Twelve archaeological, historical and architectural relics around the country have been recognised as national relic sites by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The central province of Quang Nam has taken measures to promote and preserve values of the world heritage sites of My Son Sanctuary and Hoi An Ancient Town.
Approximately 60,000 holiday-makers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have so far this year visited the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city, doubling that of 2013, reported the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
After success in Ho Chi Minh City, the handicrafts from Japan’s disasters-hit Tohoku are on display at an exhibition which has recently opened at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum, No 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District in Ha Noi.
The Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 15th announced information and an action plan for Da Nang – Top Traveler’s Choice Destination on the rise for 2015, the title awarded by the US’s tourism website TripAdvisor.
State President Truong Tan Sang attended an inaugural ceremony for the Phat Tich Truc Lam Ban Gioc pagoda in Dam Thuy commune, the northern border province of Cao Bang, on December 15.
Nearly 100 maps and a number of publications and documents about Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos are on display at an exhibition which opened in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang on December 14th.
Da Lat, city of flowers, has offered unique entertainment farming and agri-tourism to visitors, attracting more and more tourists to the city, the Nhan Dan (People) online newspaper reported.
The 2015 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC 2015) is being held on 28 and 29 April next year and it will take “The Symphony of Colours” as its theme.
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A 300-year-old dracontomelum tree at the Special National Relic of Tran Hung Dao Forest in Tam Kim commune, Nguyen Binh district, the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang has been recognised as a Viet Nam Heritage Tree.
Viet Nam’s National Tourism Year 2015 will take the theme of “Connecting world heritage” with a series of activities taking place in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa, the designated main venue, local officials announced in Ha Noi on December 9.