The Viet Nam-Russia Friendship and the Russia-Viet Nam Friendship Organizations and the Pushkin Sub-Institute jointly held an award ceremony and an exhibition for the painting contest “I draw Viet Nam, I draw Russia” at the Russian Science and Culture Centre in Ha Noi on March 5.
Quang Nam, home to the World Heritage Sites of Hoi An ancient town and My Son sanctuary, is following new paths in tourism development, focusing on community-based tourism that both promotes and supports the local cultural identity.
The Viet Nam Embassy in Egypt held the Viet Nam Cultural Day in Banha City, Qalyubia on March 2 with the aim of promoting the image of Viet Nam, its land and people to Egyptian friends.
Ha Noi has selected two promotional clips to be broadcast on the American Cable News Network (CNN) in 2017, according to Decision No. 1415/QD-UBND recently signed by Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy.
The exhibition “Treasures of Vietnamese Archaeology” has attracted over 50,000 visitors after five months displayed at the LWL-Museum of Archaeology in Herne city, Germany’s Nordrhein-Westfalen state.
A seminar themed “Cultural Heritage and the Strategy for Sustainable Development” was held in Ha Noi on March 1, attracting the participation of nearly 100 scientists, researchers and cultural managers around the country.
Travelers have named two of Viet Nam’s beaches as being among the best in Asia in a recent survey conducted by global travel site TripAdvisor.
More than 470,000 tourists, including over 175,000 foreigners, visited relic sites in Hue Imperial City in the first two months of 2017.
Banyan Tree Lang Co and Angsana Lang Co have been chosen among the Top 40 Best Resorts in Asia by the Condé Nast Traveler - Readers’ Choice Awards, released in February 2017, becoming the first ever integrated resort in Viet Nam to enter the list.
As many as 150 cherry blossom trees and 7,000 cherry blossom branches imported from Japan will be put on show in downtown Ha Noi as part of a Japanese cultural exchange in Ha Noi slated for March 10 - 12.
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang received more than 1 million tourists to its religious sites in February, up 200,000 from the previous month, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Cua Ong Temple Festival in the northern province of Quang Ninh receives the national intangible cultural heritage status at a ceremony held in the locality on February 28.