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TRAVEL IN BRIEF 23/4

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 23/4
SaPa gets ready for culture week A week-long cultural event called “Walking in a Cloud in Sa Pa” will be held from April 30 to May 4 to showcase the rich and distinctive aspects of Sa Pa’s diverse ethnic cultures. “Walking in a Cloud in Sa Pa” will be held from April 30 to May 4. Visitors [...]

Hoi An receives first international motor tourists

Hoi An receives first international motor tourists
The Hoi An International Tourism Centre in Central Quang Nam province has received its first international motor tour from Singapore to Vietnam. The delegation will travel through southern Tay Ninh province, Saigon, Mui Ne, Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, Hoi An, Hue and Lao Bao in 5 days and 4 nights. This fact finding tour is in preparation [...]

Hue History Museum gets new home

Historic home: The main building of the Co Mat Vien, or the imperial Department of Confidential Affairs, where top courtiers discussed important issues during the Nguyen Dynasty’s rule. — VNS File Photo Thai Loc THUA THIEN-HUE – Thua Thien Hue Province authorities have decided after much debate where Hue’s History and Revolution [...]

Inaugural pottery festival scheduled in Binh Duong

VietNamNet Bridge –Binh Duong will hold the first Vietnam-Binh Duong Pottery Festival 2010 from September 4-8. Minh Long ceramics, a famous brand in Binh Duong. The first pottery festival in Vietnam will feature many activities related to pottery, including a fair for pottery and ceramic products, an exhibition of ancient pottery [...]

Hue builds high-end travel services center

Work began Saturday on a tourism service center in Hue that will cost more than US$2 million to build. The Hue Travel Plaza with five stories and a basement is expected to provide tourism and high-end commercial services to both foreign and domestic visitors to the central region. The Hue Tourism Joint [...]

Ancient ritual restored in Hue

As part of the 2010 Hue Festival, the Xa Tac Devotion Ritual was held on April 8 in Xa Tac, Hue City. The main purpose of the ceremony is to worship the gods of soil and rice to help bring a year of temperate weather and abundant crops. Many traditional rituals were displayed [...]

Bicycle tourism booms

Pedalling slowly on his rented bicycle, Jerome Gastel, a visitor from Switzerland, enjoys the fascinating architecture of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter. Viet Nam was a strange country to the 28-year-old some months ago but he has no regrets about visiting the country after a letter from his friend advised him to do so. In the letter, his [...]

National relics to be digitized

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is choosing outstanding relics and antiques to digitize, including the Dong Son bronze drums, ancient statues, Co Loa ancient citadel and Chua Thay pagoda. Visitors touch the heads of stone-made turtoises at Hanoi’s Temple of Literature. The ministry will use three dimension (3D) technologies and many [...]

Visiting Hue, Vietnam’s last imperial city

Situated on the Perfume River, Hue is a relaxed and peaceful city full of lakes, canals and lush vegetation. Once the imperial city of the Nguyen dynasty, this Unesco world Heritage Site is home to some of Vietnam’s greatest historical buildings and sights. The Nguyen dynasty was the last royal family to rule Vietnam with [...]

Photographers show their love via black-and-white photos

Members of the HCM City-based Hai Au club for female photographers will introduce black-and-white pictures about Vietnam’s people, landscape and specialties at the Da Lat Cadasa Resort in Da Lat from April 2 to May 2. Established in 1990, Hai Au club has chosen 65 pictures for the upcoming exhibition to celebrate Da Lat Liberation Day [...]