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.
Many localities across the nation, particularly tourist attractions, welcomed a large number of visitors during the first four days of the New Year.
A night of Vietnamese folk music featuring ca tru (ceremonial singing), cheo (popular theatre), chau van (spiritual singing) and xam (blind buskers' singing) will take place in Ha Noi on January 6.
Flamingo Dai Lai Resort was listed in the Top 10 Hotels and Resorts of 2014 on December 24 by DESIGNBOOM, the world’s first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine.
The number of international tourist arrivals to Ha Noi reached 3 million in 2014, up 16 percent against the previous year and 200,000 people more than the yearly target, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, held a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23 to kick off a programme on stimulating domestic tourism demand.
An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s daily life and work from 1954-1969 at the President Palace is underway in Ha Noi from December 19-January 5.
In cold weather, the visitors can enjoy a dish of sweet and sour grated papaya salad. The salad mixed with beef is a simple nosh sold in small alleys and markets in Ha Noi.
Conde Nast Traveler, one of the world's premier luxury and lifestyle travel magazines, has cited three famous resorts in Viet Nam’s central region as top 40 of World's Best Beach Resorts: Readers' Choice 2014.
The first-ever cultural festival of Viet Nam’s Thai ethnic group will be held in Lai Chau province on December 27-29.