Rare prints composed by world famous Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes between 1810 and 1820 are on display for the second time in Vietnam at an exhibition in the HCMC Fine Arts Museum. The 33 etchings are from Goya’s series Disaster of War, which is a collection of painful scenes from Spain’s War of Independence (1808-1814) against the French.
A painting exhibition opened at a showroom of the Judith Hughes Day Contemporary Vietnamese Fine Art in New York on March 24.
A new cable car system in the southern province of Binh Phuoc will highlight its tourism potential and attract investor interest in eco-tourism projects, local officials said.
A seminar seeking ideas to promote cooperation in the tourism industry among the Central Highlands and Southern Central provinces took place in Pleiku City on March 24.
Vietnam’s tourism sector hopes the Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010 program, which will take place in August and September this year, will prompt the development of shopping tours as tourist spending in Vietnam is still small.
A nine-day artistic photo exhibition, entitled Nhip Thoi Gian (Rhythm of Time), will open at Danang’s general science library on March 25, said artist Phan Ngoc Hoi.
Some USD2.6 million from the “Greater Mekong Subregion Sustainable Tourism Development†project will be injected into the central province of Quang Binh to preserve and upgrade ecological tourism in the locality.
Preparations for the third international fireworks competition have nearly been completed, ready for the opening day on March 27.
Famed painter Van Duong Thanh debuted her “A Glimpse of Thang Long - One Thousand Year†collection in Hanoi on March 17.
Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to welcome 3,250 European tourists from two five-star international cruise ships - the Costa Classica and the Costa Allegra - on March 22 and 23.
The central province of Quang Ngai broke ground on March 20 for the construction of a multi-purpose marine tourist site at a cost of VND400 billion (USD21.2 million).
An exhibition featuring Vietnamese women’s daily lives kicked off in Paris, France, on March 20. The exhibition, co-sponsored by the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France and the French association for Vietnamese children affected by Agent Orange/Dioxin, is showcasing 50 colour and black and white photos of different sizes.