Ba Ria – Vung Tau strives to greet more than 15 million tourists, including 545,000 foreign arrivals in 2015, grossing revenue of over VND3.72 trillion, reported the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Traditional ethnic minority Tet customs of the H’Mong, Tay, Thai and Muong will be reinstated at a programme to take place from February 7th to 11th (from the 19th to 23rd day of the last lunar month) at the Culture –Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Son Tay town, Ha Noi.
Viet Nam is one of the top destinations for visitors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2015 besides Cambodia, Thailand and Japan, according to the RoK’ largest tour agency Hana Tour Co.
Fireworks will light up the sky over the Red River in Ha Noi on the Lunar New Year’s Eve (February 18) as local authorities recently approved the display from the river’s alluvial ground under the Long Bien Bridge.
Six tourist attractions and historical relics in the capital city of Ha Noi will open, free of charge, during Tet holiday 2015 (from the 30th day of the last lunar month to the 2nd day of the first lunar month), according to a decision by the Ha Noi municipal People’s Committee.
Ha Noi authorities are restoring 82 stone tablets recording the royal examinations held under the Le-Mac dynasties (1442-1779) placed at Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) and Quoc Tu Giam (Viet Nam’s first national university).
‘Love Heart for Ha Noi’, a heart-shaped sculpture decorated with millions of ceramic pieces, is on display at Truc Bach Lake in Ha Noi.
Ha Noi City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will organize the Spring Festival to welcome the lunar new year 2015 from February 4th to 10th (the 16th to 22nd day of the last lunar month) at Quan Ngua Sports Palace.
Viet Nam has showcased traditional fine arts, photos, maps, brochures on tourism, air routes promotion programmes at the Reiselivmessen Tourism Fair in Oslo, Norway, with a view to promoting the country’s tourism potential.
The first ever Haiti Cultural Week commenced in Ha Noi on January 12, themed “Haiti – Live the Experience”.
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The Management Board of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter on January 6 said Hoan Kiem district has completed a project to conserve Lan Ong street, which specialises in selling Vietnamese traditional medicine.