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These days, the atmosphere all over the roads in Long An province is bustling up to celebrate the XIth Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025. Along the roads are full of flowers, flags and banners to welcome the festival.

An exhibition themed ‘Kinh Do Muon Doi’ is underway at the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi as part of activities to celebrate 1010th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi and the 66th anniversary of the city's Liberation Day.

The Vietnam Public Relations Network on October 10 honoured winners of the photo contest “Resilient Vietnam,” which aims to capture how Vietnamese people resiliently fight COVID-19.

The Prime Minister has issued a decision to establish the National Council for Cultural Heritage, an advisory body to help the PM on work relating to the preservation and promotion of the values of cultural heritages in Vietnam.

Music composer Phu Quang won the Grand Prize of the 13th Bui Xuan Phai – For Love of Hanoi Awards during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Vietnam News Agency in Hanoi on October 7.

An event to highlight outstanding examples in a campaign responding to the global environmental challenge “Red Alert - Earth Can’t Wait” launched by global organisation Save the Children took place in Hanoi on October 4.

A calligraphy exhibition and festival is underway at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam in Hanoi on October 2 to celebrate the 1,010th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Vietnamese archaeology has continued to record significant discoveries and diverse valuable achievements in the past year, as announced at the 55th national archaeological conference.

The 31st Southeast Asian Games is scheduled to be held from November 21 to December 2, 2021 in Hanoi and 10 nearby localities, heard a press conference in the capital city on September 29.

Hanoi is scheduled to host the German Festival Kulturfest 2020 between October 2 and October 4 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany, reported the Voice of Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations on September 27 launched a painting contest for children to mark the 60th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic ties.

World-famous Spanish architect Salvador Perez Arroyo arrived in Vietnam back in 2009 and decided to stay in the country where he discovered an endless source of positive energy.