Spiritual and cultural complex on Fansipan Peak opens
The Central Committee of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on January 30 held a requiem for national peace and people’s prosperity in 2018, and an inauguration ceremony of a spiritual and cultural complex on Fansipan Peak in Sa Pa Town, the northern Lao Cai Province.
Exhibition of folk paintings opens in Da Nang
An exhibition of folk Vietnamese paintings opened in the central city of Da Nang on February 1 with a view to honouring cultural and spiritual values of Vietnamese ethnic groups. …
Thua Thien-Hue’s tourism enjoys auspicious start
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed 320,000 visitors, including 262,000 foreigners, in January, a year-on-year surge of 30 percent.  
Ha Noi to welcome Tet holiday with 31 fireworks shows
Nine high-range shows and 22 low-range displays of fireworks will be organised in Ha Noi on the eve of the Lunar New Year 2018.  
Various Lunar New Year activities to be held in Ha Noi Old Quarter
A series of activities to mark the founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (February 3) and welcome the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) 2018 will be held in the Ha Noi Old Quarter on February 2, announced the management board of the Ha Noi Old Quarter.
Phu Quoc island greets 260,000 tourists in first month of 2018
Nearly 260,000 tourists came to Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang in January 2018, a year-on-year rise of 51 percent.  
Lai Chau works to keep ethnic culture alive
Lai Chau is a mountainous border province in the northwest of Viet Nam with more than 80 percent of its population being ethnic minorities, creating cultural diversity.  
International art exchange welcoming lunar New Year 2018
Ha Noi Union of Friendship Organizations on January 30th organized the international art exchange welcoming lunar New Year 2018.
Can Tho hosts spring festival celebrating lunar New Year
The festival named Spring Color in the Countryside celebrating the lunar New Year opens at Can Tho City Museum on January 31.
Hung Kings to be honoured in Phu Tho
The annual pilgrimage festival honouring the Vietnamese people’s ancestors, the Hung Kings, will be held in the northern province of Phu Tho between April 21 and 25.  
Da Lat’s Tuyen Lam Lake site recognised as national tourism site
Tuyen Lam Lake tourist site in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong was officially recognised as a national tourism site, the first national tourism site of its kind in Viet Nam.
Ba Den Mountain to become special tourism site by 2035
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a master plan to develop Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain national tourism site in the southern province of Tay Ninh into a special spiritual and cultural site by 2035.  
Phu Quoc Ridgeback chosen as sacred animal of Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2018
The Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2018, the annual biggest and most anticipated event welcoming the lunar New Year in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to open from February 13-19.
HCM City prepares for massive tourism
Based on its 2017 success, Ho Chi Minh City aims to attract between seven and eight million international visitors and a whopping 29 million domestic visitors in 2018.  
Ha Noi to open Tet produce market
Cultural activities featuring traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) activities and a special organic produce market will be held at a Spring Festival in downtown Ha Noi from February 2-8.
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