The official Viet Nam-France Year will be launched on April 9th, and the two countries will celebrate their long and eventful relationship by organising a wide range of public activities shedding light on their shared history, heritage and traditions.
The Da Nang City's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in combination with the Management Board of Son Tra Peninsula and beaches in the city, will organize the program "Da Nang beach tourism season 2013".
As many as 100 statues made by ethnic artisans were honoured at the closing ceremony on March 18 of the Mang Den Culture, Sports, Tourism Week 2013 in the Mang Den ecotourism zone in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
This year's Da Nang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC 2013) will feature even more interesting activities than last year, according to the city's Tourism Promotion Centre.
Bac Giang province ceremoniously marked on March 16 the opening of a three-day festival honouring the 129th anniversary of Yen The Uprising (1884-2013).
A festival to celebrate the 1973rd anniversary of Trung sisters' uprising (40 AD) against northern invaders was held at their temple, Dong Nhan ward, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi on March 17 (the sixth day of the second lunar month).
This year's Hung Kings' Temple Festival in Phu Tho Province will be a special event as it will honor and receive world intangible cultural heritage certification.
Vietnam will host the 4th ASEAN Traditional Textile Symposium, which is expected to see the participation of more than 200 international and domestic guests and 100 traditional weavers from 10 ASEAN nations, Canada, Japan, India and the US from March 15-18.
Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2013 will be held from April 4 to 7 in September 23 Park, District 1, according the City's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
On March 12, Vice-Chairman of Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee Dang Huy Hau chaired a meeting regarding the opening of the Sakura Festival 2013 in Ha Long.
The 4th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak closed on March 12, successfully popularising the brand of Buon Ma Thuot coffee in particular and that of Viet Nam to the outside world.
(TITC) - On March 5th 2013, in Ha Noi, Mr. Hoang Tuan Anh - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) chaired a working session on preparation for organizing international travel marts in 2013.