A festival promoting Vietnamese culture and history got underway in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on Sept. 1 as part of activities to mark the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties (1992-2012).
The central province of Quang Nam hosted a record 2.3 million tourists in the first eight months of this year, earning VND3 trillion (US$143 million).
(TITC) - After planning many times, in July 2012, Bernard Picasso's family, the grandson of famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, left for Viet Nam to visit.
The preservation and development of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) cultural features must respect principles of diversity, said Luong Hong Quang, deputy head of the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies.
A Vietnam-Argentina centre opened in Buenos Aires on August 29 to promote Vietnamese culture as well as boost mutual understanding between the two conutries.
With a recent strong growth in international arrivals from Russia, Vietnam's tourism has picked this country as one of the three major source markets, together with South Korea and Japan, to focus promotion activities on.
With the aim to fully exploit the tourism potential, to make tourism to be a key economic sector of Bac Binh district, the district's authorities is mobilizing all resources to invest in marine tourism and ecotourism.
The Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board will organise Malaysia Tourism Week in Ho Chi Minh City from September 11 to 16.
Historical relic Con Dao is proving a magnet to visitors and investors. The image of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province's Con Dao island has over the past months appeared consecutively in the world-famous television channels and magazines like France's TF1 television channel, the US's New York Times and Travel and Leisure magazines and the UK's Lonely Planet magazine.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has submitted to the National Cultural Heritage Council a request for national ranking of 11 cultural relics in 12 provinces and cities of Vietnam.
Foreign tourists gathered recently at the Sai Gon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City for the Hon Viet - The Soul of Vietnam, a show staged by the Mekong Artist Joint-Stock Company.
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)'s tourism industry has consolidated its spearhead role in recent years, with increased proportions of GDP from 10 percent in 2010 and 11 percent in 2011.