The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi will be closed to visitors for maintenance from June 15 to August 15, according to the mausoleum’s Management Board.
Nearly 100 fliers from clubs nationwide and overseas will compete in a paragliding race, entitled ‘Fly over Tien Sa’, which will take place in the central coastal city of Da Nang on June 22-24.
The first international scientific workshop on sustainable tourism development in central provinces of Viet Nam and ASEAN was organised on June 8-9 by the Institute of Social Science of the Central Region (ISSCR) under the Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences.
Thirteen provinces will participate in the third Central Ethnic Culture Festival on August 15 in the central province of Quang Nam.
Japanese Days in Quang Nam will take place in the cities of Hoi An, Tam Ky and Nui Thanh district, the central province of Quang Nam from August 17th to 19th.
The Prime Minister has approved the master plan for the development of the Tam Chuc National Tourism Area by 2030, in the northern province of Ha Nam.
The sixth national festival of the art of Then singing and Tinh gourd lute of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups concluded in the northernmost province of Ha Giang on May 14.
One of the origins of Com (green sticky rice) can be traced to Vong village, 7km west of downtown Ha Noi. The legend begins with a severe famine in the village many years ago.
The central province of Quang Nam, in cooperation with the Institute for Conservation of Monuments under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will begin an urgent project to protect the B3 tower in the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary from collapse before the rainy season.
The former imperial capital city of Hue received almost 1.9 million visitors in the past four months, marking an increase of 12.7 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Thua Thien Hue Province People’s Committee.
Vietnam Airlines has announced it will operate an air route connecting Ha Noi and Dong Hoi (Quang Binh province) from June 1st to August 31st, 2018, with six to seven flights a week.
A ceremony was held in Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam, on May 7 to receive a certificate from UNESCO recognising Bai Choi singing, a popular folklore style of singing in central Viet Nam, as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.