Work starts on five-star hotel project in town
Saigontourist Holding Company (Saigontourist) and its member Que Huong Liberty JS Company broke ground for a five-star hotel on Tran Hung Dao Street in HCMC on November 29.
Seminar spotlights ethnic cultural preservation
Preserving unique architectural features and authentic traditional customs of ethnic minority groups is an effective and necessary move for conserving and promoting Vietnamese cultural identities.
Photo exhibition on Hanoi opens in France
Fifty-five photos on Hanoi taken by contemporary French photographers and a documentary photo are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Gustave Courbet Primary School in Romainville city,…
Venues approved for tourism years in 2012-2017
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to choose some provinces to host the annual national tourism promotion program from 2012 till 2017.
Vietnam takes part in Bazaar Fair-2010 in Cuba
The Vietnamese Embassy joined more than 30 foreign diplomatic missions at the Bazaar Fair-2010 in Cuba’s capital of Havana on November 28.
Central Province receives Nguyen dynasty documents
Ha Tinh Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on November 26 received eight historical documents of the Nguyen dynasty as gifts from 75-year-old Tran Sy Manh in Tan Loc commune, Loc Ha District.
Vietnam, China plan joint tour on Ho Chi Minh
Potential of tours linking places in Vietnam and China where President Ho Chi Minh stayed during his revolutionary career have been discussed in both countries.
Music festival marks Vietnam - EU ties
Spanish musician Pablo Díaz-Reixa alias El Guincho and his band opened a music festival week of European countries and Vietnam on November 28 in Ho Chi Minh City.
British Council holds festival workshop
The British Council will hold a four-day workshop called ‘How to develop a marketing plan for a festival’ for Vietnamese festival organizers in HCMC. The workshop from November 30 to December 3 follows the success of the council’s two previous training workshops in Hanoi in March called ‘Arts festival organization in a Vietnamese context’ and in Hue in June ‘Behind the scenes of a successful…
RoK-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Gala in Ho Chi Minh City
The programme aims to promote friendly relations and cultural exchange between the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam.
Binh Thuan reschedules international yacht festival
The organizing committee of the first international sailing festival in Binh Thuan Province has rescheduled the event to January 15-18, 2011 citing possible bad weather as the key reason. The festival was originally scheduled to take place from December 8 - 11, 2010 said Le Thi Thanh Lien, deputy director of the province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Vietnam-China Friendship festival launched in Lao Cai
The Vietnam-China Friendship Festival was held in Lao Cai Province on November 24 as part of activities in response to the Vietnam-China Friendship Year.
City in art exhibition opens on November 25
A three-part group exhibition,called Hanoi – The City in Art, by more than 20 Vietnamese and international artists will open at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on November 25.
Festival spotlights heritage cultural heritage
The sixth Viet Nam Heritage Day festival has begun at the Viet Nam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts on Hoa Lu Street in Ha Noi.
Royal Caribbean eyes Vietnam as potential cruise market
Discover the World Marketing, a global travel and marketing representation firm, has been chosen as a sales agent to sell cruise itineraries of Royal Caribbean International in and out of Asia in Vietnam as a potential market.
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