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Performers from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Japan and the Republic of Korea and Vietnam are expected to participate in the second Asian Zither Festival in Hcm city early next month.
An international airport called Phuong Hoang will be built at Tan Canh Commune in the Central Highland’s province of Kon Tum by 2015, according to the Management Board of the Bo Y International Border Gate Economic Zone.
The Saigon Railway Transport Company announced it will operate a new two-way luxury railway route from Saigon to Nha trang starting August 22nd, 2008. The new rail service will include 14 carriages with 7 cabins in each and is designed with interior decorations at a five-star hotel standard.
Some helicopters of the Northern Air Service Corporation carried some tourists stuck in the tourism town of Sapa Lao cai province due to floods to Hanoi on August 11. Each traveller had to pay around $1,000 to go back to Hanoi.
Two agreements on tertiary education cooperation between Vietnamese and Swiss universities were signed in Hanoi on August 5 in the presence of visiting Swiss President Pascal Couchepin and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.
The Viet nam Railway Corporation has decided to increase Train fares, starting on August 10, following increases in fuel costs.
Country pop sensation Le Minh Son will be giving local fans a treat with live performances on August 1 and 2 at the Ha noi Opera House.
Vietnam received more than 2.6 million international visitors in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 10.6 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
When it comes to taking package tours to Halong Bay Caitlin Worsham notices a pattern: no matter how much the price changes everything stays the same.
Standing inside the helicopter’s open door, after a signal from the parachute instructor, 16-year-old student Dam Trang steps out into the unknown and plunges from a height of 900m at speeds reaching 350kmph.
Memories of Long Bien Bridge of several generations of Hanoians, the historical and cultural values of this over-one-century-old bridge will be showcased at an upcoming festival named “Long Bien memories”.
In 2010 the town of Muong Lay town will be at the bottom of a lake. Duc Hanh soaks up the valley’s extraordinary beauty while she can .
Saigon and Hanoi Railway Companies will run more Trains and increase the frequency of trips from Saigon-Nha Trang, Sai Gon-Phan Thiet and from Hanoi to tourist sites to serve students during the university entrance exams and to serve the summer holidays.
The National Administration of Viet nam Tourism is undertaking a massive staff training programme for tourist professionals across the Mekong River Delta this year.
With Bac Ha currently a work in progress, the most beautiful traditional market in the north of Vietnam is found in Can Cau .
Fewer travellers are choosing to take the Train these days, as the railway industry faces strong competition from more modern means of transportation, the Viet nam Railway Corporation recently revealed.
Water puppet shows remain popular for children and tourists but the art form is in dire need of a new generation of puppeteers, directors and playwrights
Luxury resorts are springing up along central Vietnam’s beautiful beaches, turning this heritage-rich area into the next frontier for upscale tourism, writes Andy Tran.
Quang Nam Province is determined to become a major tourist destination in the central region and Vietnam aiming at VND4.6tril (US$288mil) in revenue from tourism annually by 2015.
A new television channel featuring entertainment and advertising programmes called RailTV is now being broadcast on Viet nam railways.
PANO – The Centre of Vietnamese Traditional Music under the Research Centre for Preservation and Promotion of Vietnamese Traditional Music debuted on May 19.
Thac Ba Lake in Yen Bai province is a bewitchingly beautiful place, just don’t forget your insect repellent, says Duc Hanh.
The Hanoi Railway Transportation Company will put into operation a pair of Trains from Hanoi to Hue and vice versa to serve tourists during the Festival Hue and summer 2008.
BAC HA, Lao cai — Bac Ha District will begin culture week on May 29 setting a record for the biggest batch of thang co, horse soup, brewed in one pan.
The Central Vietnam Puppetry Theatre will take 16 traditional water puppetry items to Finland for the first time this autumn. At the same time, 11 Vietnamese puppeteers will be trained in modern puppetry at Finland's Hevosenkeke Theatre. Kirsi Aropaltio, Art Director of Hevosenkeke Theatre, talks about the event.
An 18-hole golf course by Vinh Thuan Joint Venture Company has been inaugurated in Mong Cai Beach, the northern province of Quang Ninh. This is a major project under the provincial tourism development strategy.
The Accor hotel group and several French universities have joined the Hanoi National University in offering Masters of Hotel Management courses to aspiring young Vietnamese hoteliers.
Both veteran and younger actors performed at the Artists’ Pagoda, also known as the Nhat Quang Tu (Sunlight Pagoda), to celebrate the birthday of People’s Artist Phung Ha and wish her a long life.
Thanh Hoa northern province is now striving to build Sam Son town into a developed sea tourism town from now by the year 2010.
Lack of audience is the biggest problem for most traditional arts like Cheo, Tuong, Cai Luong, but not for puppetry, which in confronted by a lack of manpower.
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