The Luxembourg government will provide EUR2.95 million to carry out a EUR3.3 million project to help train personnel for the tourism and hotel sector in Vietnam.
The People’s Committee of Hue City hosted a workshop on making plan for Hue’s sustainable tourism development by 2020 on January 19.
The Saigon Tourist Travel Agency (Saigontourist) has become a leading brand name for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) tourism through its efforts to promote this new type of tourism.
A project is underway to preserve a cultural heritage site in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.
The Ben Tre River was resplendent and solemn as thousands of hoa dang (flower garlands and coloured lanterns) floated on its surface on January 16, commemorating martyrs of an uprising that changed the course of the nation’s history.
The Than Chau Ngoc Viet Gemstones and Jewellery Company on January 18 held a ceremony to begin the sculpting of a jade statue of the Great Buddha Sakyamuni in the northern province of Hai Duong.
Old wooden doors have been used to express the artistic ideas of young painter Tran Lam Binh in his first-ever solo exhibition, recently opened in Hanoi.
An exhibition of 40 Vietnamese drawings by teachers and students at Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts University has opened at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France.
The opening ceremony of the second Coconut Festival was held on January 15 at the foot of the Dong Khoi monument with floral displays, a coconut fashion show, a culinary contest and several children activities.
Music experts have called on administrations at all levels to take part in promoting “Xoan†songs among all classes of people to conserve this fading folk music of the midland province of Phu Tho.
Hanoi plans to put into operation five more luxury hotels, offering an additional 2,000 rooms during National Tourism Year 2010.
A Vietnam-Laos special cultural exchange programme was held at the Lao National Cultural Palace on January 15 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the two countries’ friendship associations (January 15).