The Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve has officially become the 580th biosphere reserve of the world and one of the eight world biosphere reserves in Vietnam.

An exhibition of photographs featuring traditional Vietnamese festivals has opened in the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France .

The Hue Academy of Music has set up a group of artists to perform Nha nhac cung dinh Hue (Hue royal court music) for free every weekend to attract more visitors to the former capital city.

A preliminary conference to review three years of implementing the Prime Minister’s Decision on ‘Vietnam Ethnic Group Cultural Day’ (April 19) has been held during the festival, along with a conference on promoting tourism, a mountain market fair and traditional games, sports and entertainment.

Around 25 athletes from Japan, France, the US, Poland and Vietnam will attend the Danang International Parachute Competition (DIPC) to be held from May 23 to 27.

On 9th May 2012, the Taiwan tourism promotion workshop was held at Sheraton Hotel (Ha Noi). The workshop had the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT); Mr. Liu Hsi Lin, Deputy General Director of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau; Mr. Bui Trong Van, Chief of the ...

The Vietnamese Embassy along with 70 others in London participated in the International Spring Fair opened on May 15.

The 2012 Southern Land Cusine Festival will open at Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25.

This year’s European food festival will take place at 6 p.m. on May 26 at the National Library of Vietnam, 31 Trang Thi Street in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.

An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh opened in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on May 14 to mark the President’s 122nd birthday (May 19, 1890-2012) and the 65th anniversary of the President’s arrival at the Thai Nguyen safe zone to lead the resistance war against the French colonists.