More than 50 photos on the northern midland province of Thai Nguyen taken by photo journalists of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) are on display at an exhibition which opened on October 18 in Thai Nguyen city.
A Vietnamese film week opened in Magdeburg city of the Sachsen-Anhalt state on October 14 as part of the Vietnam Year in Germany in 2010. Addressing the opening ceremony, Vietnamese charge d’affaires Bui Ngoc Toan stressed the importance of the film week which takes place in the year Vietnam and Germany celebrate their 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
Vietnam has welcomed nearly four million of foreign arrivals in the first nine months of this year, a huge increase compared to previous years and up 34% against last year figure, according to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
A website was launched on October 13 in Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam to promote tourism of the well-known ancient city that boasts a world heritage site.
The Vietnamese embassy in US celebrated 1,000th birthday of Thang Long-Hanoi on October 15, attracting a large number of overseas Vietnamese in Washington and north eastern states.
Over 300 artifacts from Central Highland ethnic groups belonging to collector Nguyen Van Hai are on display at a museum in Can Tho city from October 14-17. The exhibition features the unique cultural characteristics of ethnic groups from the Central Highlands as it spotlights hunting tools, living utensils, musical instruments and traditional costumes.
As Hanoi approached its 1,000th anniversary, painter Nguyen Cam travelled from Paris to celebrate this momentous historic celebration of passing time with an exhibition at Art Vietnam Gallery.
The Diamond Princess cruise ship, carrying 2,500 international tourists from 47 countries and territories, anchored at Nha Trang Bay in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on October 14.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan opened the Mitsubishi Asian Children’s Enikki Festa 2010-2011 in Hanoi on October 13.
An art exhibition called “Deutschland shop – Vietnam branch†by a group of German and Vietnamese artists opened at Goethe Institute, Hanoi on October 12.
The Japan Foundation for Cultural Exchanges in Vietnam and the Vietnam-Japan Human Resources Corporation Centre (VJCC) will hold a Japanese language festival in Hanoi on October 17.
The visa fee exemption policy took effect on October 10 after the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) had issued guidelines on the policy over weekend.