Hanoi Travel News

Following the success of the 2009 Memories of Long Bien Bridge Festival, Nguyen Nga, an overseas Vietnamese living in France, is busy completing her final preparations for the 2010 Long Bien Festival to mark the 1,000 th birthday of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced many events an programs to develop Hanoi tourism, designed to promote Hanoi’s special and unique tourism products to regional and international friends, creating a foundation for tourism development in the years to come.

An exhibition showcasing ancient relics from Asian countries including Vietnam opened in Hanoi on Tuesday, local news website Vietnamnet reported.

The fifth European food festival will take place at the National Library on Trang Thi Street in Hanoi on May 22.

Many people are highly concerned about measures to protect the beauty of Hanoi’s cultural heritage, which is in dire need of a master plan.

About 700 best fine arts works will be selected to be displayed at the National Fine Arts Exhibition 2010 in Hanoi.

An international seminar on “President Ho Chi Minh’s heritage” opened Hanoi on 12 to mark the 120 th birthday of the President, who is known both as a hero of national liberation and a prominent cultural celebrity (May 19, 1890-2010).

Hanoi will offer additional 4,000 high-quality hotel rooms this year to serve the 1000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the National Tourism Year 2010.

The Vietnam War Veterans Association in coordination with the Mai Linh Corporation will receive 1,000 heroes and heroic mothers on the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

An exhibition on Vietnam’s ethnic groups opened in Hanoi on May 9, highlighting their contributions to national defence and construction.

Conde Nast Traveler, one of the world’s most prestigious travel magazines, has recognized the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi on its 2010 Hot List.

Work on a large international airport on the island district of Van Don, northern Quang Ninh province will start later this year, said the provincial People’s Committee.

A special exhibition featuring the cultures of 54 ethnic groups in Viet Nam started yesterday, May 9, at the Viet Nam Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre, Ha Noi.