Many officials and people from the US city of San Francisco have visited the display area for Vietnamese cultural space after Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong officially opened the “Meet Vietnam 2009” exchange programme in the city on November 16.

A group of six actors from the UK theatre group TNT will perform in five cities and provinces throughout Vietnam from November 24 to December 5. They will stage the opera “A Christmas Carol”, adapted from the short story of the same name by the great English writer Charles Dickens, in Hanoi, plus the central cities of Hue and Danang and the central province of Binh Dinh as well as Ho Chi Minh City.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau held it first ever culinary festival from November 20-22 with assistance from the provincial Tourism Association and the People’s Committee of Vung Tau City and the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.