Vietnam Travel News

The Japanese Satsuki festival will take place in the capital city of Hanoi for the first time.

Vietnam Airlines has worked with travel agents in Australia to carry out a programme advertising Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary.

An exhibition highlighting Vietnam’s cultural heritage opened at the Vietnamese Culture Centre in France on April 27.

Vinh Long Province is known for its orchards and interlacing canals as other provinces in the Mekong Delta.

A national-level anniversary will be held in Hanoi to mark the 120th birthday of late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) and 20 years of UNESCO recognising him as Vietnamese hero of national liberation and great man of culture.

PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corp (PVC) and PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Corp (PVEP) recently broke ground for the PetroVietnam Hotel Complex project in the northern city of Thai Binh.

Washington audiences had a good opportunity to enjoy a selection of Vietnamese folk music at a concert including the dan tranh (16-string zither) and the dan bau (monochord) given by Vietnamese musicians on April 26.

Saigontourist has opened several weekend tours to meet rising tourist demands.

Late President Ho Chi Minh’s 120th birthday celebrations will be held across the country, at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Martyrs’ Monument and the Hanoi Cultural Friendship Palace on May 18, 2010.

Vietnam welcomed almost 1.8 million foreign arrivals in the first four months of the year, representing an increase of over 35 percent year-on-year.

The sixth Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival took place at 23/9 Cultural Park from April 8-11, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign visitors.

Hung Vuong Museum has been inaugurated in Phu Tho Province to commemorate the Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary.

The Vietnamese embassy in Mexico has held a solemn ceremony to commemorate the 18 Hung Kings who founded the country and began a golden era in Vietnam’s history.

The Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Company (VALC) has received the first of five ATR72-500 airplane under a contract between the company and France-based Avion de Transport Regional (ATR).