Foreign arrives into Vietnam increased by 50.3% year on year to 440,000 in May, bringing the total number of foreign arrivals to 2.2 million in the first five months of the year or 37.7% over the same period last year.
The “Vietnam Week†and a photo exhibition on Vietnam kicked off in Mexico on May 25 as part of activities to mark 35 years of Vietnam-Mexico diplomatic ties.
Vietnamese folk singing or “Quan Ho Bac Ninh†has been included in the list of “Best in Asia 2010†published by the US magazine The Times. In an article entitled “Dial-a-Lovely-Old-Song†by Martha Ann Overland on May 13, the magazine categorised Vietnamese folk singing in the “The Best of Soul†section.
Buddhist monks and calligraphers have opened a huge arts exhibition with thousands of paintings, calligraphy works and sculptures at the Pho Quang Pagoda to celebrate the 2,554th birthday of the Buddha. The birthday observed on the 14th day of the 4th lunar month.
French artistes will play a substantial part in the Hue Festival 2010, which will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 5-13.
The HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is inviting traders to join the Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010 program and will receive registrations from next month, a tourism official said. La Quoc Khanh, Deputy Director of the department, said that shopping centers, retail outlets and other traders could register at the department office at 140 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in District 3.
An exhibition of ancient Asian artefacts has got underway in the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi.
The Thien Duong Cave in Bo Trach District in Quang Binh Province has recently been found to be 31km long, a new record for the country.
Vietnam’s handicraft items have been displayed at an exhibition in Verneuil-sur-Arve in the central French province of Eure by the France-Vietnam friendship and solidarity association (AASFV).
South African Ambassador to Vietnam Ratubatsi Super Moi-loi says the African Day will help promote the friendship, solidarity and cooperation between Vietnam and Africa.
Vietnamese and foreign children in Hanoi will have a chance to show their cultures at the “Friendship Connections†programme to be held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on May 29-30 on the occasion of International Children’s Day (June 1). They will involve in costume shows, dances, singing, and play musical instruments, games and toys.
Halong Bay offers an incredibly beautiful landscape naturally formed by thousands of islands and islets. Recently, Halong Bay's management board has attempted to lure tourists through an experimental project that transforms caves into natural theatres.