A representative of UNESCO in Vietnam affirmed continued assistance to Vietnam in its preservation of cultural heritages in 2011. The organization will stand side by side with Vietnam in preserving and promoting heritage values via new cooperation programmes and projects, UNESCO Chief Representative in Vietnam Katherine Muller Marin said at a press briefing in Hanoi [...]
The backpacker grapevine, online and word of mouth, lands Vietnam travelers in areas where Westerners congregate such as HCM City’s Pham Ngu Lao area in District 1. One Westerner I spoke to there said he had heard about it by posting a query on the lonelyplanet.com website about where to find the backpacker social life [...]
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Folk paintings are a combination of traditional cultural values with ancient artistic methods that have been created through the labour of past generations. There are two types of Vietnamese folk paintings, Tet (Lunar New Year Festival) paintings and worshipping paintings. The Vietnamese believe in ancestor worship and the deification of natural phenomena, both of which [...]
Cai Mon Church in Ben Tre Province belongs to Cai Mon Parish – one of the oldest parishes in the Mekong Delta founded by a French Catholic priest named Gernot in 1872. Beside a busy canal near Cai Mon Bridge, the church has large grounds filled with potted bonsai and trees.
The sixth International Tourism Exhibition – the biggest trade event of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from September 30-October 2. The event is expected to attract around 16,000 visitors as well as 200 businesses from 16 countries plus 150 organisations from 25 countries and territories around the world. [...]
Phu Yen Province will host the National Tourism Year program which will take place in eight cities and provinces in the south-central coastal region, starting from Da Nang City to Binh Thuan Province. At a press briefing on December 5, the program’s organizing board said the opening ceremony of the event is scheduled to take [...]
