Travel company joint ventures are allowed to provide outbound tours on a trial basis from August 10, 2009 to December 31, 2010.
A Singapore Festival has been held from August 12-16 at the Thanh Nien Culture House in Ho Chi Minh City by the Singaporean Consulate General in Vietnam and the Vietnam-Singapore Friendship Association.
A website to introduce the capital city of Hanoi’s thousand-year history, as well as the tangible and intangible cultural traditions, of the country in general and Hanoi’s ancient citadel in particular, went on-line on August 11.
The Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France is actively making preparations for upcoming big Vietnamese anniversaries, including the August Revolution and National Day (September 2) celebrations.
Two famous tourist cities in Vietnam and Australia, Hoi An and Kiama, have agreed to strengthen cooperation to boost economic, cultural and educational exchanges.
Hanoi plans to propose 82 doctoral steles at the Temple of Literature to UNESCO for recognition as world documentary heritage.
Archaeologists have found evidence of pre-historic human habitation dating back as much as 10,000 years at the Son Cave in the northern province of Ninh Binh.
An international workshop on the development of over-land tourism in Vietnam took place in central Danang City on August 7 with recommendations to attract more international visitors topping the agenda.
Vietnam’s Saigon Beer in on tap at the 13th International Beer Festival which opened on August 7 in the German capital of Berlin.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia joined those of other ASEAN countries in a cultural activity in Moscow on August 6, which was expected to strengthen mutual understanding and boost cooperation between the bloc and the European country.
Almost 20 reporters and photographers from 13 world leading tourism magazines have arrived in Vietnam with the aim of promoting Vietnam’s tourism.
The city's tourism will receive international tourists from chartered flights every week since early December under a new deal between HCMC's tour operators with travel firms in Sweden.