A Russian reporter, Sergey Afonin, has
authored an article to praise the 35th anniversary of the Liberation of
South Vietnam (April 30), a historic moment that led to national
reunification.
The number of visitors to this year’s
Hung Kings Temple Festival has increased sharply over the past five
days, according to the festival organising board.
Vung Tau is well known as one of
southern Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations thanks to
enjoy beautiful sunsets, white sand beaches and numerous water
activities.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism and the Phu Tho People’s Committee are urgently completing a
dossier to submit to UNESCO for recognition of the “Belief and Hung
Kings Temple Festival” as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Preparations for the 2010 Hung Kings
Temple Festival and the celebration of the death anniversary of the Hung
Kings have been basically complete, said the organising board on April
10.
Vietnam hosts Southeast Asian leaders
this week as chair of their 10-nation bloc, shining a spotlight on the
political and economic stability that prompted Intel Corp and Toyota
Motor Corp. to increase investments, says Bloomberg.
Businessmen at a recent workshop on
promoting investment of Italian enterprises in Vietnam described the
country a young, dynamic and full of development and investment
opportunities.
Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Buphavanh
has pledged that his government will create favourable conditions for
two national flag air carriers of Lao and Vietnam to cooperate
effectively and expressed his wish that the two sides will soon reach a
cooperation agreement.
“Cooperation in developing tourism
within ASEAN” was the theme of a seminar held by the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) in the central city of Da Nang on
March 27.
International migration experts on
March 26 suggested Vietnam should work more closely with destination
countries to improve the speed and reduce costs for overseas Vietnamese
of sending remittances back home.
The opening ceremony of the festival to
commemorate the death of the Hung Kings will take place on April 14
night with a programme of singing, dancing and music on an imposing
stage of Vietnamese culture.
The American Telecommunication
Certification Body (ATCB) has reported that a number of US agencies and
companies together with Vietnamese partners will organise a Conference
on Environment Solutions backed by American Technology in Hanoi on May
25.
Hanoi will host an international
exhibition of electronics and manufacturing technologies called “The
Vietnam Manufacturing Expo and NEPCON Vietnam 2010” from May 20-22.
RNCOS, a leading market research and
information analysis company, has issued a new Market Research Report,
saying that tourism sector of Vietnam is projected to grow at
double-digit growth rate in near future, owing to a rise in private
sector investment.
A week of culture and tourism events
will take place in the central ancient city of Hoi An from March 21 to
28 to welcome the 35 th anniversary of the city liberation (March 28,
1975).
When Hollywood blockbusters Avatar and
Transformers were released in Vietnam at the same time as their world
premieres last year, it marked a major breakthrough for the local
cinema industry.
XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
