The Asian leading online tourism magazine, Smart Travel Asia, has named Da Nang and Ha Noi among the Top 10 attractive destinations in the region in 2014.
Viet Nam expects to welcome 100,000 Indian tourist arrivals in the near future as the two countries hold huge potential to develop bilateral ties in this field, stated Nguyen Quoc Hung, deputy head of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
The Japanese Embassy in Ha Noi announced that on November 20, Japan started a simplified application procedure for single tourist visas for Vietnamese nationals as part of efforts to further promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.
An exhibition of royal administrative documents, which dated back to the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 - 1945), opened in central Thua Thien – Hue province on November 21.
The Phu Yen provincial People's Committee held a ceremony on November 21 to receive the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s certificate recognising Bai Choi (singing while playing cards) singing as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The imperial tomb of King Tu Duc will still welcome tourists during its preservation.
An exhibition featuring wooden folk statues imbued with the cultural identities of the Central Highlands opened this morning at the Kon Tum provincial Museum.
As many as best 100 photos of 73 photographers from to the 2014 Viet Nam Heritage Photo Awards contest are being showcased at an exhibition in the southern province of Can Tho running from November 19-25.
The Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk singing of Viet Nam is amongst 46 nominations for UNESCO’s recognition as the world intangible cultural heritage of humanity at the UN body’s upcoming session.
Nha Trang City in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa greeted about 190,000 Russian tourist arrivals in the first ten months this year, said Phan Thi Thanh Truc, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
A music show has put the last note to a string of activities held at the Vietnamese culture centre in Paris to celebrate the 2014 Viet Nam Year in France.
More than VND 105 billion (US$ 4.9 million) will be allocated to restore and conserve King Tu Duc’s tomb in Hue City, announced the Thua Thien – Hue provincial People’s Committee on November 17.