The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and tourism entrepreneurs on February 28 will start promotion programs in three ASEAN countries -- Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, an official said.
The 8th Vietnam Poetry Day was held by the Vietnam Writers’ Association at the Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on February 24 in coordination with the HCMC Writers’ Association.
Works began on a four-star hotel on February 23 in the misty mountainous town of Sapa in Lao Cai Province.
A host of ancient objects dating back to the 10th -18th century have been discovered at the Hoa Lu ancient capital relic in the present-day northern province of Ninh Binh.
A gathering of overseas Vietnamese to celebrate Tet took place in Belgium on February 20, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, attracting Vietnamese expatriates from Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and France.
Thousands of tourists and pilgrims flocked to the opening ceremony of this year’s Yen Tu Spring Festival in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on February 23, the tenth day of the first lunar month. Yen Tu has so far welcomed over 250,000 visitors since the first day of the Lunar New Year and its festival will last three months during spring.
A Vietnamese day will be held at the Corinthia Royal Budapest on February 25 to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Hungary diplomatic relations.
Hanoi collectors found their own way to celebrate Tet — by displaying more than 100 artefacts from Vietnam and neighbouring countries at an exhibition that opened in the capital.
Vietnam and Russia set to further boost collaboration in art and culture from 2010 to 2012 after signing a cooperation programme in Hanoi on February 23.
A number of folk paintings of the Republic of Korea (RoK) are displayed at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on February 23.
The Embassy of Vietnam in Denmark, in collaboration with the Danish-Vietnamese Association (DVA), has organised a “Day of Vietnamese Culture†in the capital city of Copenhagen.
The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) has received thousands of foreign maritime tourists in the first days of the year of the Tiger. The cruise liner Costa Allegra anchored at the NaviOil Port in Ho Chi Minh City on February 23, bringing 1,250 foreign tourists and crew.