Ship HMNZS TE MANA of New Zealand ’s Navy with 27 officers and 148 sailors aboard arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on June 27, beginning a five-day visit to the locality.
UNESCO recognised the Ho Dynasty in the central province of Thanh Hoa as World Cultural Heritage site on June 27.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo and Japan’s NHK Broadcasting Corporation hosted an exchange to introduce Vietnam’s country and people on June 24.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has highlighted a plan to develop the Nui Coc Lake national tourism area in the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen until 2020 with a vision to 2030.
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.