The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has issued a draft programme on tourism promotion in 2010, emphasising discounts for tourists in the low season.
An exhibition of 99 ancient swords recently opened in Hanoi, offering visitors a chance to learn more about history's most popular weapon.
Posha Inu Towers, seven kilometers northeast of Phan Thiet City and located on Ong Hoang Hill, attracted over 2,500 international tourists to visit and enjoy Cham ethnic artistic performances during the Tet holiday.
Airfares for domestic air routes will increase by VND100,000-180,000 starting March 1, 2010 according to a recent decision of the Ministry of Finance.
The Lim Festival in the northern province of Bac Ninh, dedicated to traditional love duet singing, lured up to 10,000 visitors on the 13th day of the first lunar month or February 26.
A pictorial book on Vietnam’s natural landscape and people has been published by Russia’s Vokruk Sveta Publishing House.
A painting of Bodhisattva has just been returned to the Tam Thai Pagoda in the central city of Da Nang after being held in a Japanese temple for four centuries.
A traditional martial art and calligraphy troupe from Guangxi, China, arrived in HCMC on February 25 for a cultural exchange programme as part of activities to mark 60 years of diplomacy between Vietnam and China.
The People’s Committee of Ha Tinh Province has approved a beachside eco-resort project on an area of 1,557ha at Thien Cam national tourism site in the north-central coast province.
A festival to worship the ancestor of Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province was held at Nam Dieu Temple in Thanh Ha Ward on February 23 (the tenth day of the first lunar month).
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.