(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.
A map of Viet Nam made entirely out of fruit has been recognised as the largest fruit map in Viet Nam by the Vietnamese Guinness Book of Records on February 9 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
The Binh Dinh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced its newest marketing campaign aimed at a number of promising markets in Russia, Germany, India and Western Europe.
The ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam was placed in the top city category in the Wanderlust Travel Awards 2015, the city's information and sport centre revealed on February 4.
The Vietnamese capital inaugurated a centre dedicated to promoting the time-honoured culture of its Old Quarter on February 2 as part of activities to celebrate the 85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV).
The central city of Hoi An plans to attract around 2 million visitors, including more than 1 million foreigners this year.
Major tourism cities across central Viet Nam have announced plans for a wide range of festive activities to welcome Tet, the Lunar New Year, scheduled to fall in mid-February.
The Italian daily paper La Repubblica recently ran an article entitled “Hoi An – Intersection of the Far East”, portraying the ancient city as a tranquil and idyllic place worth visiting in central Viet Nam.
The Azamara Quest cruise ship, carrying over 600 passengers from the UK, Germany, the US, and others, docked at Tien Sa port on January 9, becoming the first cruise to land in the central city if Da Nang in the new year.
Haiti's art, culture, lifestyle and tourism will be introduced for the first time in Viet Nam during the Cultural Week of Haiti that will run from January 12-15.
As many as 10,000 holiday-makers, including 6,000 foreigners, visited Hue imperial city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on January 1, said Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the Hue Relic Conservation Centre.
Cultural activities and art performances to celebrate the New Year will take place next week in downtown Hoi An in the south-central province of Quang Nam.