APEC selects Da Nang to implement low-carbon model

Ngu Hanh Son district in the central city of Da Nang has been chosen to implement an APEC low-carbon model town project with a view to expanding it to districts and cities throughout the country and the world.

Kon Tum reconstructs ethnic minorities’ fests

According to the Central Highlands Kon Tum province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the province has successfully re-created 19 of the local ethnic minorities’ fests in an attempt to revive these eroding traditional festive events.

Tourism police to protect foreigners

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has been asked by its department in Ha Noi to establish a tourism police force dedicated to protecting visitors who are increasingly suffering from tourist scams in the capital.

Spain supports ethnic women

One of the successes of a Spanish project to enhance tourism sector capacity has been to raise the role of ethnic women in their communities, according to Hoang Thu Hien, head of the Lao Cai Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Dong Thap moves to preserve Tram Chim Park

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has freshly approved a funding of 208 billion VND to preserve and develop Tram Chim National Park sustainably in 2013-2020.

Da Nang Biodiversity Exhibition opens on 22 May

Da Nang’s first ever Biodiversity Exhibition will be held at the Museum of Da Nang between 22 May and 5 June.

Local young people get actively involved in 2013 National Green Hour programme

On Sunday, more than 500 Da Nang Youth Union members, local students, military personnel, and members of local clubs and groups, became actively involved in cleaning up the environment.

Sustainable tourism in central region intensified

World Heritage sites in Vietnam’s central region have been introduced to the world through the offering of a travel book called My Son Sanctuary World Heritage Site and flyers on international flights of Asiana Airlines of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Two thousand-year-old trees recognised as national heritage

Pomu and samu trees of over 1,000 years old in the Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in central Thanh Hoa province have been recognised as the national heritage.

Homestay tourism launched in My Son

Visitors to the central province of Quang Nam can experience the local culture in My Son Village in Duy Xuyen district through a new community tourism model.