The Viet Nam Festival kicked off at Yoyogi Park, Japan’s Tokyo, on June 11, accommodating more than 110 booths and attracting about 180,000 visitors.
An art performance by overseas Vietnamese people in Egypt was broadcast live on the cultural channel of the local State-run Nile TV on June 11.
The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and eight travel operators are attending the ongoing Thailand Travel Mart Plus (TTM +2016) June 8-10 in Chiang Mai.
An exhibition showcasing archaeological discoveries under the new National Assembly (NA) House recently opened in the NA’s two basement levels.
Wax figures of King Bao Dai and Queen Nam Phuong, the last royal family of Viet Nam, will go on display on September 19 at the Summer Palace Museum where they lived from 1949-1955 in the resort city of Da Lat.
An extravagant art show by Vietnamese performers opened the Vietnamese Culture Days festival in Moscow on June 6.
A big cultural event is underway from June 4th to 12th in Russia under the name of “Vietnamese cultural days in Russia 2016”, and a featuring silk painting exhibition is one of the major activities of the event.
The central province of Nghe An has welcomed more than 1 million tourists since the beginning of this year, earning over 675.6 billion VND (30.7 million USD) in revenue.
The Complex of Hue Monuments in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed more than 1.06 million tourists, including over 650,000 foreigners, in the first five months of 2016.
The Viet Nam House in Ottawa, Canada, attracted hundreds of visitors on June 4 and 5, as part of the 2016 Doors Open Ottawa event.
Authorities of central Hue city have added six more villages to the list of recognised traditional crafts in an attempt to preserve and develop these crafts.
The Ha Noi Department of Tourism recently held seminars in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang highlighting the city’s tourism opportunities and educating the staff of some 100 local travel agencies on the ‘Magic of Ha Noi’.