Vietnam’s Quan Ho (love duets) and Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) folk songs will be officially recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritages at the Bac Ninh Festival 2010 due to open on April 19, 2010.
A royal procession of elephants, horses and hundreds of people dressed in Nguyen Dynasty ceremonial costumes was re-enacted in the evening of April 8 in the city of Hue.
Eight international airlines are promoting HCMC’s most popular tourist destination on flights to the southern hub.
Hanoi has received UNESCO’s certificate recognising 82 stone steles in the Temple of Literature as World Documentary Heritage. The stele engraved with doctoral records during the Le and Mac dynasties (1442-1779) were recognised at the annual meeting of the Committee for World Memory in Asian-Pacific in Macao, China in mid March.
The Luong Prabang Department of Information and Culture in coordination with the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos on April 8 opened an exhibition of propaganda posters featuring the late President Ho Chi Minh.
UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova has promised to consider Vietnam’s submission of the Thang Long Royal Citadel to UNESCO for recognition as a world heritage, while receiving Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Son in Paris on April 7.
Representatives from Vietnam and China met on April 7 and agreed to work together to explore tourism potential of Ban Gioc Waterfalls in northern Cao Bang Province to ensure sustainable development and environmental protection.
The heads of 20 of the largest tourist agencies in France are on a special tour of Vietnam and Cambodia (Famtour) organised by the Vietnam Airlines representative office in France from April 7-12. The visitors are the leaders of well-known French tourism companies such as Afat, Carlson WLT, Go Voyage, Havas Nouvelles Frontieres and Selectour.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has planned marketing activities in France and other Western Europe countries for late August. Vu The Binh, Director of Department of Travel under VNAT, said the road show in France would focus on promoting activities of 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi. The event will be organized by the HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Vietnam Airlines.
Images depicting the culture and people of ASEAN nations are on display from April 5-9 in the lounge of the National Convention Centre, the venue of the 16th ASEAN Summit.
Kon Tum Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has set up a council to examine a lithophone, an ancient musical instrument, which has been found for the first time in the Central Highlands' northern part.
Vietnam’s tourism is planning more promotion activities in China as well as direct meetings between travel firms of the two countries to lure more Chinese passport holders. According to a report of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), around 227,800 Chinese visited the country in the first three months, up 115% year-on-year.