The People’s Committee of the central city of Da Nang has asked for the Prime Minister’s permission to organise an annual international firework contest as a new tourism product of the central region.
The European Music Festival starts yesterday with the performance of German Electronic music at the Youth Theatre, Hanoi.
UNESCO regrets the decision of a German court to authorize the construction of a bridge likely to lead to the deletion of the cultural landscape of Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany)* from the World Heritage List. The status of the property on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List is due to be reviewed by the World Heritage Committee at its next meeting in July 2008.
The Vietnamese translation of the book "Wandering through Vietnamese Culture" by Huu Ngoc was released to readers on Tuesday.