A play with a French and Vietnamese cast will be performed at the Hanoi Opera House on Dec. 14 and 15 and then tour France during 2012-13.
The Quang Nam provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 13 hosted a workshop to launch a tourism promotion project in its disadvantaged areas.
The Hanoi People’s Committee has plans to let off fireworks during the Lunar New Year’s Eve 2012 at 29 places, including four high-range displays and 25 low-range displays.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations of Hanoi hosted an international art performance at the Hanoi Opera House on Dec. 12 to welcome the New Year 2012.
The southern city of Can Tho will host an exhibition on 10 years of development in the Mekong Delta in April 2012, along with the 37th anniversary celebration of the total liberation of Southern Vietnam.
The first phase of the Ho Tram Strip project, to build a top-notch beach resort in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, has been completed and is expected to open the door to tourists in early 2013.
Two Venezuelan musicians, Maurice Reyna and Yoko Yoshizawa, will perform in Vietnam from December 12-19.
A project to build a cultural and tourism village showcasing Vietnamese ethnic groups was introduced to overseas Vietnamese and French investors at a roundtable in Paris on December 10.
Certificates of National Heritage were awarded to the Hanoi Opera House and August Revolution Square in downtown Hanoi during a ceremony held on December 9 to mark the centenary of the historic theatre.
An international workshop on cultural policy and management in the context of globalization will take place in Hanoi on December 15-16.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced yesterday that it will increase its domestic airfares by 15-20% from December 15, following the Ministry of Finance’s new price ceiling on domestic routes.
Las Vegas Sands plans to build a tourism complex in Ho Chi Minh City at a cost of more than 2 billion USD.