A Vietnamese cultural festival entitled "Dragon and Butterfly 2" will take place in Rome, Italy, on May 26. The announcement was made at a press briefing in Hanoi on May 15.

This is the second time the festival will be held in Rome, Italy, with an aim of promoting Vietnamese culture to Italian people. The first festival entitled “Dragon and Butterfly 1” was held in 2006 and achieved significant results.

This year’s festival will last for over one month with a wide range of activities such as photo exhibition, music performance, seminar on Vietnam’s politic and economic situation, fashion show and cookery training courses for overseas Vietnamese people in Italy.