Vietnam Television has launched Folk Singing Festival 2011 to discover new original folk melodies peculiar to each region as well as prominent folk singing voices.
Colour has the strongest influence on emotion, according to artist Van Duong Thanh. Her art is not about the tangible but about the abstract. But although the universe is like a fantasy, it does evoke very strong images and feelings.
Two Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta localities and a Central Highland province are discussing the possibility of a co-operative tourism programme that will allow them to offer better quality tourism products at reasonable prices.
The number of travelers booking tours for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday has increased by some 30%, though prices this year are also some 30% higher, tour operators said.
The capital should tap into its natural resources and cultural and historical heritage, and diversify its unique tourism products and services, said the Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Mai Tien Dung at a workshop titled "Tourism Investment Promotion in Hanoi".
A traditional music exchange programme between students from China’s Beijing University and their peers from Vietnam National Academy of Music took place in Hanoi on December 27.
The Vietnamese embassy in Germany organised a ceremony in Berlin on December 26 to review ‘Vietnam Year’ in Germany.
The Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts was assigned to plan the Highland gong culture preservation project by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Vietnam on December 24 had international tourist number five million for 2010 – a visitor from China. This opened a new page in the development of the tourism industry. The welcome mat was put out for Zhou Ying, a Chinese auditor, who flew into Vietnam on flight VN901, from Beijing to Hanoi.
The fifth gastronomy festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 26 to promote Vietnamese and international food to domestic and foreign visitors.
A tourism-cultural week 2010 is taking place in the northwestern province of Son La on December 25-28.
The US National Geographic online magazine listed Vietnam’s Halong Bay as 6th in world’s top ten sailing cruise.