Lang Co has officially become the 30th member of the “World’s Most Beautiful Bays” club at a ceremony, which was held under the framework of the club’s 5th conference in Setubal, Spain from May 15-17

The Thac Ba Discovery Festival 2009 will be held from June 26-30 by the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee in an area near the Thac Ba Hydroelectric Power Plant

The European Days Festival 2009 will take place across the country between now and early June, featuring 16 cultural and intellectual events imbued with different European identities.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a list of 11 traditional festivals of ethnic minority groups to be restored in 2009.

The voting for seven new world wonders on the Website www.new7wonders.com, launched by the NewOpenWorld, has entered the second phase, lasting from January 7 to July 7, 2009, where 261 sites of seven groups will vie to make it to the top 77.