The annual Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival opened in Hanoi’s outskirts district of My Duc on February 8 or the 6th day of the first lunar month.
Thousands of visitors flocked to Dong Da Hill in Hanoi on February 7 to celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi – Dong Da Victory.
The HCMC's annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street attracted nearly 800,000 local and foreign visitors during the Tet holiday (Lunar New Year), organisers said.
Splendid displays of fireworks and traditional festivities animated the country during the first week of February to welcome Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls under the zodiac sign of the Cat.
On January 29, the Hanoi Museum displayed nearly 3000 items which have been presented to it by organisations and individuals.
The Sai Gon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) will receive three cruise liners with 3,650 foreign tourists aboard during the traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), which falls on the first week of February.
The Spring Flower Festival 2011 opened in Tao Dan Park, Ho Chi Minh City on January 28 to celebrate the founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3) and the success of the 11th National Party Congress.
A group of 52 artists from HCMC is presenting an overview of current lacquer paintings at their exhibition at the HCMC Fine Arts College.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on January 26 held an award ceremony of logo-symbol designing contest for the National Tourism Promotion Programme over the 2011-2015 period.
A photo contest on world heritages in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi on January 27. The contest, jointly organised by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition, the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists, the National Cultural Heritage Department and Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, aims to popularise, preserve and develop the value of the nation’s 11 UNESCO-recognised, cultural intangible, tangible and natural heritages.
An estimate of 1.7 million foreign visitors flocked to Hanoi during the National Tourism Year 2010, representing a year-on-year increase of 62%.
A photo exhibition by French photographer Sebastien Laval, entitled “Communities through timeâ€, has opened at L'Espace, the French cultural centre in Hanoi.