The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) was due to launch a series of activities abroad this year to further promote Vietnam’s culture to the world.
A cuisine culture exchange among ASEAN countries was held in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur on March 22.
An exclusively royal ritual conducted through hundreds of years during the feudal regime was resurrected for the fourth time in the former capital of Hue on March 20.
The world’s largest cruise liner, Queen Mary 2, with over 2,430 tourists aboard, visited Nha Trang Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa on March 21.
A “Vietnam Culture Day†programme took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 19, aimed at increasing understanding on the land and people of Vietnam as well as promoting cooperation.
Four Vietnamese tourist companies - La Palanche Voyages, Luxury Travel, Vietnam Originale and Cle Voyage - joined in the Le Monde à Paris (MAP) International Tourism Fair 2011 from March 17-20.
Thirty four enterprises nationwide have registered to sponsor about VND20 billion for the Danang International Fireworks Competition 2011 to be held April 29-30 on the central coast.
The special aroma of Vietnamese coffee and the coffee drinking culture of Vietnamese people will be introduced in a 12-episode film produced by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB).
The cultural exchange festival Global Village 2011 took place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20.
Vietnam has for the first time participated in the Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, which took place in Malaysia from March 17-20.
Vietnam’s first ever International Choir Festival and Competition (VICC 1) opened in Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam on March 16.
The International Yacht Festival (VIYF) 2011 under the theme “Ship, Sea, Sand and Sun†opened at Mui Ne, Phan Thiet City in the southern province of Binh Thuan on March 17.