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HCM City to hold cultural events for Uncle Ho’s birthday

HCM City to hold cultural events for Uncle Ho’s birthday

HCM City will host a series of cultural events to celebrate the 121st birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19. One of the highlights will be Vang Mai Khuc Ca Ten Nguoi (Forever Songs in Praise of Uncle Ho), in which more than 100 singers, dancers and musicians from theatres and art [...]

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Exhibition on late President Ho opens

Exhibition on late President Ho opens

An exhibition themed, “President Ho Chi Minh on a national liberation path” was opened at Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on May 11. The event, jointly held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Party Central Committee Office and the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, aims to celebrate the 121st birthday [...]

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Mövenpick hosts third golf tournament for charity

Mövenpick hosts third golf tournament for charity

The Mövenpick Hotel Saigon and its sister facility in the capital city of Hanoi on Tuesday announced to tee off this Saturday the third Mövenpick Charity Golf Tournament 2011 as a fundraising event to support two organizations in HCMC. Some 140 players, who are regional executives, diplomats, and expatriates living in Vietnam, will vie for [...]

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HCM City hotel development planning underway

HCM City hotel development planning underway

The tourism authority of HCMC has begun drawing up a plan to build more hotels until 2015 to meet the future demand of travelers. The five-star Caravelle and Sheraton Saigon hotels in downtown HCMC seen in the background Truong Vinh Tho, head of the Hotel Division of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said [...]

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Bat Trang’s ceramic industry in spotlight at Idecaf

Bat Trang’s ceramic industry in spotlight at Idecaf

A movie and discussion night focusing on the revolutionary changes of the ceramic industry in Bat Trang village near Hanoi over the pastdecade will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 14th 2011 at Idecaf in District 1. The film ‘Vietnamese ceramists from tradition to globalization’ is directed by Bernard Ganne and Paul Penard [...]

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Vietnam seeks more world heritage status

Vietnam seeks more world heritage status

Two heritages of Vietnam along with 40 natural and cultural properties in 40 countries will be considered by UNESCO for the inscription on the World Heritage List. Under the announcement made by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on May 5, the Citadel of the Ho Dynasty in the northern province of [...]

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Vietnam attends Seoul Friendship Fair 2011

Vietnam attends Seoul Friendship Fair 2011

Embassies and art troupes from countries around the world attended the Seoul Friendship Fair 2011 held at Seoul Plaza in the Republic of Korean capital on May 7-8. A parade of art troupes wearing their different national costumes marched along the city’s streets before the fair opened. The Vietnamese artists in non la (palm-leaf conical [...]

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Vietnamese display praised at Tours Expo

Vietnamese display praised at Tours Expo

The Vietnamese display at the Tours Expo in France opened on May 7 and has drawn great attention from visitors. Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh said that this promises to open opportunities for cooperation in culture and tourism between Vietnam and France. Tours Mayor Jean Germain expressed his delight with [...]

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World Famous U.S. Dance Troupe Visits Vietnam

World Famous U.S. Dance Troupe Visits Vietnam

The international Ballroom Dance Company from Brigham Young University, one of the U.S.’s leading troupes, will entertain Vietnamese audiences in Danang and Hanoi from May 12 to 14, reports VietnamPlus. The Ballroom Dance Company has a reputation of excellence The show themed ‘Grasping the miracles’ will feature Latin and international dance styles from classic to [...]

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Exhibitions Held On HCMC Development And Integration

Exhibitions Held On HCMC Development And Integration

Cultural exhibitions on Ho Chi Minh City’s process of development and integration opened on April 28 in Lam Son Park, Chi Lang Park and Dong Khoi Road. The event aims to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the National Reunification Day (April 30), May Day (May 1) and the 13th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council [...]

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