Vietnam Travel News

A ceremony to present Vietnam’s biggest gong was held by the Vietnamese Guinness Record Center in the city of Pleiku November 13.

 Sulistyo Tirtokusumo, head of the Indonesian delegation at the International Gong Festival in Gia Lai Province this weekend, is also a gong artist and official of Indonesia’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He spoke about preserving gong culture.

Called the “culinary diplomat” and “artist of royal gastronomy”, businesswoman and food expert Ho Hoang Anh has made it her mission to bringing the best of Vietnamese cuisine to the world.

Ikebana, the unique Japanese art of flower arrangement, will be showcased at an event in Hanoi early next month.

The cultures of the Mekong River will mix with the ancient arts of Japan at the Mekong-Japan Tourism and Cultural Festival in Can Tho this December.

As the shutters come down on the Ben Thanh Market, the talls outside seem to be closing as well. But that is just a fleeting impression because they are actually setting up for the evening.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has officially approved the plan to restore the Quan Chuong Gate, Hanoi’s last remaining ancient city gate.

A festival celebrating the culture, sports and tourist attractions of the Hong (Red) River Delta provinces opened on Oct.14 in province Thai Binh.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Ho Chi Minh City, Kien Giang and An Giang will be cooperating with each other to launch a tourism promotion programme in Cambodia.

Hue in Thua Thien-Hue Province, is a city made up of centuries-old pagodas, temples and houses and it boasts a wonderful landscape with the poetic Huong River and the magnificent Ngu Mountain on opposite sides.

A group of students surround a stone object symbolising linga and yoni at the exhibition hall of Cham Museum. They listen attentively to the guide.

The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism has granted a four-star certificate to Diamond Bay Resort&Golf in Khanh Hoa Province’s Nha Trang City.

The number of tourists from China arriving in Viet Nam with travel passes has surged after Chinese are again allowed to travel in this manner since last April.

Sixty gong troupes from five Asian countries and 24 cities and provinces in Viet Nam kicked off the first International Gong Festival in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai last night, November 12.

Anticipation is building across the Central Highlands in the lead-up to the first International Gong Festival in Gia Lai Province from November 12 to 15.