David Minh Duc designer and EvE Group’s models have set off to Milan, Italy and Madrid, Spain to showcase 30 traditional long dresses (ao dai) in a fashion show themed “Vietnam’s perfume and beautyâ€.
An exhibition entitled “Halong Bay – 15 years as a World Heritage Site†opened in Hanoi on December 11 to mark the 15th anniversary of UNESCO-recognized bay as a World Heritage Site.
Some 60 dancers from Japan and five countries in the Mekong River region, including Vietnam, joined in an art performance held in Tokyo in the framework of the Mekong-Japan Exchange Year 2009.
Food festival “Thang Long culinary art in the heart of Southern Vietnam†kicked off in HCMC on December 11 in an effort to promote millennium anniversary of Hanoi.
A programme of cultural exchanges to promote Vietnam’s image will be held in France on December 14, 2009 by the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, pinning high hopes on the development of the country’s tourism industry, targets to triple its revenue to around US$10-11 billion by the year 2015.
Around 20 standard hotels in Dalat City in the central highland province of Lam Dong have registered for a promotional programme entitled “Dalat-Lam Dong Impression 2009â€.
Binh Quoi Tourism Village has won first prize for making the biggest fried sticky-rice ball at the Taste of the World Festival in HCMC. The ball was 187cm in circumference, 59.9cm in diameter and 41.5cm high.
Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) held a meeting with EU Delegation in Viet Nam for “Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development†Program on 08th December 2009 in Hanoi with General Director of VNAT, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan as chairman.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will organize road shows in France and Taiwan this month to woo more tourists to the country, according to Vu The Binh, Director of the Department of Travel under VNAT.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is building up a file on Don ca tai tu Nam bo (Southern amateur music) to be submitted to the UNESCO for recognition as an intangible cultural heritage, said a provincial official.
The city’s special promotion for local tourists named One Day at Five-Star Hotels will be extended to December 31 instead of wrapping up at the end of October.