Hanoi Travel News

Due to the impacts of the global economic crisis, the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam decreased. In the fourth quarter of 2009, Vietnam welcomed nearly 1.03 million visitors, an 11.7% decrease year on year.

HCM City Television will begin broadcasting a documentary chronicling the history and culture of Hanoi (on Jan. 21).

According to the Hanoi Industry and Trade Department, Hanoi will organize 51 flower and agricultural product markets to serve local people on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2010 from February 3-13.

Hanoi plans to put into operation five more luxury hotels, offering an additional 2,000 rooms during 2010, the National Tourism Year.

The Japanese Fund-in-Trust will provide Vietnam with more than 1.1 million USD in non-refundable aid to help preserve a cultural heritage site in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Song & Dance Theatre’s “Dong Vong Kinh Ky” show on January 15 marked the come of a new theatre in the capital city, named “Vietnamese Cultural Centre”.

UNESCO has passed a resolution guaranteeing the organization’s participation in a major ceremony marking the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi in October this year, the Hanoi People’s Committee said.

Landscapes, relics, daily life, and new development are all topics of a photo and video competition in Hanoi.

Hanoi plans to put into operation five more luxury hotels, offering an additional 2,000 rooms during 2010, the National Tourism Year.

Hanoi authorities want to host firework displays at 23 sites in the lunar New Year Eve, including five sites with high-range fireworks and 18 with low-range fireworks.

Hanoi’s flower village of Nhat Tan will send south some 3,000 branches of peace blossoms, the favourite home decoration of Hanoians during Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), during Tet this year.

A traditional Vietnamese cookery competition will take place in Hanoi from January 5-9, 2010.