Fifteen outstanding tour guides from travel agents across the country attended the final round of a contest held in Hanoi on August 15 by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism to honour the profession and set standards for tourism.
A Vietnam Cultural Week will open in Brussels, Belgium from September 1-4 to mark Vietnam as ASEAN chair, Belgium as EU president, and Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary.
Hundreds of artisans from the Coi Xua Handicraft and Export Co in Van Lam craft village in the northern province of Ninh Binh have gathered to make an enormous embroidery entitled Coi Xua (Old Origins) to celebrate the Hanoi's 1,000th anniversary and express their love for the capital city.
Tourism enterprises from both China and HCMC are pinning high hopes on a road show held here on August 11 by China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) as visitors arrivals between the two sides are rising by double-digit rates.
One hundred outstanding Vietnamese and German students visited the Bai Dinh pagoda, which is considered the biggest one in Southeast Asia, in the northern province of Ninh Binh on August 14.
An exhibition depicting the close link between the ancient capital of Thang Long and Ha Long Bay over the past 1,000 years of history opened on August 12 in Tuan Chau international resort in the coastal city of Ha Long , Quang Ninh province.
A photo exhibition on Ha Long Bay opened in New York on Aug. 11 as part of campaign to vote for Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay as world natural wonder.
Thousands of Sa Huynh Culture artefacts, some dating back to the fifth century BC, have been discovered at Phu Truong in Phan Thiet following three months of excavations.
The grand ceremony of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi will take place in the next more than 50 days. Hanoi’s preparations for the event were discussed at a meeting on August 10, presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, head of the National Steering Committee for the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
More than 10,000 monks, nuns and Buddhist followers from 20 southern provinces are expected to attend the largest-ever religious ceremony at Lac Canh-Dai Nam-Van Hien Tourist Resort in Binh Duong province on August 14-15 for the Vu Lan Festival.
Tourism leaders of Vietnam and China signed an agreement in Hanoi on August 9 to tighten cooperation in a large swath of areas from training and joint marketing to development of new tourism products, an official said.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has submitted to the central Government a plan on developing tourism infrastructure in the 2010-2015 period, highlighting localities that should be prioritized in the coming years.