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Photo exhibition revives old Hanoi (Oct 13, 2009)

An exhibition featuring documentary photos of Hanoi in the beginning of the 20th century opened in HCMC on October 10.

Foreign tourists OKâ€™d to use right-hand drive (Oct 13, 2009)

Foreign visitors will be allowed to use right-hand-drive cars in Vietnam following a Government decree on the issue to come into force on November 15.

Action to protect newly-recognised intangible culture (Oct 13, 2009)

Vietnam has snapped into action to protect two of its indigenous art forms after they were recently recognised by UNESCO as part of the worldâ€™s intangible cultural heritage.

Hanoi plays host of National Tourism Year 2010 (Oct 11, 2009)

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on the evening of October 10 to celebrate the 999th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and announce the National Tourism Year 2010.

Thang Long-Hanoi contest launched (Oct 11, 2009)

A contest to gain a better understanding of the millennium of Thang Long-Hanoi was launched in Hanoi on October 11 as part of activities to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi in 2010.

Photo show brings Hanoi to Paris (Oct 11, 2009)

A photo exhibition portraying the life, sceneries and people of Hanoi was opened at the Vietnam Cultural Centre in Paris, France on October 9.

National tourism body to rate tourist boats (Oct 11, 2009)

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will combine with the Ministry of Communications and Transport to rate the quality of tourist boats that offer accommodation services for tourists to stay overnight on board, a tourism official said.

Halong Bay - one of the worldâ€™s natural wonders (Oct 08, 2009)

Halong Bay has been ranked as one of the 150 most beautiful natural wonders in the world by the French leading e-magazine, Lâ€™Internaute. An article portraying Halong Bay â€“ a world natural heritage, was published in September in the Voyager (tourism) column of Lâ€™Internaute magazine.

Hanoiâ€™s Old Quarter as seen by French culturist (Oct 08, 2009)

An exhibition of photos portraying Hanoiâ€™s Old Quarter collected by the Chairman of Franceâ€™s Heritage League, Philipe Chaplain, opened to the public in Hanoi on October 8.

HCMC takes action to attract more tourists (Oct 08, 2009)

Ho Chi Minh Cityâ€™s tourism sector has taken several measures to prevent the industry from declining any further due to the impacts of the global economic downturn, said a city official.

Numerous celebrations to mark Hanoiâ€™s liberation day (Oct 07, 2009)

Numerous activities, including cultural and arts exhibitions, and performances will be organized from the afternoon of October 8 to 18 at the Hanoi ancient citadel relic to mark the 999th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the 55th liberation day of the capital city (October 10).

Hanoi gears up for National Tourism Year (Oct 07, 2009)

Hanoiâ€™s tourism authorities and travel agents have kicked off various activities in the run up to National Tourism Year 2010 which takes the theme of â€œThang Long-Hanoi, a thousand years of coming together.â€

Hanoi-Fukuoka cultural exchange under way (Oct 07, 2009)

A week-long cultural exchange between Hanoi, Vietnam and the Fukuoka prefecture in southern Japan kicked off on October 7 with the opening festival for Hanoi-Vietnam days in Fukuoka.

HCMC ends nominations for top 100 attractions (Oct 06, 2009)

The organisation committee of â€œHCMC-100 Excitingâ€ has closed nominations for the 100 interesting activities and specialties.

Exhibition on Vietnamâ€™s border defence (Oct 06, 2009)