The Dak Lak Provincial People’s Committee announced about the upcoming 3rd Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival 2011 on January 17.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will take part the Travex 2011 in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh from January 18 to 22 to popularize the nation's tourism.
The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2011)'s target is to turn ASEAN into an attractive tourism destination and increase the competitiveness of the ASEAN tourism sector in the Asia Pacific region, said Cambodian Minister of Tourism, Thong Khon, in his opening speech at the forum on January 17.
European Union (EU) will provide Vietnam with EUR11 billion to promote environmental and social responsibility in the development of tourism in 2011-2015.
An exhibition of Vietnamese paintings and literature works is taking place in the French southwestern city of Chaniers from January 10-26. Initiated by Béatrice Vedrenne, the city’s librarian, the event is held with the support of the Association of Open Hands (Mains ouvertes).
The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) welcomed 300 overseas tourists and crew sailing aboard the cruise liner Princess Daphne, which docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City on January 15.
A tea and coffee cultural week opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 14.
The Cham Cultural Exhibition Center in Binh Thuan Province will host a week of cultural events for Tet (Lunar New Year) from January 30 to February 8. The highlight of the program is the exhibition of royal costumes of the Cham imperial family.
A conference on tourism promotion for the central Province of Thua Thien-Hue has been held in Hanoi to introduce tourism services and cultural programmes to the Province this year.
The tourism authority has chosen the World Heritage sites, the 1,000-year-old capital of Hanoi and the unique central coast as Vietnam’s highlights at the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2011.
The bilingual Vietnamese-English book named “Tham quan Can Tho qua tranh ve†(Visiting Can Tho through paintings), the first comic-style guide book for the Mekong Delta, was released on January 10.
Hanoi will set off fireworks for 15 minutes (0-0.15 am) on February 3 (the first day of the New Year on lunar calendar) at 29 locations, a municipal official said.