Foreigners and Vietnamese expatriates will receive value added tax (VAT) refunds for goods purchased in Viet Nam when exiting the country through Phu Quoc International Airport in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
According to Hai Duong provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Con Son – Kiep Bac spring festival 2015 will take place in the province from March 4th to 7th (the 14th to 17th of the first lunar month).
(TITC) - To welcome Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) 2015, from 18 to 24 February 2015 (the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 6th day of the first lunar month), Hoi An City (Quang Nam Province) will organize Lunar New Year Festival 2015 with many specific activities to serve visitors and local people on the occasion of traditional Lunar New Year Festival.
Well-known traditional markets in Lao Cai province, including Bac Ha; Van Ban markets and Sa Pa love market, will be reproduced at the Vietnamese Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre, No.2 Hoa Lu Street, Ha Noi from February 2-15.
Ha Long Bay – Viet Nam, was named one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature, has experienced a sudden surge of cruise participants in the past couple of months. Pattaya Daily News reported 30,000 passengers joined a cruise around Ha Long Bay during the earlier part of the year.
The Ka Long Transportation JSC, announced on November 16th plans to introduce a new high quality, speed-boat service running from Ha Long and Van Don to Co To island.
Hand embroidery pictures will be a new tourism product of northern Quang Ninh province, said Ha Quang Long, Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Argentina’s Puerto Iguazú city wishes to be twinned with Ha Long in the northern province of Quang Ninh, in order to fully tap the tourism potential of the two localities, which between them own two of the seven new wonders of the world.
Ha Long city will receive 21 five-star Superstar Virgo cruise ships between May and October 2014, according to the Quang Ninh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Hundreds of artists from across the country gathered at a Chau Van (spiritual singing) festival held in the northern province of Bac Giang on April 19 by the Viet Nam Centre for Research and Conservation of Culture and Belief.
A traditional offering ritual to pray for national peace, prosperity and favourable weather was held on Nam Giao Esplanade in the imperial city of Hue on April 17.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recognised the “Cau Ngu” (whale worship) festival in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa as a national intangible cultural heritage.