An exhibition, entitled “Hanoi Portraitâ€, opened at 31A Van Mieu, Hanoi, on April 1 displaying 131 works by 58 Vietnamese and four American artists.
More local travel agencies are working on plans to develop caravan services in the ASEAN region, according to a latest report by the HCMC tourism authority.
Thirty sculptures are on display on Tam Linh (Spiritual) Hill at the Ban Don Eco Resort and Spa in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. They are the works of 16 international and national sculptors from the Central Highlands wood sculpture camp, one of the activities of the recent third Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has agreed to let the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism submit two dossiers on two of the country’s cultural practices to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Vietnam received more than 1.15 million foreign visitors in the first quarter of the year, representing a year-on-year increase of 12%, reported the General Statistic Office (GSO).
A delegation of 15 Indian artists will perform at the Hanoi Opera House from April 4-7, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
To celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Uncle Ho’s visit to the fishing village (March 31, 1959 - March 31, 2011), the traditional day of Vietnam’s Aquaculture Industry (April 1) and Cat Ba tourism 2011, People’s Committee of Cat Hai District will coordinate with other departments to organize the fishing village festival with various commemorating, arts and culture activities as follows:
40 lacquer paintings by more than 30 Vietnamese painters, depicting the beauty of Vietnamese land and people, will be displayed at an exhibition in Beijing from April 10 to 17.
Airlines will add more flights between the country’s two biggest cities and the central coast province of Phu Yen from March 31 till April 2 in anticipation of higher air travel demand during the National Tourism Year opening ceremony set on April 1.
The SuperStar Aquarius ship of the Star Cruises Hong Kong Limited will come back to Quang Ninh Province’s Halong City on April 3, nearly three years after the cruise line suspended Halong’s calls.
Paintings of northern Vietnam's beautiful natural landscapes by veteran artist Dang Tin Tuong are currently on exhibit at the Korean Cultural Centre in Hanoi.
The People’s Committee of Phu Yen Province on March 26 inaugurated a historical site, which was once an important port for shipping weapons from the North to the South during the war against the US.