On January 17th, Hanoi Television Magazine under the Hanoi Television and Radio Station will hold a programme about Tet in Hanoi in the past and 2012 to reflect a religious belief in cultural life of Vietnamese people.
Vietnam is now at the top of the list of the world's emerging tourist attractions, as selected by international visitors in 2012, according to a recent report by the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA).
Photos, documents and objects featuring gong heritage of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are on display at an exhibition that opened in the Gia Lai provincial Museum on Jan. 11.
"Vietnam-Timeless charm" and the five colorful petal lotus have just been approved by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism to be the new slogan and logo of National Tourism Promotion program in the period 2012-2020.
The second ‘Ho Chi Minh City – 100 Interesting Facts’ programme was launched by the Ho Chi Minh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, aiming to introduce and promote the city’s culture and tourist attractions and improve the quality of its tourism services.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Hanoi People’s Committee, will co-host a spring programme for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) who return to their homeland for the Tet festival, on Jan. 15 in Hanoi.
Luxury Travel Ltd (a long established specialist in luxury privately guided and fully bespoke holidays in Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand) is expanding its reach with the launch of representative office in London. This office will service UK and Ireland travel agents and tour operators from January 2012.
The Saigontourist Travel Service has coordinated with Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the United Nations to organise a festival to promote HCM City tourism in the US.
Eighty poets from 27 countries are expected to join 40 Vietnamese colleagues to take part in the first Asia-Pacific poetry festival in the northern province of Quang Ninh from February 1-3.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has permitted the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, the Vietnam Cultural Center in France in coordination with Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism to popularize quan ho folklore in France.
By the end of 2011, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province had 152 investment projects in tourism, covering a total area of nearly 4,000 hectares with a total registered capital of more than VND 35.3 trillion, reported the provincial department of culture, sport and tourism.
Vietnam’s water puppeteers will give 40 shows in 10 cities of France from Jan. 15 to March 21, 2012, said Deputy Director of the Vietnam Water Puppet Theatre Nguyen Tien Dung.