After two days of competition, the Da Nang International Fireworks Competition 2012 wrapped up on April 30, with the first prize going to a team from Italy.
Cua Lo town in the central province of Nghe An hosted a ceremony on April 30 to launch this year’s sea tourism season. National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung attended the event.
An exhibition to reflect the special relationship between the old capital city of Thang Long and the Thien Truong area in northern Nam Dinh province under the Tran Dynasty from the 18 th -19 th Century, opened in the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on April 27.
The Southern Cuisine Festival kicked off in Can Tho city on April 29 within the framework of activities to mark the progress of ten years of construction and development in the Mekong Delta region.
The "Festival in the Clouds 2012" will open the Sapa Culture-Tourism Week 2012 from April 27 - May 4 with many new features since the previous year.
A mountain market session, as part of the ‘Sac Mau Tay Bac’ (Colours of the Northwest) programme, is being held in Hanoi from April 26-28.
There will be many art performances in 2012, said the head of the Department of Performance Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vuong Duy Bien, at a press briefing held in Hanoi by the Department of Performance Arts on April 25th.
A ceremony for Ha Long Bay to receive the title of ‘World Natural Wonder’ will take place at the My Dinh stadium in Hanoi with the participation of international and Vietnamese visitors.
The central City of Da Nang will hold many special cultural and artistic activities to mark the 37th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam and the 2012 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition which will take place on April 29-30.
Ly Son island in the central province of Quang Ngai welcomed more than 6,000 visitors since the beginning of this year, receiving 200 to 350 tourists a day.
Landscapes and ethnic groups of the northern mountainous region are featured in a photograph exhibition which opened on Apr. 24 in Hanoi.
On 20 April in Ha Noi, General Director of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Van Tuan had a meeting with Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Mr. Taleb Rifai.