The Con Dao Islands, an archipelago in the southeastern province of Ba Ria–Vung Tau, include 16 small and big islands, covering an area of 76 square kilometres. Famous for pristine beaches and monument prisons, Con Dao promises great potential for tourism development. The archipelago has recently been honoured in the top 20 most mysterious islands in the world by US’s Travel and Leisure Magazine.
The UK TNT art troupe will perform a Macbeth opera in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City in late October and early November.
67 paintings by 49 artists on industry, agriculture, environment and nature in mountainous areas are on display at an exhibition held by the Vietnam Fine Arts Association in Hanoi.
Vietnam and Laos have agreed to further cooperation in culture and tourism at a talks held in Hanoi on July 30.
A Sino-Nom calligraphy training programme will open at Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) in Hanoi this September.
On July 26, 2011, the Australian delegation including ten members from tour operators in Sydney completed its 5-day Fam trip to Viet Nam. This is an opportunity for the Australian tour operators to survey Viet Nam’s tourism potentiality to build and sell tours to Viet Nam for Australian visitors.
The Union of Science for Sustainable Tourism Development (STDe) plans to promote salt parks to tourists as an environmentally friendly attraction.
A workshop on cooperative potential in investment, trade, tourism, culture and education between the central province of Quang Tri and Mukdahan province of Thailand was held on July 28 in Quang Tri.
A total of 206 photos selected from the contest themed, “World heritages in Vietnam†will be displayed at exhibitions in Hanoi and the central city of Da Nang on the occasion of National Day (September 2) and Capital Liberation Day (October 10).
Organizers of the cooking challenge Young Chef Cup 2011 awarded gold medals and certificates of recognition to rookie chefs who impressed judges with their outstanding cooking skills and presentation.
In July, the number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam reached an estimated 460,000; raising the figure for the first seven months this year to more than 3.42 million - representing a year-on-year increase of 17.3 percent.
Since the start of this year, the Van Mieu–Quoc Tu Giam Scientific and Cultural Activities Centre has welcomed more than 700,000 visitors, 60 percent of which are foreign visitors.