French artistes will play a substantial part in the Hue Festival 2010, which will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 5-13.
The HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is inviting traders to join the Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010 program and will receive registrations from next month, a tourism official said. La Quoc Khanh, Deputy Director of the department, said that shopping centers, retail outlets and other traders could register at the department office at 140 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in District 3.
An exhibition of ancient Asian artefacts has got underway in the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi.
The Thien Duong Cave in Bo Trach District in Quang Binh Province has recently been found to be 31km long, a new record for the country.
Vietnam’s handicraft items have been displayed at an exhibition in Verneuil-sur-Arve in the central French province of Eure by the France-Vietnam friendship and solidarity association (AASFV).
South African Ambassador to Vietnam Ratubatsi Super Moi-loi says the African Day will help promote the friendship, solidarity and cooperation between Vietnam and Africa.
Vietnamese and foreign children in Hanoi will have a chance to show their cultures at the “Friendship Connections†programme to be held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on May 29-30 on the occasion of International Children’s Day (June 1). They will involve in costume shows, dances, singing, and play musical instruments, games and toys.
Halong Bay offers an incredibly beautiful landscape naturally formed by thousands of islands and islets. Recently, Halong Bay's management board has attempted to lure tourists through an experimental project that transforms caves into natural theatres.
An exhibition about the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi opened at the Vietnam Cultural Centre in Paris, France on May 22.
Hanoi-based Sofitel Metropole Hotel has made the Conde Nast Traveller Hot List 2010, the publication's annual list of the "66 Coolest New Hotels in the World".
A photo contest under the theme “A moment of Thang Long†has been launched to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Viet-Danang craft village festival 2010 officially opened at 29/3 Park in Danang City on May 19. With the participation of 60 craft villages nationwide, the event features 100 arts and handicrafts stalls, product competitions, a seminar on stimulating demand for products from craft villages, and a bronze drum performance to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.