Flavours of Vietnam festival opens in Sydney
A food festival themed, “Flavours of Vietnam” opened at Grace Hotel in central Sydney, Australia on Nov. 10.
Largest wedding ceremony in HCM City
A mass wedding ceremony, the largest of its kind, was held for 80 couples of workers in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11.
Cambodia Culture Week to take place next week
The Cambodia Culture Week 2011 will be held in the southern region from Nov. 16-23. The Arts Performance Organising Centre of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that…
Promoting the beauty of Global Geo-park of Dong Van Rock Plateau
Covering the area of 2,350km², Dong Van Rock Plateau belongs to 4 mountainous districts of Ha Giang Province, including Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Meo Vac and Dong Van.
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will spend VND30 billion on the fourth Da Lat flower festival that will take place in Da Lat city from December 30, 2011 to January 3, 2012.
Hat Xoan on UNESCO’s waiting list for recognition as world cultural heritage
Hat Xoan (Xoan singing) is one of Vietnam’s projects to be considered for recognition as the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage at the sixth Conference of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage which will be held in Bali, Indonesia from November 22-29.
India funds restoration of My Son Sanctuary
The Indian Government will provide Vietnam with US$3 million to restore and preserve the My Son Sanctuary – a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage site in the central province of Quang Nam.
A workshop was held in Hanoi on November 8 to discuss the role played by photo heritage and museum in the contemporary life, and introduce the National Photo Museum of Vietnam.
Tours of heritage sites launched
A ceremony to launch tours of Viet Bac heritage sites was held in Bac Kan on November 7 with a special art performance.
HCM City promotes Vietnam tourism in New York
The Saigontourist Travel Service has coordinated with Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the United Nations to organize a festival to advertise HCM City tourism in New York.
An Bang listed among world’s most beautiful beaches
An Bang Beach in Cam An Ward, Hoi An City, has been listed among the world’s top 50 most beautiful beaches by CNNGo Asian tourism magazine.
Metropole Hotel excavates wartime air raid shelter
A long-forgotten air raid shelter was found earlier this week at the landmark Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi when construction workers, who laid the foundation of a new garden bar, struck the shelter’s roof.
An ancient temple was discovered under sand in Tien Thanh village, Ky Khang commune, Ky Anh district, the central province of Ha Tinh.
The rich culture of Vietnam was represented through fairy tales at a two-day festival that opened in Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) in New York on Nov. 5.
SMEI comes to Vietnam   (Nov 08, 2011)
Sales & Marketing Executives International (SMEI), a global professional association, opened its representative office in Vietnam last weekend.
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