Many businesses in timber craft villages have switched their focus to the domestic market in a bid to escape the current economic downturn which has forced foreign importers to reduce spending on timber products.
Shrines and altars honouring studying and education are being displayed at an exhibition organised at Hanoi's Van Mieu (Temple of Literature), which also houses motifs of Confucius and other learned scholars.
(TITC) - From 8 to 11 June 2013, Sea Festival 2013 with the theme “Nha Trang – Sea rendezvous” will take place in Nha Trang City, Cam Ranh City, Khanh Vinh District and Ninh Hoa Town (Khanh Hoa Province).
Asian Trails Co. Ltd. will develop an 11-hectare eco-tourism site near Lak Lake in Daklak Province to serve its European customers.
A pictorial magazine, Dan Toc va Mien Nui (Nationalities and Mountain), owned by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), debuted in Hanoi on January 22
(TITC) - Sa Pa Stone Church and Muong Hoa Valley in Sa Pa District (Lao Cai Province) have been introduced to Viet Nam Record Organization to consider and recognize as one of Top 5 over 100-year-old churches known the most and Top 5 the most beautiful and largest valleys in Viet Nam.
On January 16, 120 international and Vietnamese volunteers collected garbage in fishing villages and the coast of Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh Province. This is part of the campaign to protect the environment of the world's natural heritage.
Con Dao is considered as a place with a diverse range of species and still looks pristine and wild.
Some cultural festivals held last year were organised unprofessionally, according to Pham Van Thuy, director of the Popular Culture Department at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
My father's Australian friend recently sent him an email to inform him that he would be visiting Viet Nam in early March, and expressed a desire to tour a craft village outside Ha Noi.