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The Origins of Unity exhibition, timed to coincide with People’s Unity Day, has opened at the Brest Oblast History Museum, BelTA has learned.

Brest is set to host a Belarus-China tourism forum on 19-22 October, the Brest branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry told BelTA.

Conservation efforts at the ruins of Brest’s Bernardine convent have yielded a massive collection of valuable historical artifacts, BelTA learned from the Brest City Executive Committee.

Antopol Cotton Spinning Factory has begun making winter «clothing» for calves, BelTA learned from the enterprise.

Construction of a multifunctional sports complex has begun in Lyakhovichi, BelTA learned from the Lyakhovichi District Executive Committee.

Brest will host the Belarus Championship and the Belarus Junior Championship in rowing beach sprint on 12-15 August. The competitions will be held on the Central Embankment and the Rowing Canal, BelTA learned from the Brest Oblast Olympic Reserve Center for Rowing.

The Brest Academic Drama Theatre is preparing the premiere of the play Brest Fortress, the theatre’s Director General Anna Senkovets told BelTA.

Large-scale events commemorating the 85th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War will take place in Brest on 20-22 June. BelTA learned about the details of the program from the Brest City Hall.

Event tourism in Brest Oblast took center stage as the National Tourism Agency of Belarus held an off-site seminar titled «Event Tourism: A Driver of Regional Development». The seminar took place in Ivatsevichi District on 31 May, BelTA has learned.

Trade turnover between Brest Oblast and Vietnam grew by 2.3 times over the past five years. This figure was mentioned at a meeting between Chairman of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee Piotr Parkhomchik and a delegation from the Vietnamese province of Lao Cai, BelTA has learned.