Time: The thin day of the first lunar month. Place: Ta Van Commune, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province. Objects of worship: The Heaven, the Earth, the God of rice. Characteristics: Praying for good crop festival. Every year, on the thin day of the first lunar month, the Giay in Sa Pa organize their special [...]
Time: 30th day of the fifth lunar month to the 6th day of the sixth lunar month. Place: Tra Co, Mong Cai Town, Quang Ninh Province. Objects of worship: Six village’s tutelary god and Nguyen Huu Cau, a peasant leader during Le Dynasty. Characteristics: Fat pigs contest, vegetarian and meat-feast contest. Tra Co, the site [...]
The space of gong culture in Central Highlands of Viet Nam covers 5 provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Ba Na, Xo Dang, M’Nong, Co Ho, Ro Mam, E De, Gia Rai… The gong performances are always closely [...]
According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST), Vietnam will participate in the exhibition for world intangible cultural heritage in China from May 27-June 3, reports VietnamPlus. Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture & Arts (VECCA) will team up with the International Cooperation Department under the MOCST to organize the event. The exhibition is [...]
A painting exhibition titled “Villages in the City” by Vuong Van Thao on Thursday opened at L’Espace in Hanoi. The exhibition is part of the celebrated 2008 works ‘Living Fossils’. Village gate, made of composite, is the main piece of the exhibition. Vuong Van Thao said: “Village gate, an artwork, is the beauty and diversity [...]
Like other property segments, entertainment property projects play an important role in the market as it, besides bringing profits for developers and offering services to communities, will support significantly to the development of the tourism industry. Thanks to having developed large-scale theme parks, some countries have become more popular in tourists’ hearts and minds, attracting [...]
The first ever European Literature Day will be hosted in Hanoi on Friday and Saturday (May 27 and 28, 2011), featuring offerings from Italy, Germany, Belgium, France and Denmark. The book Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World) by writer Daniel Kehlmann A book fair will also be held, with both adults and children’s literature [...]
The International Resort Silver Shore, in coordination with the Chinese AoYou Travel Company, held a seminar on May 24 on tourism promotion in China. The seminar attracted 120 managers of travel agents and hotels as well as news agencies from Shenzhen City in China. It provided a good opportunity for businesses from both countries to [...]
In a short time, visitors have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the romantic highlands of Da Lat (Lam Dong) and are also able to approach, understand, learn more about culture, custom, and people… of the locals there. That is the reason for homestay tourism type in Da Lat is attracting many visitors, especially [...]
A commemorative house of President Ho Chi Minh was inaugurated in Pac Bo village in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang on May 19, on the occasion of the 121st anniversary of his birth. The village is where Ho Chi Minh stayed for some time after returning from abroad in 1941 after a 30-year [...]
