Ten female artists from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are showcasing their latest paintings at an annual exhibition at the Women Artists Club.
Ray Edmondson, Chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Memory of the World Programme, saw wood blocks printed with Buddhist Sutras that are seeking for UNESCO’s World Documentary Heritage recognition at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang.
Up to 885,200 tourists flocked to the northern province of Quang Ninh during February this year, representing a year-on-year increase of 8%. Of the figure 186,800 were foreigners.
The Thang Long Xanh Investment Company, an affiliate of Archi Group launched Zen Resort project, a Japan-styled resort complex in Hanoi on March 5.
An exhibition of Furoshiki, Japanese wrapping cloths, was held in Hanoi by the Japan Foundation Centre for Culture Exchange in Vietnam on March 3.
The tourism sector recorded an impressive performance last month with over 590,000 foreign visitors visiting the country, up 32.4% from a year ago, says a General Statistics Office report.
Almost 165 antiques dating from Vietnam’s Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century are currently on display in Gyeongju in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from February 28 - March 15.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is ready for the third coffee festival scheduled for March 10-15, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Hieu affirmed.
More than 4,000 foreign tourists visit Halong Bay by cruise ships from February 2 to March 3, according to Trinh Dang Thanh, Deputy Director of the Quang Ninh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has announced a list of 27 companies permitted to provide services for Thai and Lao visitors to the country’s central region.
The central coast city of Danang organized the Gala Dinner 2011 with the theme “Sparking Han River†in HCMC on February 25 to promote tourism products to tour operators, especially the Danang International Fireworks Competition.
Local tour operator Vietravel arranged a familiarization trip for a press group from Cambodia between February 24 and 27, giving them a chance to learn culture, lifestyle, and tourism products in Vietnam at a time when arrivals from Cambodia are increasing strongly.