The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Phu Yen provincial People’s Committee held a meeting in Tuy Hoa City on August 7 to launch the National Tourism Year 2011 in Phu Yen Province.
The Chan Tam Association, under the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association, on August 6 began casting a large-size incense-burner in Hanoi, which will be placed at the Temple of Literature in honour of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Construction of the Hoa Phuong Island Complex with an investment capital of VND2,000 billion started in Do Son district, Hai Phong City, on August 6.
The Vietnamese tourism authority said it expected about 1 million Chinese holidaymakers to visit the country this year, double last year's number.
The Hanoi Craft Week 2010 opened at a ceremony on August 4 as part of activities to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Young Vietnamese entrepreneurs will join a caravan named “Thang Long Millennial - Cultural Journey†on October 4 to mark the millennium of the capital city.
Danang will create new policies to encourage investors to develop key tourism areas, including Ba Na Tourist Site, Son Tra Peninsula and the beaches of My Khe and Non Nuoc. The local government plans to focus on tourist safety and invest in improving infrastructure, transportation and flight schedules.
Hanoi and Danang will become the country’s first two cities to launch a big sale program designed to spur consumer spending and shopping tourism.
The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has spent more than VND20 billion (about USD1.04 million) on building and restoring Rong house (communal house), the traditional and spiritual home of the local ethnic minority groups.
The Thang Long-Hanoi website of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) officially launched its Japanese language version on August 3.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to develop tourism as a key economic sector in the Mekong Delta.
A total of 120 photos on China’s world heritage sites are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.