Vietnam to offer first trans-ASEAN motor tour

Nine tourists from the US, Canada and Norway will join in a trans-ASEAN tour by motorbike, which will be launched in Vietnam for the first time on September 24, 2008. The trip will last two months under which travellers will drive through Vietnam for 20 days, then travel across Laos, Cambodia and Thailand before ending [...]  Detail

Festival to celebrate Vietnam’s diverse, colourful cultures

A colourful festival to highlight various regions’ cultural identities will take place in Hanoi from October 6-9, 2008, beginning a series of activities to celebrate the 1,000th founding anniversary of the Thang Long-Hanoi capital city. Twenty provinces and cities representing the northern, central and southern regions will visit the capital to showcase their typical arts, [...]  Detail

Japanese ambassador plants cherry flowers in Da Lat

Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Mitsuo Sakaba on September 21, 2008 joined officials and deaf students from Central Highlands Lam Dong province in planting cherry blossom trees at the resort city of Da Lat. This was one of the activities to mark the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties. The 35 trees were imported by Hisamitsu Company [...]  Detail

Saigontourist receives 1,100 visitors from SuperStar Gemini

Saigontourist Travel Service Company has welcomed about 1,100 visitors, mainly Australians from the SuperStar Gemini cruise ship which docked at Sai Gon Port on the afternoon of September 19, 2008. This is the last time it has come to Ho Chi Minh City according to this year’s schedule. During their two-day stays in HCM, tourists [...]  Detail

Colourful Vietnam Festival lightens Japan

Prince Naruhito’s coming to the Vietnam Festival 2008 opened in Tokyo on September 20, 2008 has confirmed Japan ’s high respect to relations with Vietnam after 35 years of establishing diplomatic relations. The two-day festival, the peak in a series of celebrations to the 35th anniversary held across Japan, is expected to delight Japanese audiences [...]  Detail

Vietnamese troupe to join Italian cultural festival

A troupe of fourteen Vietnamese artists will take part in the 12th “Constante Cambiamento” (Constantly Changeable) cultural festival in the Italian city of Florence, which runs from September 19 to October 8, 2008. The festival will include dance performances by artists from the UNESCO Centre for Cultural and Sports Development and the showing of several [...]  Detail

Images of Vietnam introduced in France

Books, newspapers and photographs on Vietnam’s land and people were showcased at the municipal Post Office in Neuilly-sur-Seine city near the capital city of Paris on September 18, 2008. The exhibition was held following an initiative by Neuilly-sur-Seine’s Post Office which is coordinating with the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Association in France on the [...]  Detail

Japanese and Korean tourism firms to survey Nha Trang

Nearly 30 tourism businesses, travel agents and representatives from three-to-five-star hotels in Khanh Hoa Province took part in a workshop held by the Tourism and Commerce Promotion Center dealing with tourism promotion and working plan with two Fam Trip from Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK). As currently scheduled, from October 1-5, 2008 around [...]  Detail

Vietnam week in Japan opens in Osaka city

The “Vietnam week in Japan” officially began in Japan’s central Osaka city on September 16, 2008 with a series of cultural activities and art performances. The Vietnam-Japan Cultural Night – the focus of these activities - with special and impressive art performances, themed “Marvellous Vietnam,” held at the Osaka international exchange centre attracted about 2,000 people, [...]  Detail

Lang Son opens trade-tourism fair

Nearly 150 booths of more than 100 businesses from 20 provinces and cities nationwide and foreign countries are showcasing their products at a trade and tourism fair held in northern border Lang Son province from September 16-21, 2008. The fair, co-organised by the provincial Industry and Trade Department and the Fair and Trade Joint Stock [...]  Detail

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