Efforts are being to compile a national dossier on Nghe thuat don ca tai tu (Southern amateur music) to be nominated to UNESCO as a mankind intangible cultural heritage.
A Vietnamese youth delegation, led by the first secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Vo Van Thuong, attended the opening ceremony of the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students in Pretoria, South Africa on December 13.
The number of Chinese visitors to Ho Chi Minh City in the first 11 months of this year rose by 189% over the same period of last year, according to the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Thirty contemporary oil paintings by French-Vietnamese artist Robert Mihagui are on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.
Indian officers have introduced new offers including visa on arrival and train tours in that country in a move to attract more Vietnamese travelers to India’s places of interest, particularly Buddhist sites.
Local travel firm Viet Excursions on December 10 brought two luxury cruise ships, Le Diamant of France and SeaBourn Pride of the US to the Tien Sa Port in the central city of Danang.
Vietnam ranks 12th among 181 countries and territories in term of tourism growth in the next ten years, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The council estimates that Vietnamese tourism sector reached a growth rate of 3.4% this year and this rate will increase to 7.3% in the next ten years.
Despite Russia not yet being included in the list of Vietnam’s top 10 tourism markets, visitors from the East European country still create a promising market for Vietnam’s tourism industry, says Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Manh Cuong.
December marks the beginning of the world's leading festive season as people prepare to celebrate Christmas and welcome the New Year.
Eight ASEAN embassies in Egypt held a festival of ASEAN family day on December 11 with the participation of foreign diplomats from ASEAN countries and their families.
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Havana, Cuba, and the Federation of University Students (FEU) on December 9 held a cultural exchange to mark the 50th anniversary of Vietnamese-Cuban diplomatic ties (December 2, 1960 – December 2, 2010).
The hub of Vietnam’s tourism, HCMC, will launch a month-long promotion for visitors to the city with attractive discounts from December 15 to January 15. It will promote the city as a tourist destination during the high season, the tourism department said.