Chuong village in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thanh Oai is famous across Vietnam for making conical hats. Local villagers have preserved the craft for more than three centuries.
Twenty contracts worth nearly US$200 million will be signed between Vietnamese and Chinese businesses at a seminar on trade exchange and investment promotion in the northern province of Lao Cai on November 12.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) together with nearly 30 domestic businesses participated in the World Travel Market Exhibition in London from Nov. 7-10.
Hat Xoan (Xoan singing) is one of Vietnam’s projects to be considered for recognition as the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage at the sixth Conference of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage which will be held in Bali, Indonesia from November 22-29.
The Saigontourist Travel Service has coordinated with Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the United Nations to organize a festival to advertise HCM City tourism in New York.
A long-forgotten air raid shelter was found earlier this week at the landmark Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi when construction workers, who laid the foundation of a new garden bar, struck the shelter’s roof.
Indochina Capital and Hyatt Hotels Corporation have announced the opening of Hyatt Regency Danang Resort and Spa in the central coast city of Danang as the first property in Vietnam bearing the luxury brand of the global hospitality company.