relations between the area and the international community. They will also discuss crafts and art performance as intangible heritage.
Establishment Initiative for Intangible Heritage Centre for Asia Pacific (EIIHCAP) cooperated with the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Office of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry to organise the event, which lasts until December 13.
The valuable and unique characteristics of cultures of the 54 ethnic groups have greatly enriched the Vietnamese culture and fortified the national unity bloc’s inner strength, said a senior Party official.
Party Central Committee (PCC) Secretary and Head of the PCC Commission for Education and Propaganda To Huy Rua made the remarks at the fourth national congress of the Ethnic Minority Artists and Writers Association, which took place in Hanoi on December 9 and 10.
Rua asked the association to outline a training programme for ethnic minority writers, artists, researchers, and critics to enable them produce artistic and literary works that not only highlight their own culture but also contribute to the national cultural identity.
Close to 450 ethnic minority writers and artists throughout Vietnam have converged at the event to discuss ways to conserve literature and arts of their groups while still keeping up with the country’s literary and artistic mainstream.
They re-elected Tay ethnic musician Nong Quoc Binh as the President of the Ethnic Minority Artists and Writers Association for the 2008-2012 term and selected an 18-member executive board.
(Source: VNA) | 
