Vietnam Travel News

On October 3, the Party Committee, the People’s Committee and the Fatherland Front of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang celebrated the 510th anniversary of its establishment, the 59th anniversary of its liberation and receiving the Ho Chi Minh Order.

 More than 100,000 Caodai pilgrims flocked to the Caodai Church in the southern province of Tay Ninh on Oct. 3 for their annual grand banquet at the Dieu Tri Palace.

Swiss BelHotel International has won a 10-year contract to manage the Sacom Resort in the French-style town of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

From their treetop perches in the dusk, the black-shanked douc – a type of monkey – look down on two tourist resorts and a new road construction that has peeled the skin of the jungle away from the coast.

Ca tru, a Vietnamese musical genre that flourished in Hanoi clubs in the first half of the 20th century, has been accorded UNESCO recognition as a ‘world cultural heritage.’

A ceremony to kick off Vietnam National Tourism Year 2010 will be held at Ly Thai To Flower Garden in Hanoi on October 10, said Nguyen Khac Loi, deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 By 11am on October 2, two days after launching a donation campaign, the Vietnam Fatherland Front had received over VND5 billion from domestic and foreign individuals and organisations.

 53 blueprints and 23 illustrated pictures of Hanoi’s architectural works from 1875-1945 are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in the capital city on October 1.

Vietnam and Australia have agreed to lift their relationship to a comprehensive partnership in the interest of their people and for prosperity of each country, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and globally.

The time taken to complete passports procedures will be cut from five days to 15 minutes, according to Truong Xuan Thanh, deputy director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Nearly 100 athletes from 20 countries including South Africa, US, China and Japan started a marathon along the road running through three tourist spots in central Vietnam, such as Da Nang, Hue and Hoi An.

The central province of Quang Nam has granted a licence to two US companies, Tano Capital LLC and Global C&D, to build a 4.15 billion USD eco-tourism zone in Dien Duong commune, Dien Ban district.

Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) has been listed as a cultural heritage in need of urgent protection by the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

The packaging and marketing of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia as a single tourism destination was a major topic of discussion at the International Tourism Investment Conference held in HCM City on September 30.

“Quan Ho Bac Ninh” singing (Bac Ninh folk love duets) has been recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the fourth session of the UNESCO International Committee, in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.