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.
A painting exhibition called Mau Xanh (Green) by artist Nguyen Thuy Huong opened at Applied Arts Gallery, 5 Phan Dang Luu Street in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District.
Thua Thien-Hue’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on March 20 organised a ceremony to announce the city’s Tourism Year 2010 and presented to the public the country’s biggest plain rice cake.
The central province of Khanh Hoa on March 18 and 19 welcomed more than 2,800 foreign tourists and crew by sea.
A school of Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) made its debut in Hanoi on March 18, helping preserve humanity’s intangible cultural heritage.
Vietnamese traditional products are being showcased at the 15th handicraft and fine arts fair in Algeria's capital city of Algiers, which takes place from March 18-25.
The Hanoi Housing Development and Investment Corporation on March 19 kicked off a VND12 billion (USD613,000) project to refurbish the moat surrounding the Son Tay Ancient Citadel.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will focus its promotion programme in 2010 on the Russian market, said a VNAT official at the opening ceremony of the Moscow International Tourism Expo 2010 on March 17. According to Deputy Director of Department of Tourism Market under VNAT Nguyen Thanh Vuong, Vietnam received 50,000 Russian visitors in 2009 and expects to welcome 100,000 in 2010.
The Vietnam News Agency launched its website on Thang Long-Hanoi at www.hanoi.vietnamplus.vn on March 18, which becomes the first and only website on the capital city published in four languages. The site - a cooperative project between the People’s Committee ò Hanoi City and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) - not only aims to serve the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi but also will be…