Vietnam’s 21 travel and tourism companies are attending the World Travel Market 2009 (WTM) that opened in London, the UK on November 9.
Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers added to its long list of awards by winning two prestigious acknowledgements as Asia’s Leading Conference Hotel and Vietnam’s Leading Hotel at the World Travel Awards gala ceremony in London.
Nearly 1,000 Russian people and Vietnamese students and people working in Russia, attended a Vietnam Culture Day in Saint Petersburg. This is the first time Vietnam Culture Day has been held in Saint Petersburg, with the assistance of Russian relevant agencies and friends.
A map of Vietnam made from 1,000 gold dragons worth nearly VND1 billion will be highlighted at the “Quang Nam Culture-Tourism Week†in Hanoi at the end of November.
A delegation from the Ho Chi Minh Museum has just completed a week-long visit to Mexico City from November 1-7 to boost bilateral cooperation in culture.
Sheraton Hanoi has been honoured as Vietnam’s Leading Business Hotel at an annual awards ceremony held by the World Travel Awards in London, UK on November 7, 2009.
Four big names of the Iranian art opened a joint painting exhibition in Hanoi on November 8 to welcome the success of the Asian Indoor Games-3, which was to close later in the evening after nine days’ competition.
Two US naval ships, the USS Blue Ridge and USS Lassen, on November 7 anchored at the central port of Danang, beginning a four-day friendship visit to the city.
Border provinces and 60 international travel agents from southern Kien Giang to northern Lang Son provinces attended the first seminar on border tourism development in Lang Son Province on November 6, 2009.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to invest VND 31 billion (around USD 1.73 million) in eight new satellite database centres that preserve information on intangible cultural heritages of ethnic groups in the country.
The Vina Media Jsc has installed the first tourism information kiosks in HCMC, realizing its plan to set up 50 such kiosks in the city over two weeks, the company’s leader said.
A project to restore King Dong Khanh’s tomb began implementation after receiving approval from the People’s Committee of Thua Thien-Hue Province.