Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and French Minister of Foreign Trade Nicole Bricq cut the red ribbon inaugurating the France Year in Vietnam at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 9.
The number of foreign arrivals to Hanoi has reached 634,000 so far this year, up 9.8 percent against the same period last year, showing that Hanoi remains an attractive destination for foreigners.
According to Ha Ke San, vice chairman of Phu Tho provincial People's Committee, the northern midlands province of Phu Tho has coordinated with relevant agencies to investigate Xoan singing in Phu Tho and Vinh Phuc provinces.
A 220 year old Thi (diospyros decandra) tree in the central province of Quang Ngai has been recognised as a Heritage Tree, the first in the province.
The People's Committee of the central province of Quang Binh has approved an experimental adventure tour of Son Doong Cave suggested by Howard Limbert, expert of the British Cave Research Association.
The authorities of central Thua Thien-Hue province on April 2 night re-enacted a ceremony that used to be a national celebration under the Nguyen dynasty in the former royal capital city of Hue.
Mai Chau, a small town in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, was named one of the top ten "fresh" Asian destinations by hotel booking site Agoda.com.
2013 Culture Day of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups will take place at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups on April 19.
(TITC)- On March 30th 2013, in Ha Noi, Mr Le Xuan Than, Vice chairman of Khanh Hoa People's Committee and head of the festival organizing board chaired a press conference on Nha Trang Sea Festival 2013 and the International Sea Travel Expo Nha Trang – Viet Nam 2013.
The northern province of Phu Tho held its first Chung cake and Day cake making contest on March 31, beginning a wide range of activities to commemorate the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and celebrate the 2013 Hung Kings Temple Festival.
The Phu Yen provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has held an exchange, a photo exhibition and an art performance between Phu Yen province (Vietnam) and Chungbuk province (Republic of Korea - RoK).
On March 28th, a show on world heritage sites of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam opened at the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture, under the regulation of UNESCO in Vietnam in combination with nine museums of the three countries.