The Southern Fruit Festival opened at Suoi Tien Park in HCM City’s District 9 on June 1. The annual event, held by the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development aims to introduce domestic and foreign visitors wide range of fruit from the South of the country. ...
Instead of paying money for specific nights of staying at luxurious resorts, rich people now tend to pay money to purchase the right to stay at the resorts for tens of years. This is now considered a “smart consumption method” in Vietnam. Buy something in the future, pay at present Timeshare – a type of ...
Ba Be National Park in the northern province of Bac Kan has been recognised as the third wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Vietnam after Xuan Thuy National Park and Bau Sau in Cat Tien National Park. Covering a total area of nearly 500ha, Ba Be National Park has one of the 20 most beautiful ...
“Vietnam Culture Month in Lorient” was held in France on May 5-29, providing the local people with an opportunity to learn more about Vietnamese culture through various activities. As proposed by the L’Appel organisation, Lorient city, in co-ordination with Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, chose May as “Vietnam Culture Month”. L’Appel President Gildas ...
To mark International Children’s Day on June 1, the Vietnam Ethnology Museum in Hanoi will host ‘Get Acquainted with Southeast Asia’ on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29, 2011. The program is a chance for Vietnamese and Asian children in the capital to introduce their own nation’s culture via activities, games and toys. These ...
A special art performance called “National festival” will take place at 8pm on May 21 at the Hanoi Opera House to welcome the 13th National Assembly and people’s council elections at all levels. The performance will include two sessions which focus on the history of the National Assembly and guiding voters to cast their ballots ...
The Saigontourist Travel Services Co. on May 17 welcomed the luxury cruise liner Bremen of Germany on its first voyage to Vietnam , with 750 tourists aboard. The holidaymakers, mainly German nationality holders, are scheduled to make a seven-day trans-Vietnam tour that will bring them to Ho Chi Minh City , Da Nang , Hai ...
The Nha Trang Sea Festival 2011, themed “Nha Trang – the Sea Rendezvous”, will take place from June 11th to 15th with more than 60 special activities in three places in Khanh Hoa Province, including beaches at Tran Phu Street (Nha Trang City), Bai Dai (Cam Lam District) and Doc Let (Ninh Hoa Town). Before ...
A series of cultural and sporting events will greet tourists during Culture and Tourism Week 2011 beginning on June 5 in the central province of Quang Binh. The week aims at promoting the province’s many tourist attractions, including its numerous outstanding caves, as well as attracting investment to the province, Le Hung Phi, director of ...
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will coordinate with the representative agency of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in HCM City, the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association, and Phu Tho Tourist Service Limited Company to organize the Southern Land Food Festival at Dam Sen Cultural Park from ...
