Phu Quoc island district of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang welcomed nearly 370,000 tourists in the first ten months of this year, fulfilling nearly 97 percent of its yearly target.
Following the closing ceremony of the Vietnam heritage photo awards in Ho Chi Minh city, the Vietnam heritage photo exhibition returned to the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on November 22.
The northern province of Nam Dinh has held a ceremony to receive certificates officially recognising its Phu Day festival and Chau Van (spiritual singing) ritual as pieces of National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The “Holland Village 2013” opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22 as part of activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands.
Through October 2013, the Quang Ninh tourism sector welcomed more than 6.5 million tourists, reached 84.7 percent of the year’s plan and a year-on-year rise of 10 percent.
An international conference on spiritual tourism for sustainable development opened in the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh on November 21.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the master plan on developing tourism in the Red River delta and coastal northeast until 2020, with vision to 2030.
The ninth Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day was opened on November 19 in Hanoi for nationwide localities to share experience in preserving and promoting cultural and natural heritage values.
Vietnam has been elected to the 21-member World Heritage Committee (WHC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) during the 2013-2017 tenure for the first time.
Muong ethnic people living in Tu Ne, a rural commune of Tan Lac district in the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, have launched an impassioned project to turn their picturesque land into a tourist hotspot.
A wide range of activities are being hosted during two weeks of Vietnam Days in the Italian city of Genoa.
(TITC) – The People’s Committee of Hoi An City has launched the plan of organizing various activities to celebrate the Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Day (23rd November) and 14th anniversary of Hoi An ancient Town recognized as World Cultural Heritage (November 1999 – 2013).