An International unicorn dance festival, with groups from Cambodia, Hong Kong , Malaysia, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam will take place at Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Du Stadium from Nov. 14 to 17.

A culture and sports festival organised by ethnic groups in the southeastern region kicked off in Dong Nai province on Nov. 11.

A cultural week featuring the Khmer people’s Occ-om-boc-Dua ghe ngo festival opened in the southern province of Soc Trang on Nov. 6.

The spirit of solidarity, co-operation and amity was pervasive as the curtains came down on the first ASEAN Golden Voice contest at HCM City’s Hoa Binh Theatre last Sunday.

Muong Lo Tourism and Culture Week has opened in Nghia Lo Town in the northern province of Yen Bai, highlighting the unique cultural features of 17 ethnic groups at the region.

A book reading by Italian writer Marco Mancassola will kick off World Italian Language Week, part of a larger Italian festival, today in Viet Nam.

The Indian expatriate community and local residents are celebrating the Navaratri festival with five days of ritual worship of the Goddess Durga.

Representatives of cities attending the Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia yesterday announced that they would promote Ha Noi’s Grand 1,000th Anniversary in 2010 as a major tourism event.

The Nha Trang Beach Festival will take place in central coastal city of Nha Trang on June 6 next year, the organising board said on Oct. 8.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the five Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) provinces will organise the first international festival titled the Space of Gong Culture of the Central Highlands in March 2009.