The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and Vietnam Airlines jointly held a seminar and a gala night to promote the Vietnamese tourism in Kuala Lumpur on March 5.
Thousands of pilgrims from Mekong Delta provinces, mostly ethnic Khmer, flocked to the Chua Doi (Bat Pagoda) in Soc Trang City to celebrate the restoration of the famous monument.
A flying dragon design from the Ly Dynasty has been used as the model for a limited edition of bronze statues made to celebrate 1,000 years since the foundation of Hanoi.
The management board of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park said that film makers from the US prestigious National Geographic Magazine will shoot a film about the Son Dong Grotto, the largest one in the National Park, starting on March 11.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and Hanoi municipal authorities on March 5 celebrated the completion of the casting of a statue of the legendary hero of Thanh Giong (Saint Giong) in Phu Linh Commune, Soc Son District, Hanoi.
An exhibition showcasing films that highlight the image of Vietnamese women in wartime and in the process of national reconstruction opened on March 5 in Hanoi.
An ancient Cham tower has been discovered in Bac Binh District in the southern province of Binh Thuan, said Nguyen Xuan Ly, Director of the provincial Museum.
Almost 3,000 people flocked to the northern province of Ninh Binh on March 4 for a cultural programme entitled “Vietnamese business people with Hoa Lu-Thang Long-Hanoi: 1,000 years of construction and sustainable development†for Vietnamese business people to celebrate the millennial anniversary of their country’s capital.
The HCM City-based Vietbooks and Vietnam News Agency’s Publishing House have released a collection of Vietnamese records.
A yearbook charting Hanoi’s 1,000-year history and the cultural relics in the capital has recently been published by the Publishing House of Culture and Information.
Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan and a delegation from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) were present at Hanoi’s main airport on March 3 to receive a sari, said to be that of the Lord Buddha, brought to Vietnam from India.
The Arirang Tourist Company from the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a nanta show in Hanoi on March 2 in an effort to lure more Vietnamese tourists to the Northeast Asia country.