A solemn ceremony was held at Tran Thuong Temple in Ly Nhan district, the northern province of Ha Nam on September 26 to commemorate the 710 th death anniversary of Tran Hung Dao, a military Grand Commander during the Tran dynasty.
The State Records and Archives Department will present a set of reproduced woodblocks “Chieu Doi Do” (the royal proclamation to change the capital city) and 1,000 copies of two books on Thang Long-Hanoi to the Hanoi People’s Committee on September 24.
A photo exhibition on the Truong Sa Spratly Islands opened at 16 Ngo Quyen Street in Hanoi on September 21. These pictures will help visitors gain a better understanding of the Truong Sa Islands.
Delegates from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea (RoK), the Philippines, Mongolia and Vietnam discussed sustainable tourism development at a workshop in Ha Long city of the northern coastal Quang Ninh province on September 14.
Fishermen in HCMC’s Can Gio District will celebrate the traditional whale worshipping festival for four days from September 21 to 24 (from the 14th to 17th of the eighth lunar month) in Can Thanh Commune.
The Italian embassy in Hanoi has announced the ‘Italian Music Month in Vietnam’ as part of the embassy’s activities to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
An International Tourism Festival will be held at Hanoi’s Bao Son Paradise Theme Park from October 2-5 to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and National Tourism Year 2010.
The Mekong River Delta welcomed nearly 10 million tourists including 730,000 foreigners in the first half of the year, 19 percent more than in the same period last year, said the Mekong Delta Tourism Association.