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Bremen liner brings 750 visitors to Vietnam

Bremen liner brings 750 visitors to Vietnam

The Saigontourist Travel Services Co. on May 17 welcomed the luxury cruise liner Bremen of Germany on its first voyage to Vietnam , with 750 tourists aboard. The holidaymakers, mainly German nationality holders, are scheduled to make a seven-day trans-Vietnam … Read more

Diverse activities to mark the 121st anniversary of Uncle Ho’s birthday

Diverse activities to mark the 121st anniversary of Uncle Ho’s birthday

Many cultural activities are scheduled to take place in the central province of Nghe An from May 17th to 30th to celebrate the 121st anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday. The Nghe An provincial museum will hold an exhibition … Read more

Charity art auction planned

Charity art auction planned

Art works of popular Vietnamese and foreign artists will be auctioned at an annual gala dinner that aims to raise funds for Operation Smile of Viet Nam, which will perform cleft palate operations for Vietnamese children. At the 14th annual … Read more

Nguyen Dynasty art works sold in US

Nguyen Dynasty art works sold in US

Bookseller Eric Chaim Kline of California in the US recently sold a manuscript about the Nam Giao Festival of the Nguyen Dynasty to an antiques collector. Viet Nam was slow and unable to buy Grande Tenue de la Cour D’Annam, … Read more

Museum creates space for children

Museum creates space for children

The Viet Nam National Fine Arts Museum will open a new creative space for children when kicking off its fine arts education programme on Saturday, May 21. The creative space, situated in a 70sq.m room on the third floor of … Read more

“Resort capital” Mui Ne attracts Russian travelers

“Resort capital” Mui Ne attracts Russian travelers

Thirty to forty percent of foreign tourists to the southern province of Binh Thuan are Russian, and 95 percent of them go to Ham Tien – Mui Ne water area. In recent years, people always use the nick name “Russian … Read more

Vietnam’s vitality spotlighted in Argentina

Vietnam’s vitality spotlighted in Argentina

Vietnam’s vitality spotlighted in Argentina “Vietnam’s vitality” is the theme of an ongoing photo exhibition that opened at Islas Malvinas Cultural Centre in the Argentinean city of La Plata on May 13. The event, being jointly held by the Vietnamese … Read more

Vietnam culture highlighted in Mexico

Vietnam culture highlighted in Mexico

Vietnam’s rich culture has been highlighted at the third Friend Countries’ Culture Fair, which opened in the Mexico City on May 14. During the event, which will run through May 29, the Vietnamese embassy in Mexico display traditional handicrafts, customs … Read more

World’s largest cave revealed by 3D film crew

World's largest cave revealed by 3D film crew

A team of seven Japanese film makers, together with three cave explorers from the British Cave Research Association, on May 9 started work on a 3D documentary on the world’s largest cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the … Read more

HCM City hotel development planning underway

HCM City hotel development planning underway

The tourism authority of HCMC has begun drawing up a plan to build more hotels until 2015 to meet the future demand of travelers. Truong Vinh Tho, head of the Hotel Division of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, … Read more

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