A major film on the history of Hanoi will start shooting on March 15 and will be shown on the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city, said the film director Luu Trong Ninh.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is planning to engage professional event companies in its promotion programs in major foreign markets this year to make sure they will succeed.
An exhibition displaying 100 antiques with some dating back to the first century will open in Hanoi from February 11 till March 10 for antique lovers as a stop for their city sight-seeing tour during Tet holiday.
A photo exhibition on the Vietnamese land and people opened in Cairo on February 9. Exhibits including photos and documents on President Ho Chi Minh and traditional costumes and folk paintings are on display.
The Vietnamese ambassadors in Laos and Bulgaria hosted celebrations for the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival which will fall on February 14.
A Vietnamese culture week opened in Cairo, Egypt on February 9, drawing international guests, ambassadors, Egyptian people, Vietnamese students in Egypt and international reporters.
A total of 1,500 foreign tourists on board the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Legend of the Sea arrived in Halong Bay, a UNESCO-recognised world cultural heritage site, in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh, on February 9.
A two-week Spring Flower Fair, the first cultural event of the Tet Festival, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on February 8.
A gala night of Ca Tru (Ceremonial songs) and Quan Ho (Love duets) took place at the Hanoi Opera House to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
HCMC Fine Arts Museum has opened a new exhibition of artefacts from Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands).
A book featuring 200 Hanoians’ authentic dishes will be published on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Fireworks will be set off in 63 provinces and cities nationwide on the night of February 13, the last day of the Lunar New Year of 2009 to welcome the Year of Tiger.