Chairman of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council Guy Martini has expressed his hope that the central province of Quang Ngai will submit the dossiers of the Ly Son geopark to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to seek a global status next year.
Ha Noi will compete in the World’s Leading City Destination category for a prize at the 2018 World Travel Awards.
Outstanding tourism businesses were honoured during a ceremony held on September 27 by the People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The first Ho Chi Minh City Puppetry Festival opened at Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street, Ho Chi Minh City, on August 16, in the aim of honouring the traditional art of puppetry.
The Ha Noi Food Culture Festival 2018, the first of its kind, will take place in the capital city from October 5-10 with an aim of introducing Ha Noi’s cuisine legacy to locals and tourists alike.
Foreign tourist arrivals to Ha Noi reached nearly 3 million from the start of the year, a year-on-year rise of 14% and the capital served nearly 14.5 million domestic tourist arrivals, a 7% rise over a year earlier, reported Mr. Do Dinh Hong, Director of Ha Noi’s Department of Tourism.
An exhibition on the traditional ‘Then’ singing of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic minority groups officially opened in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on September 24.
The fifth National Festival of traditional ‘Then’ singing and the ‘dan tinh’ (gourd lute) of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic minority groups officially kicked off in Tuyen Quang City, the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on September 25.
Vietnamese people will have a chance to explore India’s culture as the Festival of India kicked off in Hanoi on March 5 night.
2014 is forecast to see continued growth in the number of Russian tourists travelling to Nha Trang, according to the Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.