Copies of 54 works by renowned Russian painter Nicholas Roerich have been put on display at an exhibition that opened on January 18 at the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups (MCVE) in northern Thai Nguyen province.
The well-known tourism website Lonely Planet has just recommended Vietnam’s Halong Bay as one among six most famous destinations in Asia.
The Thua Thien-Hue Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in association with Asia Fellow Traveller Tourism Limited Company in Hue, has received a famtrip from Indonesia to survey tourism in the city.
According to the Hanoi city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, a Hanoi spring programme will take place at the Quan Ngua Sports Centre from January 21-26.
Vietnam welcomed 250,000 Russian visitors last year, an increase of 71 percent compared to 2012.
A Vietnamese folk painting seminar was held in Hanoi on January 13 in an effort to preserve this special genre of art.
The Nara National Research Institute for Japanese Cultural Properties is researching and developing preservation technology tailored to the priceless wooden relics within Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel.
Vietnam’s tourism potential was introduced to international tour operators at a workshop in Belgium on January 9.
The tourism industry will this year actively attend fairs and promotion programs overseas as well as organize trips to Vietnam for international reporters to introduce tourism and create business ties between local and foreign companies.
The coastal province of Khanh Hoa now has 550 accommodation providers with more than 14,900 rooms, including seven five-star hotels (1,216 rooms), six four-star hotels (1,101 rooms), 35 three-star hotels (2,664 rooms) and two-star centres, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The capital city of Hanoi plans to welcome 3 million foreign tourists this year with a hospitable and safe environment for both visitors and enterprises.
Russian tourist arrivals to Vietnam in 2013 reached 250,000, a 71 percent rise over last year, according the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.