The Hue Monuments Preservation Centre is currently gathering decorative verses from royal buildings for which to seek UNESCO World Documentary Heritage recognition.
Thousands of Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns, followers and tourists flocked to the Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) festival from March 9-11 to offer prayers of peace for the nation.
The Vietnamese embassy in Canada and the Hanoi-based Ky Nguyen Tourism and Trading Company are participating in the 18 th Canada Tourism Expo, which opened in the Ottawa Conference Centre on March 10.
Saigontourist Travel Service Co welcomed some 500 passengers and crew members who arrived aboard British cruise ship Spirit of Adventure in HCM City ’s Sai Gon Port on March 9 as part of a three-day tour of the city and Nha Trang.
On Mar 7, at the head office of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) made a report on preliminary result of “Assessment on Foreign Assistance for Vietnam’s Tourism 2000-2011â€.
A troupe from the Thang Long Water Puppetry of Vietnam will bring its fascinating shows to the Havana puppet festival, where they will perform from March 23-25, at the invitation of the Cuban Ministry of Culture.
The event has attracted businesses from Vietnam, Thailand, China, Laos and Cambodia, aimed at boosting trade ties among members of the East-West Economic Corridor, particularly as Southeast Asian countries are looking forward to establishing an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015.
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is planning to open a representative office in Japan to facilitate its tourism marketing activities and speed up cooperation between travel firms of the two nations. The plan is part of VNAT’s effort to receive one million Japanese tourist arrivals to Vietnam by 2015.
After difficult period, cruise tourism gradually stabilizes and promises to grow in 2012. Some cruise firms specializing in exploiting in Asian market reopened liner ships to Vietnam. This year promises to facilitate the development of cruise tourism in Vietnam after underdeveloped time due to poor infrastructure, limitations in branding destination strategy and human resources.
The Tay Thien festival kicked off in Dai Dinh commune, Tam Dao district, Vinh Phuc province on March 7 (the fifteenth day of the second lunar month), with the attendance of Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung.
“Heritage Tourism†has been selected as the official theme of the National Tourism Year of the North-Central - Hue 2012.
Mekong Aviation JSC (Air Mekong) has announced plans to increase its flight offerings to some destinations during the two upcoming national holidays, Hung Kings commemoration (March 31) and May Day.