An exhibition featuring 25 miniature statues of President Ho Chi Minh and Vice President Ton Duc Thang opened at the Ton Duc Thang Museum in HCM City on October 20.
An exhibition of paintings by seven Ha Noi-based artists features famous locations in the capital city. The show, titled Mot Ngay (A Day), has a special theme that required each artist to paint their pictures within a single day.
The HCMC tourism authority will survey a new tourist route upstream the Saigon River to the neighboring province of Dong Nai early on November as the city government on October 18 gave approval, an official said.
A Vietnamese cultural festival has opened in the Russian city of Tula to mark the 60th anniversary of Vietnamese-Russian diplomatic relations and the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. The event was organised by Vietnamese students at the International faculty from Tula State. L.N Tolstoy Pedagogical University.
Organizers of the World Travel Awards have named four hotel and spa properties in Vietnam in the list of Asian winners for the prestigious industry accolade in 2010 based on the votes cast by travel professionals and consumers worldwide.
The Venezuela Embassy in Vietnam in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Monday opened the Venezuelan Cultural Week in Vietnam at the National Library, 31 Trang Thi Street, Hanoi.
Books and photos on the capital city of Hanoi by French and Vietnamese writers and photographers are on display at an exhibition entitled “Hanoi Today†that opened in Paris on October 18.
France’s “Le Nouvel Observateur†(The New Observer) newspaper has published a two-page article praising Hanoi’s beauty on its 1,000th birthday.
The number of travelers to Vietnam and beyond countries has continued increasing and more people seek luxury travel of these exotic lands. Luxury Travel Co., Ltd is Vietnam’s first luxury travel operator which announces to publish its first version of Luxury Travel Guide Book or luxury guide for short.
Katazome (stencil dyeing) paintings by Japanese painter Toba Mika are being showcased at the Nara Yakushiji temple in Nara prefecture from October 16 to November 10. The exhibition, themed “Taking Nara and Hanoi closer through Katazome artsâ€, aims to celebrate the 1,000th founding anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and 1,300 years of the ancient capital of Nara.
More than 50 photos on the northern midland province of Thai Nguyen taken by photo journalists of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) are on display at an exhibition which opened on October 18 in Thai Nguyen city.
A Vietnamese film week opened in Magdeburg city of the Sachsen-Anhalt state on October 14 as part of the Vietnam Year in Germany in 2010. Addressing the opening ceremony, Vietnamese charge d’affaires Bui Ngoc Toan stressed the importance of the film week which takes place in the year Vietnam and Germany celebrate their 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties.