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Vietnam hosts world gastronomy festival |
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Dan/VNA- World gastronomy festival 2010 will be held in the
southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau from July 21-25
with the participation of around 80 countries and
territories. |
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Tourism promotion in Malaysia marks Hanoi’s birthday |
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The Vietnam National Administration of
Tourism (VNAT), the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and
Vietnam Airlines jointly held a seminar and a gala night to
promote the Vietnamese tourism in Kuala Lumpur on March 5. |
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Tourism promotion in Malaysia marks Hanoi’s birthday |
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The Vietnam National Administration of
Tourism (VNAT), the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and
Vietnam Airlines jointly held a seminar and a gala night to
promote the Vietnamese tourism in Kuala Lumpur on March 5. |
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Restoration of the Doi Pagoda completed |
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 Nhan
Dan - The sanctuary of the Doi Pagoda (Bat Pagoda) has
recently been restored fully, the Soc Trang Department of
Culture, Sport and Tourism has announced. |
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Tourists to enjoy new tourism promotion programme |
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Nhan Dan - A programme on
tourism promotion in 2010, named “Vietnam – Your
Destination” is scheduled to be implemented from the third
quarter of this year, announced the Vietnam National
Administration of Tourism. |
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Ho Chi Minh City receives 800 cruise passengers |
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 Nhan
Dan- Eight hundred Australian cruise passengers of the
Portuguese ship named Athena arrived in the Saigon Port
yesterday, raising the number of cruise travellers received
by Saigontourist so far this year to over 14,000. |
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Capital welcomes 120,000 foreign visitors |
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number of foreign holidaymakers to Hanoi during this year’s
Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival has increased sharply to
120,000, reports the municipal Department of Culture, Sports
and Tourism. |
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Tourism booms in Ho Chi Minh City during Tet |
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 The
number of Ho Chi Minh City’s people travelling on the
occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival recorded a
rise of 30% over the previous Tet with more than 40,000
people choosing the 3-5 day local tours. |
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Tet - New Year’s Festival |
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 Tet
is the most important traditional festival of Vietnamese
ethnic in the country (and those living abroad). This
festival starts from the first day of the first lunar month
of the year, which is considered the beginning of spring. |
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Bobbing on delta river |
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Dan – Over two million tourists at home and abroad flocked
to the western provinces in the National Tourism Year, held
in Can Tho city in 2008. And in 2009, around 750,000 tourist
arrivals were found present on the Mekong Delta River. What
makes the western provinces so attractive to tourists? |
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Hanoi - Old streets and traditional trades |
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 Hanoi
has an old quarter of 36 streets, each being closely
attached to a traditional trade that is clearly shown by its
name, such as Hang Muoi (salt) Street selling salt, Hang
Manh (curtain) Street selling bamboo curtains, Hang Bac
(silver) Street selling silver jewellery, etc. |
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Foreign tourists to Hanoi, Da Nang on the rise |
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The number of foreign passengers through the Noi Bai
International Airport has sharply increased over the first
three days of the Year of the Tiger, said the airport’s
Border Customs Department. |
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How the Highlanders welcome Tet
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throwing of the Tay people |
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 Nhan Dan – Most Tay ethnic
minority people live in Viet Bac whose traditional customs
and habits resemble the Kinh people’s. When the Lunar New
Year (Tet) comes, they make ‘Banh chung’ – glutinous rice
cake in round shape which is filled with green bean and
pork, also called ‘banh tet’.
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1,000-year-old ploughing festival to be restored |
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The Tich Dien Mua Xuan (Spring Ploughing)
Festival, which was initiated more than 1,000 years ago to
promote agriculture, will take place in the northern
province of Ha Nam from February 18-20 (from the fifth to
seventh day of the first lunar month). |
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Hung Kings to be commemorated from April 14-23 |
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 A
wide range of activities will take place in the northern
province of Phu Tho to celebrate the death anniversary of
the Hung Kings and the opening of the Hung Temple Festival,
to take place from April 14 to 23. |
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2009 Tourism under
Review: overcoming difficulties, restoring growth rate
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 Nhan Dan-
Last year saw many difficulties for the tourism sector,
including the global financial crisis, the world economic
recession and epidemic diseases. These have caused adverse
impacs on the development of Vietnam’s tourism, leading to
the decreasing number of tourists to the country. |
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New Year holiday sees a boom on tourism |
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Dan- During the first days of the New Year, the number of
both domestic and international visitors to different
localities of Vietnam increases sharply, according to
Vietnam Administration of Tourism. |
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Alleys form soul of old Hoi An |
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 Falling
in love with Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam is
falling in love with its wonderful alleys, which for locals
are the soul of their home town. |
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Flower Festival to open in Hanoi |
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Dan - Taking place from December 30, 2009 to January 3,
2010, the 2010 Hanoi Flower Festival will be the first of a
series of cultural events in Hanoi and other provinces and
cities nationwide in anticipation of the capital city's
coming 1000th anniversary. |
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Da Lat recognised as city of flower festival |
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Dan - Da Lat City in the central province of Lam Dong has
officially been recognised as the city of flower festival
according to an official dispatch No 2567/TTg-KGVX, signed
by Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung on December 22. |
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Ha
Long Bay’s 15th anniversary marked |
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 The
15th anniversary of Ha Long Bay’s recognition as a world
natural heritage was celebrated in the northern coastal
province of Quang Ninh on December 15. |
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Copper casting by Ngu Xa artisans |
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Xa Village, located west of the former Thang Long capital
(present-day Hanoi ) has practised the craft of copper
casting for more than four centuries. Through the village’s
ups and downs, the local artisans have preserved this
traditional craft with their wholehearted devotion. Among
them, artisan Nguyen Van Ung and his offspring have become
famous for having turned out various sophisticated products
that demonstrate their talent and skills. |
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Hanoi to host celebrations for Ha Long Bay |
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 A
series of activities to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Ha
Long Bay’s recognition as the world natural heritage
(December 7) will be held in Hanoi from December 11-14,
according to the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee. |
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Floral street festival to celebrate New Year |
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 Hanoi
is holding a floral festival, only the second of its kind,
on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) in the
centre of the capital from December 30, 2009, to January 1,
2010, which will turn the area into a gigantic flower
basket. |
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Saigontourist begins busy MICE tour season |
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 The
Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) has just begun
a busy season of MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and
Exhibitions) tours, welcoming more than 10,000 visitors in
November alone. |
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Quang
Nam promotes its culture and tourism in Hanoi |
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 Nhan
Dan Online- Quang Nam Tourism and Culture Week which is to
open in Hanoi tomorrow aims to promote culture, history and
tourism of the central province of Quang Nam to Hanoians as
well as to domestic and foreign investors. |
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Ha Long Bay to have 25-storey twin towers |
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 The
Minh Viet Investment Joint Stock Company (MVIC) on Nov. 15
announced that it will invest in building Bay View Towers in
Ha Long in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh. |
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International Gongs Festival to kick off tomorrow |
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 Nhan
Dan- The International Gongs Festival will be held in the
Central Highland province of Gia Lai from November 12 to 15,
with the participations of various ethnic groups in Vietnam
and in South East Asia. |
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Ooc
Om Boc festival warms up Soc Trang province |
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 An
art performance and an ethnic costume show presented by Hoa
people in the southern province of Soc Trang as part of main
activities to mark the Ooc Om Boc festival, concluded on
November 1. |
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Building up tourism products of Red River Delta |
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Nhan Dan – The Red (Hong) River Delta
possesses a variety of natural and humane tourism resources.
Hanoi ancient capital city along with thousands of
historical and cultural relic sites; traditional craft
villages and intangible cultural heritage systems all
converge in the Red River Delta, making it possible a key
tourism centre of the nation, Luu Nhan Vinh tells more. |
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Promoting cultural assets to encourage Mekong tourism
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The up-coming Mekong-Japan Tourism and
Cultural Festival is aimed at highlighting the unique
aspects of local culture to promote Mekong Delta tourism,
affirmed Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran
Chien Thang at a press briefing in Hanoi on October 26. |
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Nhan
Dan – Nearly 70,000 tourists, including 8,000 foreigners,
have visited the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang
since the beginning of this year.
Nhan
Dan - The number of international visitors to Vietnam since
the beginning of this year has 
Nhan
Dan - The capital city of Hanoi is ranked as one the world's
most ideal tourism destination, announced Frommer, a US
prestigious tourist publisher. 
Vietnam’s
first-ever national fruit festival will take place in the
Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang from April 19-24. 
Nhan
Dan – A seminar on Advertising Vietnam’s tourism was held in
Bangkok, Thailand on March 1.
Nhan
Dan- Vietnam Airlines launched its first commercial direct
air route from Hanoi to Yangon, Myanmar, on March 2. 
Tens
of thousands of visitors have flocked to the Long Tong
(Going to the Field) festival of Tay ethnic people in Na
Hang district of the northern mountain province of Tuyen
Quang.
A
tourism programme named ‘Travelling to the Root – Lao Cai
2010’ opened in the Central Square of the Lao Cai - Cam
Duong New Urban on February 27.
The
northern city of Ha Long, home to the World Heritage Ha Long
Bay, received over 3,000 tourists on the first day of the
year of the Tiger on February 14, of which 90% are
foreigners.
A
book featuring 200 Hanoians’ authentic dishes will be
published on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of
Thang Long-Hanoi.
Nhan
Dan- The Spring Flower Festival opened in Phu My Hung urban
area, Ho Chi Minh City on February 6. 
Nhan
Dan- The fifth Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the
southern Khmer ethnic minority people will be held in April
in Tinh Bien district, An Giang province.
Nhan
Dan Online- The second Korean ginseng festival opened last
night in Hanoi, introducing over 60 kinds of ginsengs to
Vietnamese consumers.
The
tourism sector needs to focus on the local market,
considering it as the sector’s key to future development, a
senior official has said.
Hanoi
plans to put into operation five more luxury hotels,
offering an additional 2,000 rooms during 2010, the National
Tourism Year.
Nhan
Dan Online- Mong ethnic minority people in Son La northern
mountainous province normally celebrate their lunar New Year
festival (Tet) from lunar November 30 to lunar December 5.
Vietnam’s
second international kite festival will be held from March
24-28 in the southern city of Vung Tau. 
Two
showrooms featuring Oc Eo and Champa cultures opened at the
Ho Chi Minh City-based Vietnam History Museum on January 12.
Nhan
Dan- A new kind of tour to discover Vietnam’s traditional
martial arts has recently been introduced to visitors.
A
photo exhibition opened in Beijing on January 11 to mark the
60th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-China
diplomatic relations.
A
traditional Vietnamese cookery competition will take place
in Hanoi from January 5 to 9.
As
of 6am on January 1, 2010, Hanoi received its first 300
European tourists from Paris, France on flight of the
national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.
Nhan
Dan - Cat Ba island in the northern port city of Hai Phong
has received its one millionth tourist. 
Nhan
Dan- The Buon Me Thuot-Dak Lak Tourism and Culture Week
entitled “ The Legend of the Central Highlands Elephant”
opened in the central highlands province of Dak Lak on
December 16.
Nhan
Dan – Duy Xuyen district People’s Committee of Quang Nam
province has recently held a meeting to celebrate the 10th
anniversary of My Son sanctuary since its being recognised
as the World Cultural Heritage.
The
US-based Frommer’s travel magazine has recommended Hanoi as
one of the 12 most attractive destinations for 2010. 
Nhan
Dan Online- The Thai Culinary and Culture Delight Week will
be held in Hanoi from December 1 to 6 to celebrate the Thai
National Day, which falls on December 4.
Nhan
Dan Online- The second Korean food festival and exhibition
in Vietnam opened last night in Hanoi.
Nhan
Dan Online- The annual Vietnam – China international trade
and tourism fair will be held in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh
northern province from December 4 to 12.
The
national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will launch direct
flights linking the Vietnamese capital Hanoi and the city of
Osaka, Japan, on January 13, 2010.
