Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has authorized the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau to host the 2012 International Seaport Festival.
Saigontourist welcomed two international luxury cruise ships carrying more than 4,000 passengers and crew in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Feb. 9.
A Vietnam-Japan friendship association in Chukyo, Japan, presented 500 cherry trees to Hanoi on February 11.
The world’s renowned travel guide, the Lonely Planet, has rated Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region ninth out of the 10 best value destinations for 2012.
On February 7, the Hai Luu traditional buffalo fighting festival 2012 was organised in Vinh Phuc.
An eighty-minute programme featuring Xoan (Spring) singing from the ancestral land of Phu Tho will take place at the Hung Kings temple historical site on February 18.
The Thuong (Upper) Temple Festival commemorating Tran Quoc Tuan opened on February 6 at the Thuong Temple historical and cultural site in northern Lao Cai province.
The 18th festival of Don ca tai tu (Southern amateur music) opened at Van Phuoc communal house in My Le commune, Can Duoc district in the southern province of Long An on February 7.
Vietnam participated in the 53rd Holiday Fair 2012, which took place from Feb. 2-6 in the Belgian capital city of Brussels.
Three out of ten artifact groups in the central city of Hue have been listed for recognition as national treasures, including nine sacred cannons, nine urns and a great bell, said an official on Feb. 7.
Ramón Fernández, a Spanish photographer, has expressed his love for Vietnam through nearly 40 black and white photos which are on display at an exhibition in Navia city in the Asturias Autonomous Region of Spain.
A program named ‘Hoi An Day’ for the first time will be held on February 10 and 11 in Dong Ho, Ky Hoa 1 at 16A Le Hong Phong Street in HCMC’s District 10.