Traditional dishes of Vietnamese and Japanese food will be on display at a gastronomy night, which is to be held in Hoi An Town, Quang Nam Province on July 7. The programme, co-organised by the Quang Nam Tourism Association, Hoi An Hotel and the Japan’s Institute for Human Resource Development, will spotlight dishes made by professor Iijima Yukichika, Vice Director of the Association of Global…
An extensive exhibition of Vietnamese silk paintings is scheduled to open in Paris in late July, said the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The coastal province of Binh Thuan will organize the International Yacht Festival 2010 on October 21 to 24 at Mui Ne Beach, which will be the biggest tourism event of the province this year, a tourism official said.
The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade in coordination with the ABIX Joint Stock Company will host Arts and Handicrafts Week 2010 at the Friendship Cultural Palace in the city from August 4-9.
A farmer from northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has devoted seven years to growing and bending 1,000 bamboo trees into the shape of flying dragons to present them for Hanoi on its millennium anniversary scheduled for October this year.
The country’s first ceramics festival will take place in Thu Dau Mot Town, Binh Duong Province from September 2-8, and is themed Ceramics of Vietnam - Tradition, Character and Development. This event, named Ceramics Festival Vietnam-Binh Duong 2010, is also meant to mark the 65th August Revolution, the National Day on September 2 and the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The organizers of the annual International Travel Expo in HCMC expect the event in September will promote tourism in the Indochina countries of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam given stronger participation than previous editions.
An extravaganza featuring traditional dances from the old capital city will be held in Hanoi in October to celebrate the city's 1,000th anniversary.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has agreed on the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi being televised internationally, said the government office.
The Hanoi authorities have asked the Government for its permission for making cannons and cannon balls to mark 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Ho Chi Minh City will hold a trade, services and tourism expo in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh from July 15-19.
Hanoians will be entertained with a series of cultural and arts performances in early July, 100 days before the capital city is celebrating its millennial founding anniversary.