Central Quang Nam province will open a “street festival†on December 31, 2008 to promote Hoi An city’s image.
Artistic and floral creations will be on display, bringing colour to a 600-metre long street in the centre of Hanoi from Dec 28, 2008 three days before the festival officially begins to kick off the New Year?s celebrations.
According to the Management Board for My Son Relics, Vietnam has begun coordinating with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the start of the second phrase of the project on the preservation of My Son world cultural heritage site.
Vietnam will grant entry visa exemptions for Russian citizens holding ordinary passports for visits of 15 days at the maximum as from January 1, 2009.
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will offer a wide range of cultural activities to ring in the 2009 Lunar New Year from Jan. 29, 2009 to Feb. 1, 2009.
Lights, flowers and fireworks will take centre stage on Ho Chi Minh City’s streets during the upcoming New Year and Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.
King Ly Thai To’s royal proclamation to make Hanoi the new capital city in AD 1010 has been re-produced in red lacquer and trimmed with gold.
Vietnam is an Asian pioneer in the preservation and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, according to a European Commission (EC) representative, speaking on the sidelines of an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) seminar on cultural diversity in Hanoi on Dec. 15, 2008.
More than 300 delegates from Asian and European countries gathered at a seminar in Hanoi on December 15 to share experiences regarding the preservation of cultural diversity.
Ikebana, a traditional flower arrangement art of Japan, has been introduced to Vietnamese audience at Ho Chi Minh Museum and Hanoi University as part of the activities to celebrate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan.
Faced with the stress of daily life, there is a high demand from urban citizens for a place far away from the hustle and bustle of the city in fresh air and a warm family atmosphere.
Vietnam will be one of the key tourism destinations to be listed in Japan’s tourism promotion programme in the near future, according to the Japanese Association of Travel Agents (JATA).