A photography exhibition entitled ‘Vietnamese and Germany homelands’ is taking place from September 20 to October 2 in the German city of Leipzig, where many Vietnamese expatriates live and work.
An exhibition of media photos entitled, “Golden Moment” was launched in Hanoi on September 15 by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists.
Vietnam’s Hanoi and Hoi An City have been added to the list of Asia’s top ten destinations for 2010 by the Hong Kong online tourist magazine Smart Travel Asia. According to the results, the ancient town in central Vietnam, Hoi An has retained the fifth place, that it reached last year and Hanoi came seventh in the list.
The second International Puppetry Festival opened at the Hanoi Opera House on September 4 as an activity to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. The festival is drawing the participation of 12 foreign troupes and five from host Vietnam , including the Vietnam Puppetry Theatre, the Thang Long Puppetry Theatre and the puppetry troupes from Hai Phong city, Dak Lak province and Ho Chi Minh City.
A ceremony was held in the southern province of Binh Thuan on August 25 to announce the 2010 international yacht festival Mui Ne-Binh Thuan scheduled for December 8-12.
To get to Ben Tre Province from HCMC travel to My Tho City and over Rach Mieu Bridge. Ha of coconut plantations and criss-crossing canals make up this green province of three islands - Minh, Bao and An Hoa Islands.
On July 14, TUV Rheinland - an independent safety inspection association- granted an ISO 14001:2004 certification for environmental management system to Sheraton-Hanoi Hotel.
