Travel

Vietnamese Ethnic Group Cultural Festival - a bridge among ethnic groups
26/09/2012 10:02
A preliminary conference to review three years of implementing the Prime Minister’s Decision on ‘Vietnam Ethnic Group Cultural Day’ (April 19) has been held during the festival, along with a conference on promoting tourism, a mountain market fair and traditional games, sports and...
6th Gong Culture Festival to kick off in Lam Dong Province
26/09/2012 10:02
The Gong Culture Festival 2012 will take place on April 21st at Don Duong District, Lam Dong Province. The festival will draw the participation of 12 delegations with over 300 veteran gong artists from ethnic groups in the region. Mr. Nguyen Vu Hoang, director of Lam Dong province...
Over 1.4 million take pilgrimage to Huong Pagoda
26/09/2012 10:02
On April 19, Nguyen Chi Thanh, head of Huong Son relic and landscape management board in My Duc district, Hanoi, said that in its 2012 festival, Huong Pagoda has welcomed over 1.4 million visitors, of whom nearly 10,000 are foreign visitors. Although originally planning to close the festival...
New tourism destinations open in Quang Binh
26/09/2012 10:02
The management board of the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province launched two new park tours on April 22. This is the first time pilot tourist projects have been tried out in the area and their popularity will be assessed to ascertain their sustainability. The...
Ly Son island welcomes 6,000 visitors
26/09/2012 10:02
Ly Son island in the central province of Quang Ngai welcomed more than 6,000 visitors since the beginning of this year, receiving 200 to 350 tourists a day. The district’s passenger transport co-operative is providing four boat trips to the island each day to cope with the increasing number...
Activities welcome international fireworks
26/09/2012 10:02
The central City of Da Nang will hold many special cultural and artistic activities to mark the 37th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam and the 2012 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition which will take place on April 29-30. The spotlight of this occasion’s activities is a...
Ha Long Bay to receive title of ‘World Natural Wonder’
26/09/2012 10:02
A ceremony for Ha Long Bay to receive the title of ‘World Natural Wonder’ will take place at the My Dinh stadium in Hanoi with the participation of international and Vietnamese visitors. The Swiss organisation New Open World announced that Ha Long Bay had been named one of the New Seven...