Vietnam Travel News

An exhibition of Vietnamese ceramics spanning 1,000 years and several dynasties has opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum.

Sa Thay District’s Culture and Information Office in conjunction with Ro Koi Commune’s People’s Committee opened a course on H’Lang ethnic minority group’s traditional culture for local teenagers and youngsters on May 31st in Ro Koi Commune.

The 2010 Southern Fruit Festival began at the Suoi Tien Cultural Tourist Park in Ho Chi Minh City on June 1.

The Secretariat of the Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum and the Ho Chi Minh City Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism co-launched a photo exhibition at Lam Son Park in HCM City on June 1 to reflect the dynamism of the region.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan on preserving, restoring and promoting the values of the ancient town of Pho Hien in the northern province of Hung Yen by 2020.

The 2010 Hue Festival, the largest ever so far, will act as a melting pot of ancient capital cities and cities that are world cultural heritage sites, said a local official.

“Space for Cham culture” is an exhibition of pottery, brocade and books which opened at Trung Nguyen Café, 36 Dien Bien Phu, Hanoi on May 28.

Flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines will operate at least 430 more flights to tourist destinations across the country as part of its plan to add an extra 826 domestic flights from June 1 to August 31 this year.

Viet Nam welcomed nearly 440,000 foreign arrivals in May, an increase of more than 50 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Foreign arrivals in Vietnam in the first five months rose 37.7 percent to 2.2 million on the strength of promotion campaigns and some regional developments.

Vietnam Airlines will add hundreds of flights to its major domestic routes this summer

The $160 million Tan Vien tourism project is to continue despite earlier fears it would be scrubbed.

Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh met with his Mexican counterpart and reached agreements to intensify bilateral relations during a visit to Mexico from May 23-28.

Two Indian navy ships – INS RANJIT and INS KULISH have docked at Hai Phong Port.

A seminar was held in Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang on May 28 to discuss how to develop tourism in the Mekong Delta region.