A project on developing eco-tourism in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue was launched on July 4 with the assistance from the Poitou-Charentes region of France and other partners.
TripAdvisor, the US’s premier travel website, has rated the best 95 attractions in Hanoi in 2014 based on the reviews from people who have visited the capital city of Viet Nam.
The Travel page of UK newspaper The Telegraph has named the Ba Na cable car on its list of ten amazing cable cars around the world.
A well-known American dictionary, Merriam-Webster, has announced more than 150 new words and definitions for 2014, including the Vietnamese word “Pho”.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on May 15 that it will launch two new international routes to airports in Tokyo, Japan in July, from Hanoi - Haneda and Da Nang – Narita.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on May 14 officially recognised official documents of the Nguyen Dynasty as a world documentary heritage, according to the State Records and Archives Department.
The “leaving the tomb” ceremony of the Raglai ethnic minority people in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Eleven Russian artists are joining hands with three Khanh Hoa Province-based artists to display their artworks at a group exhibition in HCMC.
Cultural heritage with integration and development will lie at the heart of the 2014 Hue Festival, which is slated to take place in the former imperial city from April 12-20.
Forty Vietnamese contemporary lacquer paintings and 200 handicraft products are on display in Marseille, southern France, introducing a mix of both traditional and modern Vietnamese culture.
The Vietnam Year in France officially opened on February 14 at Chatelet Theatre in Paris with cultural and art performances.
(CPV) - The Vietnam national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on February 13 announced its 7th “Golden moments” promotional program on some domestic routes.