(TITC) - From 1- 6 July, Vietnamese Cuisine Culture Festival 2014 will take place in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province. The festival organized by Expo International Trade Joint Stock Company (Ho Chi Minh City) and Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism aims to introduce and honor quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine culture.
A photo exhibition themed “My Viet Nam” opened in Rome, Italy on May 22, attracting a crowd of Italians who have a fondness for Viet Nam.
Coming to the ancient town of Hoi An, one of the most attractive cities in Asia, tourists can enjoy specialties right on the street.
The annual Ponagar Festival, the biggest of its kind in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, opened in Nha Trang city on April 20 (the 21st day of the third lunar month), drawing a crowd of pilgrims from the surrounding provinces.
The central city of Da Nang plans to develop tourism into one of the key sectors that makes up a large proportion in its economic structure.
Ho Chi Minh city received 1.16 million foreign tourist arrivals in the first quarter this year, a year-on-year rise of 10 percent, and 26 percent of the year’s plan, according to the city People’s Committee.
The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has planned a series of activities at home and abroad to promote Vietnamese tourism in 2014.
A 165 billion VND (7.85 million USD) project funded by the Government will help encourage artisans, amateur singers and young people in the northern province of Phu Tho to preserve xoan singing.
2014 is forecast to see continued growth in the number of Russian tourists travelling to Nha Trang, according to the Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
130 photos of Vietnamese traditional cultural festivals are on display at an exhibition which opened in the northern port city of Hai Phong on January 22.
The 2014 Hue Festival’s organising board announced 45 international art troupes from 35 countries have already registered to attend the celebration’s eighth iteration, taking place from April 12 to 20.
On December 15 Jetstar Pacific officially launched two new low-cost domestic air routes linking Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc.