A visit to Hue would not be complete without a boat excursion on the gentle Huong (Perfume) River, exploring life beside its banks amidst the romance of the ancient royal capital city. Dissecting the city center, the Perfume River is around 30km in length and owes its name to its [...]
Conde Nast Traveler hails seven Vietnamese resorts and hotels Seven of Vietnam’s top hotels and resorts gained recognition in the 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards, published by one of the world’s most renowned travel publication, Conde Nast Traveler. The country’s resorts which made the greatest impression on travellers were Life Heritage [...]
Italy-Vietnam cultural week started The Italian Embassy in Hanoi introduced Italy-Vietnam Cultural Week, part of the Italy-Vietnam progromme 2011, at a press conference in Hanoi on Oct. 19. The week, taking place from Oct. 14-22, aims to increase mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Italy , through many [...]
Promoting traditional craft villages A conference to promote and seek markets for craft village products was jointly held on October by the Vietnam Craft Village Association (VCVA) and the Dong Nai Provincial Department of Industry and Trade. Vietnam now has nearly 3,000 craft villages producing a wide range of handicrafts [...]
VNAT mobilizes the vote for Ha Long Bay in the final phase Since the global vote for New7Wonders of Nature launched in August 2007, Viet Nam’s Ha Long Bay has received the active support of people throughout the country and the international community. Up to this time, Ha Long Bay [...]
Vietnam Tourism for the first nine months of 2011 On October, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a press conference on culture, sports and tourism activities in the first nine months of 2011, and focus tasks in the last three months of 2011. Regarding tourism, in the first [...]
Indian Festival of Lights will be held in Hanoi Diwali – “Festival of Lights,” one of India’s biggest festivals, will be held in Hanoi on October 29. The event is co-organized by the Indian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Indian embassy in Hanoi. The Diwali festival has become [...]
Polish landscape paintings on show in Hanoi An international exhibition displaying the work of Polish painter Franciszek Ryszard Mazurek will open at 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi, on October 20. Mazurek’s paintings focus on the romantic beauty of natural landscape in the Lublin area in the eastern region of Poland. [...]
The best golf course in Viet Nam 2010 – 2011 Viet Nam Golf Magazine in coordination with Viet Nam Golf Association, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and General Department of Sports and Physical Training held awarding ceremony to announce titles for winners in the campaign “Vote for Viet [...]
Tourism develops fast in Hanoi by 18.2 percent In September, the number of foreign tourists to Hanoi reached approximately 92,000 arrivals. This brought the total number to 898,000 arrivals in the first nine months of 2011, a year-on-year increase of 6.7 percent. In addition, hotel and travel business turnover over [...]
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