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Vietnam’s Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre participated in the 8th Asian Performing Arts Festival (APAF) in Tokyo from November 26-29. The festival was also attended by art troupes from Seoul (the Republic of Korea), Taipei (Taiwan, China), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Manila (the Philippines), New Deli (Indea) and Tokyo (Japan).

The Hanoi Publishing House (HPH) announced that it has collected 412 valuable materials on Thang Long-Hanoi on the occasion of its 30th anniversary on November 24.

The first Rice Festival for heightening the values of the age-old rice civilization and honouring rice growers has been held in the Mekong delta province of Hau Giang on November 28. In his opening speech, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized that the Rice Festival is significant in bringing together rice producers, businesses, importers, distributors, consumers and scientists to seek opportunities for cooperation and partnership.

Chi Minh City and Mekong delta provinces plan to launch a tourism investment promotion programme in Cambodia from December 7-9, 2009.

Two photo exhibitions were opened in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, on November 29, starting a week of Buddhist Culture. The week, lasting until December 5, is to celebrate the 1, 000th birthday anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the first national conference of the cultural sector of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

Many officials and people from the US city of San Francisco have visited the display area for Vietnamese cultural space after Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong officially opened the “Meet Vietnam 2009” exchange programme in the city on November 16.

Tai tu music troupes from 15 southern provinces ended competition in the Southern Tai Tu Festival in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta’s Hau Giang Province on November 30.

Almost one year away from the Hanoi-Thang long millennium event, but the capital city has been heating up with celebrations, including contests on stamp designing, poems and music composition for the October 10, 2010 festivities.