The “Hello Vietnam†Festival 2009 opened in Tokyo on September 19 as part of a campaign to promote the image of Vietnam in Japan. The event is expected to welcome around 100,000 visitors.
The Hung Temple dedicated to the legendary founders of Vietnam - the Hung Kings - in the northern midland province of Phu Tho has been designated a Special National Historical Relic.
The Mid-Autumn Festival 2009 and the Mid-Autumn Fair opened on September 19 (the first day of the 8th lunar month) in Hanoi’s ancient quarter.
The Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh has asked its relevant agencies to cooperate with the Phu Yen Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism to survey Xuan Dai Bay for recognizing it as a national relic and creating documents to propose it as one of the world’s most beautiful bays.
More than 30,000 local people came to cheer at the 18th Bay Nui Ox Race held in Tinh Bien District, An Giang Province on September 18 with more than 72 pairs of oxen competing in the professional and amateur events.
Local authorities in the Mekong Delta provinces of Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and An Giang have visited and presented gifts to Khmer people to congratulate them on the traditional Sene Dolta Festival.
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has promulgated the decision on organizing the conference with the theme “Investment promotion for culture, sports and tourism fields in the Southern provinces†to strengthen the effective combination of culture, sports and tourism fields managed by the ministry.
The melodies of sang quan ho (folk-love duets) filled the Cultural House of Nha Trang during the annual National Song and Dance Festival on September 16.
The country’s tourism development triangle, HCMC, Lam Dong and Binh Thuan provinces, have inked a deal to facilitate more effective and comprehensive cooperation in 2009-2012.
A tourism promotion program, “Vietnam Show 2009â€, kicked off in Japan on September 12, 2009. This is one of the biggest Vietnamese tourism promotion programs in Japan, said the Director of Representative Office of Vietnam Airlines in Japan, Nguyen Quoc Tuan.
The Vietnam Cultural Centre celebrated its first anniversary of its founding in Paris, France on September 15 with the participation of many Vietnamese people living in France and members of the international community.
Plans for a trading ships museum in the ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam have been made in co-ordination with the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hoi An City.