A special concert to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi was held in Berlin on August 22.
The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has won the Pacific-Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) 2010 gold award in the heritage category.
A large art performance programme named “Proud of the word Vietnam†will be held at Hoan Kiem lake in downtown Hanoi on Sept. 2 to celebrate the 65 th National Day and the count-down to the 100 th birthday of the capital city.
The Phu An Bamboo Village – a bamboo ecological reserve which is considered the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia – has been announced as one of 25 winners of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Equator Prize 2010.
The 15th Fine Arts Exhibition of the Red River Delta’s Zone II opened in Ha Long city, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on August 24.
More than 100 black and white photos by photo-journalists from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) chronicling Hanoi from the past until the present day are on display in Hanoi .
The 15th Arts Photo Festival was held in the central city of Da Nang on August 22. The festival included an exhibition of the top 150 photos in a competition that drew 1,170 entries.
A Vietnamese cultural showcase is scheduled to open at the end of August in the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) National Folk Museum in Seoul, to promote the country’s many different cultures.
A Hoi An-Japan cultural exchange opened in Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam on August 21. In the opening night, Vietnamese and Japanese artists jointly performed special dances from both countries such as lion and royal dances.
Malaysia's National Day will be celebrated with a special menu at the Hotel Nikko Ha Noi from August 21-31.
Thousands of Buddhist dignitaries, monks and nuns, and followers attended a festival in HCM City on August 22 to pay respect to their ancestors and pray for peace, happiness and prosperity for their families and the nation.
Nearly 140 contestants from 26 provinces and cities nationwide will join a contest to select best hotel receptionists in the tourism sector, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).