The HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has completed an inventory of historical-cultural relics in the city that it plans to recommend for recognition as national and city-level relics.
As many as 71 “thuy mac†(ink-and-wash) paintings on Vietnam’s land and people are on display in Hanoi to celebrate the capital’s millennium anniversary and raise fund for the poor.
Thousands of objects belonging to Sa Huynh culture that dated from 2,500-3,000 years ago have been discovered during excavations carried out in the Ma Vuong Mound in Pho Thach Commune, Duc Pho District, Quang Ngai Province from June 17-July 4 this year.
Nearly 17,000 cherry trees will be planted around Tuyen Lam Lake in the Central Highlands resort city of Dalat by the end of this year.
The tourism authorities of Hanoi and three neighboring provinces will cooperate to tap their local potentials and thus make their tourism products more attractive to travelers.
Nearly 376,000 international visitors have arrived in the country this month, a 7% rise from last month and a 34.6% year-on-year pickup, though this is a low season, said the National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
The award presentation ceremony of the fifth National Tourism Artistic Photo Contest took place in Hanoi on July 1, coinciding with the opening of an exhibition showcasing the outstanding photos.
A large number of visitors have visited the traditional farm model of the Thai ethnic minority group in Nghe An province, which was built up in the Tregomeur Zoological garden in the Cotes d’Armor province, France, on June 27.
Vietnam Days will be held in China and Russia with several special events, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Thirty hotels, 20 travel agencies and 15 tourism service enterprises were presented with the Vietnam Tourism Award 2010 at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 29. Of the 2010 winners, Saigontourist Travel Company remained in the top of the list of domestic and international travel agencies.
A national seminar was held in Hanoi on June 29 to shed light on Vietnam’s tourism development in the international integration process.
An exhibition displaying 50 works of calligraphy in Korean script based on President Ho Chi Minh’s prison diary opened in the central province of Nghe An on June 29.