Vietnamese Culture Month held in Japan

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has worked with various domestic and overseas colleagues to organise a series of cultural events during Vietnamese Culture Month in several big cities in Japan to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnamese-Japanese diplomatic relations. A campaign promoting Vietnam tourism was launched by the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo, Japan on September 10.A Vietnamese Gastronomy Week will also be held in the Okura Hotel in Tokyo,...

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Vo Hoang Yen – Miss Vietnam Universe 2009

Vo Hoang Yen was quoted by some people as the “Goddess of Runaway.” If you’ve seen her youtube video on how she walks, you’ll be blown away by her catwalk skills! Pageant experts and even Japan’s Director Ines Ligron said that she’s the finest Asian and one of the fiercest candidates of 2009 Miss Universe pageant. Vo Hoang Yen was born on October 29, 1988. This 20 year-old student from Ho Chi Minh city is an actress, beauty queen and a model. She is 1st runner-up of 2008 Miss Universe Vietnam and...

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Nha Trang city boasts flying boats

Visitors to the Nha Trang Sea Festival 2009 will be able to see the panorama of tourist destinations in Khanh Hoa province on flying inflatable boats, the newest kind of entertainment and air travel service in the country. The flying boats are designed in a sportive style and can carry over 400 kilograms each at an average speed of 70 kilometers per hour. Each boat will take off with a passenger and a pilot. Mai Linh Corporation in the southern central and Highlands of...

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Vietcombank loans $39mil for resort

Indochina Land and Vietcombank signed on Saturday an agreement for a US$39 million loan to fund development of the Hyatt Regency Da Nang Resort and Spa. The $120 million resort and residential complex is located on a 20-ha site along Non Nuoc Beach, named by the US's Forbes magazine as one of the world's 10 most beautiful beaches. The complex, developed by Indochina Land and managed by Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, will comprise a 200-room five-star hotel and 174 high-end condominiums...

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Dalat Flower Festival to mark Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has given the People’s Committee of the central highland province of Lam Dong the go-ahead to hold a Dalat Flower Festival to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Tkhang Long-Hanoi. The Deputy Prime Minister authorized the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hanoi City People’s Committee to help Lam Dong Province organise the festival from January 1 to 4, 2010 making it the first big event to welcome the grand celebration...

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Meeting Beautiful Vietnamese Women

Vietnamese girls have a special exotic draw to them, much more so than most other cultures of our world. Their feminine ways and their gentle, tender loving puts them apart from your common lady. The issue for many fellows looking to meet Vietnamese girls however, lies in the vast miles between Vietnam and the West. Thousands and thousands of miles certainly makes it next to impossible to start up communication, much less maintain it over a number of months. The net can solve that problem.Finding...

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VIETNAMESE Women 21th Century Contest

VIETNAMESE Women 21th Century Contest on VTV3 channel VietNam Televisi...

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Ambitious “HCM City – 100 interesting things”

To promote “HCM City – 100 interesting things” programme as a regional event and to attract foreign visitors to the city, the local tourism sector has called for the cooperation of tourism service providers and tourists. The programme’s organizing board, which includes officials from the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Tourism Association and the Vinam Media Company, recently told the media that the programme will be kicked off in late August and last until...

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Tourism property association debuts

The Viet Nam Tourism Property Association is expected to begin operating on Friday in HCM City. The association represents businesspeople and experts in fields relating to the tourism real estate sector. It will promote investments and co-operation in the sector, as well as contribute to perfecting the legal environment, according to Phan Huu Thang, one of the association's founders, and head of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Initially,...

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Capital city celebrates dance in first int’l salsa festival

More than 100 salsa dancers from around the world gathered in Hanoi on the night of July 30 to join the country’s first international festival dedicated to this increasingly popular Latin dance. The three-day festival called Linline Salsa Holidays Hanoi 2009 aims to bring world-class talent to train Vietnamese salsa dancers and increase excitement for the dance locally. “This Latin dancing style has been in Vietnam for a few years, and it has became a joy for the ones who love...

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