Travel

Hue Festival attracts artists from 30 countries
26/09/2012 10:02
This years biennial Hue city Festival, held in the former imperial city of Hue , will feature 40 different groups of performers from nearly 30 countries from all five continents and run from April 7-15. From France, the street performing act Carabosse will bring a unique fire lighting act...
2012 Ha Long tourism week to be held
26/09/2012 10:02
The 2012 Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Week will be held from April 22 to May 2, announced Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee on April 3. The Tourism Week will cover a wide array of cultural, tourism, and sporting activities, including art perfomances and a cooking festival, as well...
Traditional Hue ritual, trade fair draw festival visitors
26/09/2012 10:02
The sacred Nam Giao Offering Ritual took place on April 8 at the Nam Giao Esplanade, as part of the on-going Hue city festival. The Nam Giao Offering Ritual was one of the most important traditional ceremonies under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), which honoured the sky and the earth. It...
Hue festival honours “ao dai” in fashion show
26/09/2012 10:02
The elegant beauty of “ao dai”, Vietnam ’s traditional long dress, will be honoured with a special performance taking place as part of the 2012 Hue city Festival. With the theme “Lotus in the fine arts”, the show will be a combination of the lotus, which is on way to becoming the national...
Free tickets to Ha Long Bay during holidays
26/09/2012 10:02
Entry to Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh will be free to all visitors from Apr. 28 to May 1, as a way of saying thank you to visitors for voting the Bay as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World. The free visits to the UNESCO-organised World Heritage site are being...
Vietnam: A great place to live
26/09/2012 10:02
The online magazine ‘Business Insider’ recently published an article written by leading investment strategist, Tim Staermose, who talked about impressions of Vietnam after his eight-day visit to the Southeast Asian country. Peaceful, with reasonable prices and extremely safe, were his main...
Ben Tre coconut festival great success
26/09/2012 10:02
The third Coconut Festival came to an end in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre On April 10, with hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign visitors and local people taking part. This year’s festival included an art installation of a coconut road, a coconut cooking s festival, a tour...