The Hoi An International Tourism Centre in Central Quang Nam Province has received its first international motor tour from Singapore to Vietnam.
A ceremony to inaugurate the statue of Emperor Quang Trung, who defeated Qing Dynasty’s 200,000 troops out of Vietnam in the spring of 1789, was held at the Ban Mountain square in the ancient imperial city of Hue on January 9.
HCMC, the country’s biggest tourism center, has mapped out a plan for launching a tourism marketing campaign at home and abroad to speed up a recovery of the sector hurt by the global downturn last year.
The giant statue of the Goddess of Mercy, which is made from the largest jade block in the world, will be brought to Vietnam in mid-January 2010.
An exhibition of 140 outstanding paintings by Vietnamese children aged between 6 and 14 is being held in Paris from January 5-31.
Archaeologists from the Archaeology Institute and the museum of central province of Khanh Hoa have discovered more than 2,000 objects dating back to 2,000-2,500 years ago at the Vinh Yen archaeological site in Van Ninh District.
Among the most valuable artefacts left by the Nguyen Dynasty is King Tu Duc’s gravestone, with an engraving by the king in which he takes a critical look at himself.
After four days, the closing ceremony of Dalat Flower Festival 2010 with theme “flower street and wine†took place on January 4.
Millions of visitors come to Vietnam every year to eat. Concerned about loosing traditional dishes, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) kicked off a three-day cooking contest on January 5 at the Ho Tay Water Park.
Kitchen and medical equipment that was used to serve President Ho Chi Minh during the 15 years he lived and worked at the Presidential Palace have been put on display at the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial Area in Hanoi.
Almost 3 million locals and foreigners flocked to Hoan Kiem Lake to join a flower festival, the 2nd of its kind in Hanoi, which was held from December 30 to January 3.
A Vietnamese calligraphy exhibition featuring works from Buddhist monks from HCMC and Central Highlands provinces closed on January 4 at the Dalat Flower Festival 2010.