Foreign tourists buying package tours to Vietnam under the Impressive Vietnam promotion campaign will enjoy an exemption on visa fees until the end of the year instead of end-September, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
A festival celebrating the culture, sports and tourist attractions of the Hong (Red) River Delta provinces opened on October 14 in province of Thai Binh.
The fifth photographic exhibition on Vietnam and its people opened in Hanoi on October 14. The event is to mark the 55th year since the Vietnam Pictorial, an arm of the Vietnam News Agency, issued its first publication on October 15, 1954.
A culinary art show was opened in the northern province of Thai Binh on October 13 to illustrate food specialties from 10 provinces and cities in the Red River Delta originally living on wet rice growing.
How to build a dossier and collect documents on Hat Xoan to be submitted to UNESCO for recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection was discussed at a symposium on October 13.
A photo exhibition on the sea and islands of Vietnam and historical documents seen as legal evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty was opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 13.
Thousands of ancient architecture-related artifacts dated back to Tran Dynasty which have recently been discovered since 2005 now are on display in Nam Dinh provincial museum.
An exhibition featuring documentary photos of Hanoi in the beginning of the 20th century opened in HCMC on October 10.
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.
Vietnam has snapped into action to protect two of its indigenous art forms after they were recently recognised by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage.
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.
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.