Understanding Hanoi Pho
  • The Ballroom Dance Company from the Brigham Young University, a leading art troupe from the US, is due to perform in Hanoi and Da Nang city from May 12-14.
  • A painting exhibition featuring works about Hanoi people and life by three Thai painters is taking place in Hanoi from May 3 to celebrate 35 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Thailand . 
  • State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Giau and Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda signed a 1.38 billion USD financial assistance package in Hanoi on May 5 to enhance Vietnam’s nationwide clean water access, conserve threatened forests, and ease urban gridlock. 
  • Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong joined other Candidates for the 13 th National Assembly in meeting with voters in Ba Dinh and Hoan Kiem districts of Hanoi on May 7 as part of their election campaign in accordance with the law.
  • Vietnamese viewers have been entertained with the film “Arafat, my brother” that was screened in Hanoi on May 10 on the occasion of the Palestinian Nakba Day.