The Asian cuisine festival was held on March 5 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates. The festival was attended by embassies from 16 countries including Vietnam, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, China, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Korea, Iran and Azerbaijan.
Germany will provide an additional USD135,000 for implementing cultural heritage preservation projects in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The local firm Huong Giang Travel is teaming up with Turkish Airlines for outbound tours for people from Vietnam to explore the destinations that the carrier flies to in parts of Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
A photographic exhibition praising the time-honoured relations between Vietnam and Laos was held recently in Vientiane by the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos.
Construction began on the Archi Reeno Hoa Binh Company's VND800 billion (US$37.2 million) Lam Son Resort in northern Hoa Binh Province on March 12.
An elephant from Yang Tao Village won the first ever race for pachyderms held on March 10 in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Lak.
Russian press circles have confirmed Vietnam as the most popular choice in recent times for Russian tourists, with an increase of 68% year on year to over 51,000 arrivals in 2010.
A pagoda known for its clay Buddha statues has been recognised as a historical and cultural relic of the Mekong Delta Province of Soc Trang.
More than 30 Vietnamese companies are participating in the International Tourism Fair ITB, which opened in the German capital city of Berlin on March 9. The year’s five –day fair drew over 11,000 exhibitors from 188 counties across the world.
The Ba Be National Park in the northern mountainous province of Bac Can has been named on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands List as a Wetland of International Importance.
Hoi An Ancient City in the central coastal province of Quang Nam, ranked second among the world’s top 10 leading tourism cities, according to a selection by readers of the UK’s Wanderlust.co.uk/magazine.
An art group of the central province of Quang Nam will perform at a festival which will be held from May 26 to June 5 in the city Bergamo of Italy.