Director of the Centre for Vietnam Studies in Turin of Italy Sandra Scagliotti recently launched her Italian-language book featuring Vietnamese cuisine and culture.
Book entitled “Vietnam Spinaci D’acqua e Melanzane: Una Civiltà Vegetable Fra Storia e Letteratura” features Vietnamese cuisine (Source: VNA)
Rome (VNA) - Director of the Centre for Vietnam Studies in Turinof Italy Sandra Scagliotti recently launched her Italian-language bookfeaturing Vietnamese cuisine and culture.
In the 155-page bookentitled “Vietnam Spinaci D’acqua e Melanzane: Una Civiltà Vegetable Fra Storiae Letteratura” (Vietnam water spinach and eggplant: A Vegetable CivilizationBetween History and Literature), Sandra Scagliotti wrote about Vietnamese food acrosshistory as well as in comparison with other countries’ food.
According to thewriter, works on Vietnam will help improve Italian and European research on theSoutheast Asian country.
Scagliotti, alsoHonourary Consul of Vietnam in Turin, used to teach sociology about developingcountries and contemporary Asian history at the University of Turin as anexpert on Vietnamese studies. She has lectured in Vietnam, France and Canada.
Last year, her otherbook entitled “Il Banco Di Sabbia Dorata. Il Vietnam e Gli arcipelaghi del MareOrientale” (Golden sands, Vietnam and archipelagoes in the East Sea) waspublished in Italian.
The book features arich collection of articles by prestigious Vietnamese and foreign scholarsabout the history, geo-politics, strategy, anthropology and legality of theEast Sea issue. It contains persuasive evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty, suchas photos of the Nguyen Dynasty’s royal records and maps that show Hoang Sa(Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam.
She has alsoauthored many books about Vietnamese history and culture.-VNA
An Italian-language book entitled “Il Banco Di Sabbia Dorata. Il Vietnam e Gli arcipelaghi del Mare Orientale” (Golden sands, Vietnam and archipelagoes in the East Sea) was introduced in Rome, Italy, on September 27.
A get-together was held in Bologna city, Italy, on February 25 to celebrate the Lunar New Year with various traditional cultural activities imbued with Vietnam’s identity.
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With its friendly investment environment, beautiful landscapes, and strong tourism development, along with the boom of modern technology-applied multifunction agriculture projects, the Mekong Delta region has become more attractive to Italian investors, an Italian economist has said.
“Duong Kach Menh” (Revolutionary Path), a book written by late President Ho Chi Minh, has been translated into Italian and published in the European country.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The event served as a vibrant display of solidarity, promoting peace, cooperation, and development through cultural dialogue, and reaffirmed HCM City's role as a dynamic hub for cultural diplomacy and international friendship.
The Indian Film Festival not only honours the artistic value of cinema but also contributes to strengthening the friendship and enhancing cultural exchange between the people of Son La in particular and Vietnam in general and India.
An art exchange programme between Vietnam and Cambodia was held on the evening of June 13 in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long as part of the 2025 Cambodia Culture Week in Vietnam.
Digitalisation does not mean commercialisation or oversimplification of culture. It is a way of selecting, adapting, and spreading traditional values through a modern language.
The 11th edition is expected to serve as a vital channel for conveying Vietnam’s development message to the international community, and represent a milestone in the implementation of the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 57 on continuing to improve the quality and efficiency of external information service in the new situation.
In the standard chess event for grandmasters, Vietnamese player Banh Gia Huy claimed the championship title in Group 1, while Vu Nguyen Bao Linh took the top position in the women's category of the blitz chess event at the second Quang Ninh GM/IM/FM Chess Tournament 2025.
Book entitled “Vietnam Spinaci D’acqua e Melanzane: Una Civiltà Vegetable Fra Storia e Letteratura” features Vietnamese cuisine (Source: VNA) 
