The sixth national festival of the art of Then singing and Tinh gourd lute of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups concluded in the northernmost province of Ha Giang on May 14.
One of the origins of Com (green sticky rice) can be traced to Vong village, 7km west of downtown Ha Noi. The legend begins with a severe famine in the village many years ago.
The central province of Quang Nam, in cooperation with the Institute for Conservation of Monuments under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will begin an urgent project to protect the B3 tower in the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary from collapse before the rainy season.
The former imperial capital city of Hue received almost 1.9 million visitors in the past four months, marking an increase of 12.7 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Thua Thien Hue Province People’s Committee.
Vietnam Airlines has announced it will operate an air route connecting Ha Noi and Dong Hoi (Quang Binh province) from June 1st to August 31st, 2018, with six to seven flights a week.
A ceremony was held in Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam, on May 7 to receive a certificate from UNESCO recognising Bai Choi singing, a popular folklore style of singing in central Viet Nam, as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The New York-based travel site Thrillist has included Cat Co 2 on the northern Cat Ba Island and Thom Beach on the southern island of Phu Quoc on its list of the best seaside getaways in Viet Nam.
The Viet Nam Festival 2018 will take place at the Yoyogi Park in Tokyo between 10 am and 8 pm on May 19 and 20.
The Pho Hien Folk Cultural Festival opened in the northern province of Hung Yen on April 21.
Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee has held a meeting to discuss the plan for a ceremony to receive recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity from UNESCO.
A high-speed boat, Super Bien Dong, which will ferry passengers to Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai province was launched on April 11, shortening the travel time from the mainland to the island from 75 minutes to 35 minutes.
The island district of Ly Son, 30km off the coast of Quang Ngai Province, will open a night market for tourists on the island in May.