“Cooperation in developing tourism within ASEAN†was the theme of a seminar held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) in the central city of Danang on March 27. The seminar was one of the Vietnamese tourism sector’s initiatives to further boost the regional tourism connectivity and cooperation when Vietnam officially assumes the role as the ASEAN Chair.
The People’s Committee ò Hanoi City opened its old quarter information centre at Quan De Temple in Hang Buom Street on March 25.
The German Embassy in Vietnam held a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on March 25 to announce the start of “Germany Year in Vietnam.â€
The Ba Na Cable Car Service Joint Stock Company is building a French-style village on Ba Na Mount to serve domestic and foreign tourists.
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.