The luxury cruise ship, Princess Daphne from Portage, has arrived at Halong Bay with 500 passengers on board.
Under the guidance of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition has collaborated with Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA), Cultural Heritage Department and Vietnam National Administration of Tourism to organize the photo contest with the theme “Vietnam’s world heritage sitesâ€.
Thien Duong (Paradise) Cave in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO-recognised world natural heritage site in the central province of Quang Binh, has become a favourite destination of domestic and foreign tourists.
An exhibition featuring thousands of original and digitized versions of Han Chinese – Nom documents issued during the Le (1428-1788), Tay Son (1778-1802) and Nguyen (1802-1945) dynasties has opened at the provincial library of Thua Thien-Hue.
Tourists will soon be able surf in Bali, shop in Singapore and eat spicy street food in Thailand before crossing into Cambodia and cruising the Mekong in Vietnam with a single tourist visa.
101 photos featuring legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap are on display at the Thong Nhat Palace in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) was due to launch a series of activities abroad this year to further promote Vietnam’s culture to the world.
A cuisine culture exchange among ASEAN countries was held in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur on March 22.
An exclusively royal ritual conducted through hundreds of years during the feudal regime was resurrected for the fourth time in the former capital of Hue on March 20.
The world’s largest cruise liner, Queen Mary 2, with over 2,430 tourists aboard, visited Nha Trang Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa on March 21.
A “Vietnam Culture Day†programme took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 19, aimed at increasing understanding on the land and people of Vietnam as well as promoting cooperation.
Four Vietnamese tourist companies - La Palanche Voyages, Luxury Travel, Vietnam Originale and Cle Voyage - joined in the Le Monde à Paris (MAP) International Tourism Fair 2011 from March 17-20.