Vietnam Travel News

After five years of implementing the project on the preservation and promotion of festivals, gongs and traditional folklore musical instruments of M’nong ethnic minority group, the provincial cultural sector reinstated and organized 38 traditional cultural festivals of the M’nong group.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is calling on the country’s representative offices abroad to join forces in promoting Vietnam’s tourism and culture to travelers worldwide, said head of the national tourism authority.

The Tich Dien (Ploughing the Rice Field) Festival will be held in the northern province of Ha Nam from February 18-20. The event marks a spring day in the 10th century when King Le Dai Hanh ploughed a field in order to motivate farming.

It is estimated that over 416,000 foreign visitors came to Vietnam in January, a 20.4 percent increase from a year earlier and a 10 percent increase compared to December 2009, reported the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Many hotels between Da Nang City and the south are reporting that all their rooms have been booked up thanks to a sharp increase in the number of travelers this Tet.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism’s chief Nguyen Van Tuan said tourism and aviation agencies will join hands to open representative offices abroad.

The Ministry of Transport (MOT) on January 28 sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Finance, requesting to launch airfare guidelines for domestic flights.

Over 100 artefacts dating back to the first millennium BC are on display at the office of the Asia Society in New York, with many of them going abroad for the first time.

A total of 2,000 people are expected to join in drawing the “Tale of carp turning into dragon” painting at the Tet Viet 2010 Fair slated for the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on Feb. 5.

This huge banh tet (cylindric glutinous rice cake) and 999 small banh tet will be carried in an afternoon procession along on the roads of Nha Trang on the third day of the first lunar month (February 16).

Saigon Children’s Charity (SCC) will continue its annual sporting event to raise money for disadvantaged children by organizing the tenth Saigon Cyclo Challenge, which will be held at Taipei School in HCMC’s District 7 on March 13.

The Mekong River Delta Tourism Association reported in 2009, in spite of a sharp decrease in the number of foreign tourists, the regional tourism industry still enjoyed a turnover increase.

A total investment of nearly VND13 trillion (US$703.85 million) was pledged for the Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang during a conference January 29 on investment promotion in the province.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will organize many outstanding and animated programs to celebrate the Tet holidays from February 19 to 21, promising tourists an enjoyable experience with traditional images, sounds and foods of diverse peoples and regions.