A proposal to build a statue of a turtle beside Ho Guom (the Sword Lake), located in the heart of the capital city, was submitted to the Hanoi People’s Committee at the end of March.
The newly-released “Kong: Skull Island” has caught attention from Vietnamese movie fans. What draw the audience to the theaters is that much of the movie was shot in real locations in Vietnam.
Warner Bros releases photos of the shooting of the blockbuster Kong: Skull Island by Director Jordan Vogt-Robert in Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh and Quang Binh provinces of Vietnam.
The freshly-ended Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2017 attracted about 350,000 visitors, a rise of 20 percent over the previous year, according to the organising board.
As Kong: Skull Island tops box offices worldwide and shatters records in Vietnam, its director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has taken on a new role: Vietnam’s Tourism Ambassador for the 2017-2020 tenure.
Vietnam, with gorgeous natural and cultural heritage sites, is willing to host foreign film productions after the fresh success of the "Kong: Skull Island” shot in Vietnam.
Hollywood film director Jordan Vogt-Roberts said he is honoured to be Vietnam’s tourism ambassador and will do his utmost to help Vietnamese tourism take off.
American blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island” has set a new record in box office revenues in Vietnam after snagging 18.2 billion VND (798,200 USD) from the opening day on March 10 and early screenings on March 9 night.
Northern Quang Ninh province is aiming to take advantage of opportunities the American blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island” may bring to its tourism industry.
Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts, director of the latest Hollywood blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island” has been appointed as tourism ambassador of Vietnam in the 2017-2020 tenure.
Vietnam provided the “perfect aesthetic” for the film “Kong: Skull Island”, director Vogt-Roberts was quoted by Channel NewsAsia on its website www.channelnewsasia.com.
The central province of Quang Binh is looking to cash in on the Hollywood film King Kong, new flights and being home to the world’s largest cave, Son Doong.
The imposing scenes and thrilling beauty of Ha Long Bay, Trang An Complex and mountains in Quang Binh Province are showcased in the official trailer for the Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island.
Quang Binh will be elevated into a tourism centre for Southeast Asia by 2020, announced the local authority at a recent conference of managers from tourism enterprises based within the province.
Vietnam is attending Locations Show 2016, India’s largest film tourism event held by the India International Film Tourism Council (IIFTC) and the Film Federation of India (FFI), for the first time.
The Hollywood crew of Kong: Skull Island attends a press conference in Hanoi on February 21. The film will be shot in Quang Ninh, Quang Binh and Ninh Binh provinces over five weeks.
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