Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector has taken several measures to prevent the industry from declining any further due to the impacts of the global economic downturn, said a city official.
Numerous activities, including cultural and arts exhibitions, and performances will be organized from the afternoon of October 8 to 18 at the Hanoi ancient citadel relic to mark the 999th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the 55th liberation day of the capital city (October 10).
Hanoi’s tourism authorities and travel agents have kicked off various activities in the run up to National Tourism Year 2010 which takes the theme of “Thang Long-Hanoi, a thousand years of coming together.â€
A week-long cultural exchange between Hanoi, Vietnam and the Fukuoka prefecture in southern Japan kicked off on October 7 with the opening festival for Hanoi-Vietnam days in Fukuoka.
The organisation committee of “HCMC-100 Exciting†has closed nominations for the 100 interesting activities and specialties.
The Museum of the Vietnam Revolution opened an exhibition on the country’s defence of its border and territories in Hanoi on October 6.
400 ancient artifacts related to Hanoi’s traditional crafts are on display at the National Museum of Vietnamese History from October 6-10.
The Dong Xuan Trade Centre Women Association has joined a number of entrepreneurs in Berlin in organising the traditional and popular Full Moon Festival for Vietnamese children.
Thailand is working on an initiative to launch a tourist exchange program with Vietnam, seeking to realize the target of having one million travelers visiting each other country in five years or so, said an official of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
The provincial government of Quang Nam awarded an investment certificate to two U.S. investors on October 1 to develop a big tourism complex worth over US$4 billion in the province, which is in fact the reduced scale of another bigger investment plan earlier approved in principle in the central province.
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has approved a plan worth VND9.8 billion (roughly USD540,000) to preserve the relic of a citadel built under Mac Dynasty (1592).
An exhibition of photos on Vietnam taken by Italian photographer Maurizio Cofini opened in Rome on October 1, drawing the participation of hundreds of Italians.