According to Ha Giang provincial People’s Committee, the province will organize a ceremony on September 16th 2012 to receive the decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on recognizing Hoang Su Phi terraced fields as national heritage.
According to the People’s Committee of Lao Cai City, an ancient banian tree located in Thuong (upper) Temple, a famous spiritual landscape in Lao Cai Ward has been acknowledged as Vietnam’s heritage tree by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE), reports VietnamPlus.
The Hanoi City People’s Committee has unveiled a master plan on preserving the site of the ancient Thang Long Imperial Citadel and developing part of the area into a culture and history park.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh on July 27 worked with the leaders of the City of London to introduce Vietnam’s potential for cooperation, especially in the field of culture, sports and tourism.
Despite the global economic downturn, the number of foreign tourists traveling to Vietnam by sea increased sharply in the first seven months of this year.
A seminar on the potential and prospects of tourism in Vietnam has been held in Israel with the aim of boosting Vietnam’s tourism and promoting images of its people and land to international markets.
The Trang An Tourism Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh has great historical and geological value, experts declared at an international workshop held in Ninh Binh on July 24.
