(TITC) – On 11 April 2016, in Ha Noi, Viet Nam Tourism Association (VITA) in collaboration with TETTO., JSC organized the launching ceremony of VITM online tourist information portal at www.tripi.vn.
The Hat Mon Temple Festival opened in Phuc Tho district in Ha Noi on April 12 to celebrate the 1,976th anniversary of an uprising against Chinese invaders led by national heroines Hai Ba Trung, also known as the two Trung sisters.
A conference to promote and draw investment in tourism in Quang Binh was held by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on April 11th, in Ha Noi.
A Ha Noi photo exhibition, showcasing 30 photos of Ha Noi and Hue, will run from April 14th to 24th. The photographs are the works of Sebastien Laval, a photographer from Poitiers, France.
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong attracted 1.32 million tourists in the first three months of this year, an increase of 10.9 percent from the same period last year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Huyen Thien Tran Vu statue in the Tran Vu Temple in Thach Ban Ward, Long Bien District, Ha Noi was announced as a precious national object at a ceremony held by the district People’s Committee on April 9.
The northeastern province of Quang Ninh’s 23th and last meeting session of the provincial People’s Council, on April 8, passed the resolution of establishing a Department of Tourism.
The traditional craft of making banh trang phoi suong (dew-wetted rice paper) in Trang Bang district, Tay Ninh province, has been recognised as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
(TITC) – On 30 March 2016, at the Presidential Palace in Ha Noi, President Truong Tan Sang met agencies, organizations, businesses and individuals who have significantly contributed to the social welfare in the period 2011-2016. In attendance was Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan.
The Viet Nam Tourism Association (VITA) has launched an award honouring the best tourist attractions of the country.
A wide range of activities will be organised at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo tourism area of Son Tay town in Ha Noi from April 15 to 19 to celebrate the cultural day of Vietnamese ethnic groups’.
The annual traditional boat races on the Nhat Le River sponsored by the central province of Quang Binh will take place during the week of April 26-May 2 as part of the Dong Hoi Culture and Tourism Week.