A tourism programme opened in the northwestern province of Son La on August 27 to mark the August Revolution (August 19) and Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).
In the first eight months of 2011, nearly 4 million foreign tourists arrived in Vietnam, a year-on-year increase of 18.4 percent, reported the Vietnam National Tourism Administration.
The Vietnamese Culture Days opened in Busan city in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Aug. 26.
The “Yosakoi – 1,000 years of Hanoi †team of Vietnam participated the Harajuku Omotesando Super Yosakoi 2011 Festival held in Tokyo from August 27-28.
The Hungary-Vietnam Friendship Association will exhibit a collection of 800 Vietnamese stamps in Budapest from September 2-7 to mark Vietnam’s National Day.
To give tourists a fun time on National Day vacations, the Cham Cultural Exhibition Center in Phan Hiep Commune, Bac Binh District, Phan Thiet City will host many attractive programs.
A fine arts and photography competition entitled ‘Ethnic Minorities in the South 2011’ was launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the War Martyrs' and Heroes' Memorial Monument in Hanoi will be temporarily closed for maintenance and repairs from September 5 to November 4.
Vietnam has welcomed almost 4 million foreign visitors since the beginning of this year, a year-on-year rise of 18.3 percent, and earned nearly 85 trillion VND in revenue from tourism.
The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MICT) of Laos and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) of Vietnam will jointly host “ Vietnam ’s Cultural Week in Laos †from August 30 to September 4, in Vientiane.
Over the past eight months, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has greeted nearly 2.12 million foreign tourists. The figure represents a year-on-year increase of 10 percent and fulfills 60 percent of the year's target, said the city's Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.
The leading United Arab Emirates-based newspaper Gulf News on August 20 ran an article entitled “Discover Vietnam†by Skhan Kar, deputy editor in chief of Gulf News’s photo magazine.