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Korea becomes Vietnam’s second biggest tourism market

The total number of tourists from Korea to Vietnam increased 230 percent from 53,000 arrivals in 2000 to 5 million tourists in 2010. According to Cho Young Jai, general secretary of Asean-Korea Centre, currently, his centre is promoting many programmes to boost the cultural and tourism exchanges and enhances the mutual understanding between Korea and [...]

Traditional dances of the Central Highlands enthral visitors

Gong, and drum performances, and traditional dances of the Central Highlands enthralled visitors who attended the street festival that was part of the third coffee festival which took place on March 12 in Buon Ma Thuot. Buon Ma Thuot Street is colorfully decorated to welcome the coffee festival Street festival Music festival and traditional dances [...]

Sapa covered in rare snow

The mountainous town of Sapa is now covered with snow due to the extremely low temperature, a rare phenomenon that has been attracting visitors. Since early this morning [March 16], the temperature of northern mountainous provinces sharply decreased, causing snow in Sapa. Particularly, the region from O Quy Ho-Tram Ton area is full of snow, [...]

Cultural diversity of Vietnam introduced at US festival

“Various types of costumes, besides the national costume – Ao dai (traditional long dress) – worn by members of the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Hawaii (VSAH) today represent cultural diversity of Vietnam.” So announced the speaker of the Grand Parade held on March 13 in the framework of the Honolulu Festival when the 60- graduate [...]

Central region attracts Russian tourists

Over the past years an increasing number of international tourists have chosen the central region of Vietnam as a favourite travel destination. Russian tourists in particular have swamped the towns of Central Vietnam making it a popular destination for their countrymen. 400,000 international tourists visited Khanh Hoa Province in 2010, continuing to affirm its position [...]

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