The second International Documentary Film Week will kick-off in Ha Noi tonight with screenings of the Belgian film Metamorphose d'une gare (Metamorphosis of a Train Station) and The Red River City from Viet Nam.

A series of performances from home and abroad marked the opening of the nine-day Hue Festival themed Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development on Saturday night despite heavy rain.

Viet-Da Nang craft village festival 2010 officially opened at 29/3 Park in Da Nang City on May 19.

A Buddhist Cultural Week held as part of Ha Noi's millenium anniversary celebrations scheduled later this year opened in Hue on Sunday in the presence of Japanese ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba and Buddhist clergy and faithfuls.

The event is one of the State level activities to mark the 120th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth.

The dossier for the Giong festival has been approved for the first round in the process of seeking UNESCO’s recognition as an intangible World Cultural Heritage.

Hung Kings Temple Festival 2010 is opened tonight at the Hung Kings Temple Relic site in Phu Tho province to commemorate Hung Kings’ death anniversary (the tenth day of the third lunar month).