UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova has promised to consider Vietnam’s submission of the Thang Long Royal Citadel to UNESCO for recognition as a world heritage, while receiving Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Son in Paris on April 7.
Representatives from Vietnam and China met on April 7 and agreed to work together to explore tourism potential of Ban Gioc Waterfalls in northern Cao Bang Province to ensure sustainable development and environmental protection.
The heads of 20 of the largest tourist agencies in France are on a special tour of Vietnam and Cambodia (Famtour) organised by the Vietnam Airlines representative office in France from April 7-12. The visitors are the leaders of well-known French tourism companies such as Afat, Carlson WLT, Go Voyage, Havas Nouvelles Frontieres and Selectour.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has planned marketing activities in France and other Western Europe countries for late August. Vu The Binh, Director of Department of Travel under VNAT, said the road show in France would focus on promoting activities of 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi. The event will be organized by the HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Vietnam Airlines.
Images depicting the culture and people of ASEAN nations are on display from April 5-9 in the lounge of the National Convention Centre, the venue of the 16th ASEAN Summit.
Kon Tum Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has set up a council to examine a lithophone, an ancient musical instrument, which has been found for the first time in the Central Highlands' northern part.
Vietnam’s tourism is planning more promotion activities in China as well as direct meetings between travel firms of the two countries to lure more Chinese passport holders. According to a report of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), around 227,800 Chinese visited the country in the first three months, up 115% year-on-year.
The management board of Quan The Am Pagoda held a ceremony to break ground for the country’s first jade pagoda in the 32ha Ngu Hanh Son sanctuary park in the central city of Danang. The ceremony was part of the Quan The Am Festival taking place in the sanctuary from April 2-4.
The dossier for Hat Xoan Phu Tho has been submitted to UNESCO for recognition as an intangible World Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection as scheduled.
The People’s Committee of Hanoi City and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) have agreed to showcase a part of the relics at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel on the occasion of the capital city’s 1,000th founding anniversary.
Representatives of eight international airlines in HCMC have agreed to broadcast a video clip to promote the city’s one hundred excitements program on international flights, a tourism official said.
Vietnamese cuisine lovers and French-speaking chefs from around the globe gathered in Paris on March 31 for a four-day food festival dubbed “Cooks’ village in Parisâ€.