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Asian Zither Festival finishes in HCM City An impressive Ly ngua o (a Southern Vietnamese folk song) concert closed the 2nd Asian Zither Festival in Ho chi minh city on September 4.
Local travel booms despite tough times Local travellers are still packing their suitcases during the year-end tourist season, despite difficult economic times, according to industry insiders.
Japanese Artist Displays Works in City - Tu Do Gallery A collection of twenty paintings entitled “Lotus Ponds” by Japanese artist Kato Shojiro is on displayed at a two-week exhibition organized at Tu Do Gallery in District 1.
A pearl of the orient When you arrive at Nhat Thong restaurant on Tong Dan street in Hanoi the doors swing open as if they have been expecting you. As step inside a waitress clad in a golden ao dai greets us with a wide smile before guiding us to our table through the resplendent surroundings.
HCMC has ambitious target for tourism HCMC has revised up a revenue target for the tourism industry from VND35 trillion to VND46 trillion (US$2.78 billion) by 2010.
International visitors coming to Vietnam up by almost 10% 2,289,287 was the number of international visitors coming to Vietnam in the first six months of 2008, up by 8.1 per cent year on year, according to the General Department of Tourism.
City seeks $2.78 billion in tourism revenue - Vietnam Tourism promotions Hcm city wants to see its tourism revenue reach VND46 trillion (US$2.78 billion) by 2010, double the figure of last year. It hopes to do this by pursuing its tourism development scheme approved by the city’s People’s Committee.
Vietnam to host regional metropolitan tourism conference Vietnam will host the annual United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Asia-Pacific Conference on Metropolitan Tourism in 2009.
Hue Awards Friendship Order to Japanese Professor -Unesco World Heritage Thua Thien-Hue Province and the Hue Relic Preservation Center awarded the Friendship Order to Dr. Nakagawa Takeshi, a Japanese professor, on the occasion of the Hue Festival.
Hue to affirm title as Festival City - Festival City The upcoming biannual Hue festival in central Thua Thien-Hue province will offer new and exciting performances of high professional and artistic quality, in an effort to live up to title of being Vietnam’s ‘Festival City’.
Saigon’s first supermarket - Ben Thanh market Ben Thanh market is a symbol of Ho chi minh city in the mind of local residents and the eyes of foreign tourists, says Hong Nhung and Van Anh
2008 International Sculpture Camp opens in Hue Visitors to the fifth International Sculpture Camp, which is being held in Thuan An town, Phu Van district, central Thua Thien-Hue province have been impressed with the unique and friendly atmosphere.
Ho Chi Minh Museum Presents Work of Cuban Painter - HCMC Museum An exhibition featuring art by Cuban painter, drawer and illustrator Nelson Domínguez is being held at the Ho chi minh city Museum on 65 Ly Tu Trong Street in District 1.