Traditional festivals of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand were featured at a programme that opened in Ho Chi Minh City, on April 12, by the city’s Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO).
As one of two biggest tourism hubs of Viet Nam, the capital city of Ha Noi has been listed as one of the 10 most attractive tourism destinations in Asia. The locality’s tourism sector has targeted 23.61 million tourists and become a must visit destination of the country.
Over 200 beautiful peach trees in full blossom are on display at the Peach Flower Festival, which is being held for the first time in the northern province of Lang Son.
A special exhibition on Viet Nam’s national treasures will take place for five months from January 10, 2017, to May, 2017, the Museum of History announced on December 12.
The Canada Embassy in Viet Nam last week held a “Savor Canadian Delights” event at the Sheraton Hanoi Hotel as part of a Canadian food branding series to Vietnamese consumers.
A cultural exchange was organised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 7 to further tighten the solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.
Twenty-one art troupes from Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand will join an art festival in Dong Ha city, in the central province of Quang Tri from July 18-25, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Performing Arts.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Thi Bich Lien is joining tourism chiefs from other ASEAN member countries in the first-ever ASEAN Ecotourism Forum 2016 that opened in Champasak, Laos on June 22.
The Prime Minister has approved a plan to build a Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos to introduce Viet Nam’s land, people and culture in the neighbouring country.
The international circus festival will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue between May 28 - June 4, attracting 11 troupes from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Ukraine and Viet Nam.
The 2016 Ban Flower Festival will be held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on March 13-15 with the engagement of neigbours from northern Laos and northeastern Thailand.
Nearly two-dozen antique houses dating back 100 to 400 years in Duong Lam village on the outskirts of Ha Noi will be repaired next year.