Vietnam Travel News

The dossier for Hat Xoan should be completed and submiited to UNESCO for recognition as an intangible World Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection, says Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

An initial 19 travel companies in HCMC have clubbed together under the so-called Tourism Stimulus Team 2010 to jointly promote discounted tours to travelers. The members have been recognized by the HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

British and Vietnamese spelunkers have finished a ten-day exploration of the Son Doong Cave, called the world’s largest grotto.

Da Nang City has approved the installation of an elevator, at the cost of nearly VND 10 billion, at Thuy Son Mount which belongs to the Ngu Hanh Son mountain system.

The Kite-flying Festival 2010 opened on March 24th at the East Sea Tourism Complex in Vung Tau City by the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

The northern Bac Ninh provincial People’s Committee has decided to organize the Quan ho folklore singing festival 2010, April 17th to 18th , to welcome the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Thang Long – Hanoi and Quan ho Bac Ninh folklore singing’s recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

The Cham Sculpture Museum in Da Nang has opened an exhibition of antiques from Champa that were excavated in My Son. They will also feature a photo exhibition of the Central Highlands to celebrate the city’s 35th Liberation Day.

A new cable car system in the southern province of Binh Phuoc will highlight its tourism potential and attract investor interest in eco-tourism projects, local officials said.