The Mong ethnic minority people in the north will hold their first ever panpipe festival in the mountainous province of Ha Giang on Aug. 21 and 22.
The local tourism sector needs USD 42.5 billion during the next 10 years, for the development of infrastructure and service. The funding is needed to increase the number of local tourists from 28 million in 2010 to 47-48 million in 2020 and foreign tourist arrivals from 5.05 million to 10 million.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will organize Vietnam cultural weeks in large cities in Russia and Ukraine in September and November to promote Vietnam’s image in Eastern Europe.
Unique cultural features, traditions and customs of five ethnic groups, Cho ro, Cham, E de, Jrai, and M’nong, are introduced at the Culture-Tourism Village for Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi’s outlying Son Tay town.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a delegation from the city circus to participate in the 2011 International Summer Circus Festival (Circuba 2011) in Havana, Cuba from August 8-14.
The Dong Van Stone Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang attracted 30,000 tourists, including over 10,000 foreigners, helping raise the province’s tourism revenue to 41 billion VND in July.
Vietnamese beer has been present along with 2,000 other kinds of beers at the 15th Berlin International Beer Festival, which took place on Karl Marx Boulevard in the heart of Berlin from Aug. 5-7
Four traditional handicrafts associated with Hanoians' daily life in the past are reappearing at four addresses in the Old Quarter from August 5.
From August 27 to September 2, the northwestern province of Son La will promote the tourism potential of the region under the program ‘Crossing Tay Bac-Son La 2011’.
A contest to design a logo for the World Cultural Heritage My Son Champa relics has been officially launched, aimed at both local and foreign organizations.
Vietnam’s rich culture is being introduced for the first time at the Fortenzza Summer Fair, which takes place in the Italian city of Florence from July 21 to August 15.
The central province of Thua Thien Hue has been spending VND49 trillion on 43 construction projects for its 2012 National Tourism Year.