A solo exhibition titled Ky uc, La va Hoa (Memories, Leaves and Flowers) displaying 30 oil on canvas paintings by Vietnamese artist Ton That Bang has opened in HCMC. Bang’s world of art is highly symbolic in its suggestions about the mysteries of the universe. His paintings are usually dominated by child-like figures, each wearing [...]

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has agreed with the Vietnam Aviation Corporation, the Vietnam National Trade Fair and Advertising Company (Vinexad) to promote Vietnam tourism on TVB Channel (Hong Kong-China). While staying in Vietnam from February 19 to March 12, the TVB delegation will visit Ho Chi Minh City, Vung [...]

A conference to promote Vietnamese tourism was jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy in UAE, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Vietnam Airlines and the Sharaf Travel in Dubai on February 23. Speaking at the conference, the Vietnamese Ambassador, Nguyen Quang Khai, reviewed the industry’s achievements over the past years.

Vietnam’s northern province of Hai Duong and Suwon City from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will cooperate in developing culture, sports and tourism under a memorandum of understanding signed on February 24 in the Hai Duong Province. Signatories were representatives from the Hai Duong provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Suwon municipal [...]

The campaign to collect votes for Halong Bay to be recognised as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World in November this year is entering the final stages, said an official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST). At a meeting to discuss the country’s efforts to reach this goal held [...]

The northern province of Ninh Binh will promote homestay service, a form of tourism allowing visitors to stay and live with a local family to better learn the local lifestyle, to attract tourists, the provincial tourism department said. This form of tourism is expected to appeal more to tourists, especially foreign travelers who want to [...]

Saigontourist receives over 1,300 tourists on cruise ships Saigontourist welcomed more than 1,000 travelers on the Costa Classica cruise ship that docked in Ho Chi Minh City on February 16. As scheduled, after arriving in Halong, visitors will visit Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage, with many beautiful sites including the Hon Cho Da [...]

More than 500 performers paraded through HCMC’s District 5 on the night of February 17 to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Artists dressed in traditional Chinese costumes and lion dancers went from the Van Lang club-house to the District 5 Cultural Centre through [...]

The National Poem Day 2011, entitled “National Spring”, was held on February 17 at the Temple of Literature, Hanoi, to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the success of the 11th National Congress Party. This year’s National Poem Day also commemorates the 100th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s departure to seek the means for national salvation [...]

A bursting spring atmosphere will be bought to downtown Hanoi by festival gathering typical products such as bonsai trees from handicraft villages on the outskirts of the city between January 27 and February 1. The festival, which will be held on Tran Nhan Tong Street and nearby areas in Thong Nhat Park, will feature not [...]