Vietnam will begin to teach Chinese language in primary school from 2017, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) on Monday.
Classical pianist Richie Loidl lives and grew up in the Salzkammergut region in Austria, close to the city of Salzburg. This region is visited by many tourists every year because of its picturesque landscape of lakes and mountains.
Famed Chinese Pianist Lang Lang was named New York City's first-ever Cultural Tourism Ambassador by Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday, as part of the US-China Tourism Year events that promote travel and tourism between the United States and China.
Lebanon's Caracalla Dance Theater is now exploring the story of the Silk Road-traveling through history and geography to revive an ancient path that has united people of different cultures.
An exhibition of art in containers featuring Chinese and French artists opened to the public in Beijing on September 17, and will be followed by a tour in other cities in China and France.
Fram Kitagawa believes that fine art is not independent of ordinary people's lives. In 1994, the 70-year-old Japanese exhibition curator changed Tachikawa, an abandoned military area on the outskirts of Tokyo, into an experimental art zone.
In 1991, during the first Gulf War, a group of Jewish-Russian actors under the leadership of Yevgeny Arye, a prominent stage director in Moscow, emigrated to Israel. In a bold move, they founded a theater that they named Gesher, which means "bridge" in Hebrew.
Savoring a detour from his classical music focus, the star pianist teams up with some jazzy collaborators, Chen Nan reports.
A cultural exchange delegation from China's Tibet autonomous region attended a seminar in Prague on Friday to deepen exchanges with Czechs.
Artists from different places of China, the guest of honor of the 14th Tocati, brought traditional games, rituals, music and dances to the streets and squares of Verona's historical center.
Chinese literature classic The Dream of the Red Chamber saw its English opera adaptation premiere in San Francisco on Sept 10.
The 3rd Franco-Chinese Month of the Environment will begin on September 27, according to a news conference held on Monday.