Tender Canadian beef as well as a variety of delicious Canadian seafood and robust wines, and also Canada’s famous “ice wine†will be served at the Festival of Canadian Flavours which will be held at the Sofitel Plaza Hanoi Hotel from November 7-14, 2008.
The central Thua Thien-Hue province has designed a series of activities in November to mark the 15th anniversary of the Hue imperial city’s UNESCO recognition as world heritage site.
Impressed by the imposing scene of Ha Long Bay during his tour of Quang Ninh province on November 1, 2008, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yvailo Kafin logged into the website on new world wonders to vote for the bay.
The cruise ships SuperStar Aquarius and Costa Allegra, carrying more than 37,000 tourists will dock in Ha Long, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City between November 4 - 11, 2008.
A national photo exhibition entitled “Beauty of the Vietnamese people and landscapes†opened its doors in Ho Chi Minh City on October 31, 2008.
An exhibition entitled “Vietnam Culture Space†opened in Beijing , China , on October 31, 2008.
The World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition 2008 was held in Bucheon, Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 10-30, 2008 drawing participants from Vietnam, China, Japan, Indonesia, Mongolia, Turkey, Russia and Tandania.
The Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups will welcome tourists in 2010, coinciding with the 1,000 th anniversary of the country’s capital city - Thang Long - Hanoi.
With plentiful natural resources and diversified culture full of characters of 23 ethnic groups, Ha Giang is a place where may develop various types of tourism.
The Vietnam-Czech Friendship Association and the Czech Embassy in Hanoi opened an exhibition entitled “Hanoi-Prague, cultural and tourism exchange memories†on October 25 at the Vietnam Cultural and Arts Exhibition Centre.
The 2009 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) will take place in Hanoi from January 5-12, 2009 with the participation of nearly 1,500 delegates, including tourism ministers and heads of tourism organisations from within and outside the region.
The Belgian Association for the Promotion of Education and Training Abroad has cooperated with the Ho Chi Minh City University of Culture to open a training course for staff from 20 museums throughout the country, taught by Professor Anna Lienardy of Belgium’s La Cambre University.