Sofitel Hotel franchise joins French music festival
More than 120 international Sofitel Luxury Hotel branches, including those in Vietnam, will play host to the French multi-genre musical celebration La Fête de la Musique on June 21.
Bac Ninh focuses on preserving cultural heritages
The northern province of Bac Ninh is showing great efforts in conserving its intangible cultural heritage, looking towards the development of cultural tourism.
Kites set to fly in Da Nang city
As many as 160 competitors will take part in the ninth International kite competition on the beach at the Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort and Spa on May 18.
Home-stay service - a new experience for tourists
Holiday-makers will have a chance to experience the daily life of local people in My Son village, Duy Phu commune, Duy Xuyen district, central Quang Nam province through a new community tourism model.
Visitors flock to Vung Tau during holidays
During the recent holidays of Reunification Day and May Day, Vung Tau city in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vũng Tau welcomed about 190,000 visitors, up 27 percent over the same period last year.
Viet Nam to enhance tourism cooperation with Uzbekistan
(TITC) - On April 24th 2013, in Ha Noi, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Khanh Hai had a meeting with Deputy General Director of Uzbekistan National Administration of Tourism Anvar P. Temirkhodjaev. The meeting had the attendance of Deputy General Director of VNAT Nguyen Quoc Hung.
Europe Days 2013 in Vietnam to mark Europe Day (May 9) will feature a series of cultural and intellectual events, according to Dr. Franz Jessen, Ambassador-Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam.
Tourist attractions packed with holiday-makers
Tourist attractions nationwide were crowded with domestic and foreign visitors during the April 30 - May 1 holidays.
More tourists visit Uncle Ho's home town
More than 900 delegations, including over 20,000 tourists, visited President Ho Chi Minh's home town in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, central Nghe An Province, during the five-day Reunification Day and May Day holidays.
World-class Laguna Lang Co resort operational
Banyan Tree Group of Singapore on April 27 put into service the integrated resort complex of Laguna Lang Co located in Lang Co town, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Vietnam welcomed 2.4 mln foreign visitors in four months
Vietnam welcomed more than 610,000 foreign visitors in April, representing a year-on-year decrease of 2.4 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.
Japan promotes cultural exchanges with Vietnam
President of the Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation Hiroyasu Ando is on a three-day visit to Vietnam, with the aim of furthering cultural exchanges between the two countries.
Diverse cultural activities in Hanoi to mark great festivals
Hanoi will host many diversified and specific artistic performance programmes on the occasion of the great festivals.
Tourists visit Tam Dao on public holiday
Up to 70 percent of the 1,300 hotel rooms in Tam Dao in northern Vinh Phuc province have been booked by international and domestic tourists, although there is still nearly one week to go before the five-day national holiday from April 27 to May 1.
Human resources for Mekong Delta tourism discussed
A seminar was held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 22 to discuss measures to develop human resource for the tourism sector in the Mekong Delta region.
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