Local authorities in the Mekong Delta provinces of Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and An Giang have visited and presented gifts to Khmer people to congratulate them on the traditional Sene Dolta Festival.
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has promulgated the decision on organizing the conference with the theme “Investment promotion for culture, sports and tourism fields in the Southern provinces†to strengthen the effective combination of culture, sports and tourism fields managed by the ministry.
The melodies of sang quan ho (folk-love duets) filled the Cultural House of Nha Trang during the annual National Song and Dance Festival on September 16.
The country’s tourism development triangle, HCMC, Lam Dong and Binh Thuan provinces, have inked a deal to facilitate more effective and comprehensive cooperation in 2009-2012.
A tourism promotion program, “Vietnam Show 2009â€, kicked off in Japan on September 12, 2009. This is one of the biggest Vietnamese tourism promotion programs in Japan, said the Director of Representative Office of Vietnam Airlines in Japan, Nguyen Quoc Tuan.
The Vietnam Cultural Centre celebrated its first anniversary of its founding in Paris, France on September 15 with the participation of many Vietnamese people living in France and members of the international community.
Plans for a trading ships museum in the ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam have been made in co-ordination with the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hoi An City.
Government officials and experts in the northern province of Ha Giang are working on documents for submission to UNESCO for recognising Dong Van Stone Plateau as a world geological park.
An exhibition of ancient Vietnamese art, called “From River Plain to Open Seaâ€, opened at the Fine Arts Museum in Houston, Texas on September 15.
An exhibition entitled “The Colour of Mexico†opened in Hanoi on September 14.
A course for teachers of the French language focused on tourism training got under way at the Asia-Pacific French Language Centre of the HCMC Pedagogical University on September 14.
More than 60 members of the Asian-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS) gathered for a seminar spotlighting Vietnam’s tourism potential held recently in Tokyo, Japan.