The first meeting of the Steering Committee and the Organizing Board for the 2012 National Tourism Year recently took place in the old imperial city of Hue. Thua Thien Hue Province will host nine master events during the year.
The 2011 Da Nang Summer Destination Festival officially kicked off at the Bien Dong (East Sea) Park in the central city of Da Nang on June 25.
The event marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic ties (August 6).
State President Nguyen Minh Triet on June 22, 2011 attended a ground-breaking ceremony for the restoration and embellishment of a memorial area dedicated to late President Ho Chi Minh in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.
The HCMC government has just asked the municipal Police Department to consider a plan to establish the tourist police bureau to protect tourists in the city, an official said.
HCMC-based Vietravel and APEX Vietnam Co., LTD have said chartered flights will take hundreds of Japanese tourists to HCMC, the major groups to the city since an earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan in March.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and the Oc Eo Art Gallery, which specialises in Vietnamese painting and Asian fine art, opened an exhibition showcasing paintings that depict the beauty of Vietnam’s land and people in London on June 20.
Composer/pianist Francesco Tristano will perform a free concert at the Hanoi Opera House on Thursday, 23 June 2011, to mark the National Day of Luxembourg, reports the Vietnam News Agency.
Tourism Malaysia on Tuesday, 21 June 2011, held a travel mart titled Make It Malaysia in the capital city Kuala Lumpur as part of the country’s effort to woo more travelers from within the ASEAN region, especially Vietnam.
Developing MICE tourism would bring benefits, not only to the tourism sector, but also to general trade and the promotion of the image of the country, said Gilbert Whelan, former President of the Pacific-Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the Director of MICE Club Vietnam.
The Minister of Transportation has approved an airport construction project with a total investment of more than 3.4 trillion VND, in the southern province of An Giang.
A charity and art programme entitled “Journalists – Events and Witnesses†took place in Hanoi on June 20 to celebrate the 86th Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925-2011).