Director of the southern Ca Mau provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Hieu Hung said that Cao Dan pagoda in Tan Loc commune, Binh Thoi district, has been recognized as a national historical relic.
The annual Hung Kings Temple festival hosted by the northern midlands province of Phu Tho will be held from April 21-25 (6th to 10th day of the third lunar month) with an array of cultural festivities.
France is one of the main partners of the Hue Festival, which is set to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27 to May 2.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Tourism jointly launched the Innovative Startups in Tourism Contest on April 14.
Businesses participating in the Ho Chi Minh City tourism festival carried out sales in excess of VND83 billion, a year-on-year rise of 38%, according to preliminary reports from travel businesses.
The relic complex of Bo Luy-Kompong Thmo pagoda, also known as Lo Gach (Brick-kiln) pagoda, in Chau Thanh district of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, has been recognised as a national archaeological site.
Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has planned fireworks displays celebrating Southern Liberation and National Unification Day (April 30th) and May Day at two locations.
Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee has held a meeting to discuss the plan for a ceremony to receive recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity from UNESCO.
A series of cultural and entertainment activities and art performance shows will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings in 2018.
A ceremony was held in Na Sang 1 village, Dien Bien district, the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 13 to grant the certificate of “national intangible cultural heritage” to the water splashing festival of the Lao ethnic minority group.
Around 50 percent of tourism projects in the south central province of Binh Thuan and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are invested by businesses from Ho Chi Minh City.
More than 70,000 domestic and foreign tour vouchers are available at discounts of up to 50 percent at the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair which opened at 23/9 Park on April 12.