HCM City celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival
Entertainment venues across Ho Chi Minh City are full of activity these days preparing for exciting events and entertainment programs to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month (September 30).
Chau van singing to be recognised as heritage
A dossier gathering scientific research on chau van, a traditional singing style of Vietnamese people in the northern province of Nam Dinh, will be recognised as a national intangible heritage.
Cat Ba gets heritage ranking
Cat Ba gets heritage ranking   (Sep 26, 2012)
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ranked Cat Ba archipelago in the north to national heritage status.
International tourist arrivals rise sharply so far
The number of foreign tourists arriving in Vietnam in the first nine months is estimated to have reached nearly 4.85 million, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.
Exhibition introduces Vietnamese dragons
Images of dragons and fairies captured at Vietnam's communal houses are being exhibited for the first time in Paris, France as part of the 16th "Foreign Cultures Week", starting on September 21.
Nam Dinh to celebrate royal heritage
A number of events beginning later this month will celebrate the 750th anniversary of Thien Truong, the old capital of the Tran dynasty (1225-1400) in the northern province of Nam Dinh.
Hue to provide free wi-fi service this year
The central city of Hue will provide a free wi-fi service by the end of this year, according to the Thua Thien - Hue provincial People's Committee.
Vietnam looks to one million Japanese tourists in 2015
With tourism promotion activities being conducted in Japan until next Tuesday, Vietnam has officially kicked off the campaign of attracting one million tourists arrivals from Japan in 2015, doubling that of last year.
Cruise tourism in Southeast Asia begins to boom
Cruise tourism in Vietnam is growing in the context that this segment begins to boom in Southeast Asia.  
UNESCO helps Ha Giang province manage and develop tourism
Representatives of UNESCO in association with the Ha Giang provincial People's Committee organized a conference to introduce the Public Use Planning (PUP) kit to the Management Board of Dong Van Plateau Global Geopark on September 19th. 
Soc Trang diversifies tourism models to attract tourists
Soc Trang tourism sector is to continue to improve the quality of existing tourism products and gradually put into operation products and new tourism programmes associated with the strengths of the province such as cultural festival tourism, ecological tourism and shopping tourism to attract more and more domestic and foreign tourists.
Belgian region helps restore Hue ancient house
A 175-year-old house has been restored to its former glory in Phuoc Tich ancient village, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Prehistoric relics unearthed in Tuyen Quang
Over 400 relics, mainly stone items dating back 4,000 - 4,200 years ago have been discovered in Nguom Hau cave in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.
Cat Tien Park ready for world natural heritage status
Experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have toured Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc and Lam Dong provinces to prepare the dossiers of the Cat Tien National Park to be submitted to the UNESCO for recognition as a world natural heritage.
Phu Yen aims to sharpen its tourism spearhead
Phu Yen is striving to develop its tourism sector into a spearhead economic industry. Phu Yen's People's Committee recently approved a project to develop the local tourism until 2015 with vision towards 2020, with the intention of turning Phu Yen into one of the key tourist provinces in the south central coast.
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