More than 200 photos, documentaries and objects featuring the establishment and development of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) are on display at the Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh Museum.
HCMC, the country’s biggest tourism center, has selected a new logo and slogan for its tourism sector, which is designed by an Australian company.
The association of Hanoi people in Germany hosted a gala in Berlin on January 8 to welcome the New Year 2011 and review its operations in 2010.
The successful organisation of activities to mark Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000th birthday in 2010 helped improve the position and prestige of the capital city and the country as well, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has said.
Forty 40 hand-made embroidery works made by Vietnamese artisans using designs and materials from the Republic of Korea are on display in Hanoi.
The Vietnam Institute of Social Sciences on January 4 handed over a showroom displaying typical objects of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel for the Co Loa Relic and Thang Long Ancient Citadel Preservation Centre.
The US Travel and Leisure magazine’s January 2011 edition has honored four Vietnamese hotels in the list of top 500 hotels worldwide.
Over 25,000 tourists flocked to the central province of Khanh Hoa during the first three days of 2011, up more than 20% over the same period last year.
Many tourism promotion trips to foreign countries made in 2010 and careful preparations for Vietnam’s national tourism year in 2011 are aimed at not only attracting more tourists next year but also improving the country’s tourism quality
The HCMC Cultural Heritage Department, the HCMC Academy of Music and HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held international press briefs on January 4 to announce a seminar on don ca tai tu (southern amateur music).
A project to restore the O Quan Chuong (Quan Chuong Gate) in Hanoi’s Old Quarters saw its first phase accomplished on January 4.
The number of tourists to the Hung Temple Complex in the northern province of Phu Tho during the first three day of New Year holidays (January 1-3) reached about 4,500 arrivals, up by 30% against normal days.