Second street art festival in Hanoi, HCMC The second Street Art Festival will take place at Ly Thai To Flower Garden in downtown Hanoi on November 29 and in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30. The festival will feature…
Sapa opens ‘Festival in the Clouds 2012′ The “Festival in the Clouds 2012″ will open the Sapa Culture-Tourism Week 2012 from April 27 – May 4 with many new features since the previous year.This event, under the travel program “On…
Rare woodblocks found in Nghe An province A rare set of wooden printing blocks has been found at Thien temple, in Dien Ngoc commune, Dien Chau district, Nghe An Province.The set includes 95 woodblocks, with each depicting the customs of…
“Quan ho” folk singing contest opens Almost 200 artists, both amateurs and professional, are competing at the 22nd “Quan ho” (love duets) folk singing contest in the northern province of Bac Ninh.The two-day event, which opened on Feb. 1, drew…
Promoting tourism in Russia, Japan and RoK The Danang City Tourism Promotion Centre has held a meeting with business delegations from Russia, Japan and the Republic of Korea after launching the 2012 international fireworks competition.The Russian delegation came to have…
Popular areas see crowds during holiday The number of visitors to popular tourist destinations nationwide hit record during the holidays celebrating the southern liberation and national reunification from Apr. 28-May 1.In the northern province of Lao Cai, over 15,000 visitors…
Photos capture northern beauty Landscapes and ethnic groups of the northern mountainous region are featured in a photograph exhibition which opened on Apr. 24 in Hanoi.Entitled Sac Mau Vung Cao (The Colour of Mountainous Region), the exhibition is being organised…
Pac Bo Historical Site Named National Relic A solemn ceremony for the naming of Pac Bo historical site as a National Historical Relic will be held in Cao Bang province. This event concurred with the tourism programme called “Going…
Over 200,000 visitors to HCM City Tourism Fest During the four-day event, many travel agents offered hundreds of low-cost tours for visitors.They said there will be a discount on tourism services on the occasion of Southern Liberation Day (April 30)…
Northern provinces promote tourism potential A promotion aimed at the tourist industry, themed ‘three nations, one destination’ took place in the northern province of Quang Ninh on October 29, with numerous travel agencies from Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand taking part.The…