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Friendship club for Vietnam, Spanish-speaking countries debuts

It looks to help promote cooperation in economics, culture, tourism and education between Vietnam’s individuals, organizations and businesses with their peers in Spain and other Latin American countries. 

Nguyen Quoc Viet, Standing Vice President of the club, said the club will have non-profit activities, introduce socio-economic and cultural achievements of Spanish-speaking countries to Vietnam and vice versa, organize people-to-people exchanges, and connect trade, cultural, tourist and educational activities. 

Nguyen Van Manh, Vice President and General Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Union of Friendship Organizations is President of the club.
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Ceremony held to receive UNESCO recognition of Dong Ho woodblock printings, name Yen Tu complex world heritage

Ceremony held to receive UNESCO recognition of Dong Ho woodblock printings, name Yen Tu complex world heritage

A grand ceremony was held March 27 evening in Bac Ninh province to receive UNESCO’s certificate inscribing the craft of making Dong Ho folk woodblock printings on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and officially announce the Yen Tu–Vinh Nghiem–Con Son–Kiep Bac Complex of Monuments and Landscapes as a World Cultural Heritage site.

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