Vietnam travel set for big year
08/1/08 (GMT+7)
In the new year (Vietnam Tet), Vietnam travel has planned various events and impressive activities to popularise Vietnamese culture. The follow, are some of the notable events listed by the National Administration of Tourism.
2008: A YEAR OF PROMOTING TRAVEL TO FRUIT GARDENS ACROSS THE CUU LONG (MEKONG) DELTA.
The event will be organised in Can Tho City with an opening ceremony reflecting traditional folk festivals. Other festive activities will be organised in the. Mekong Delta provinces throughout the year. Can Tho . City hopes to receive 2 million tourists this year.
-THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE ROOTS PROGRAMME (FEB-NOV).
This is the fourth year the northern provinces of Phu Tho, Yen Bai and Lao Cal have co-organised the event. This year, the three provinces hope to receive 4.5 million tourists, 350,000 of whom are expected to be foreigners, and to bring in VND500 billion.
- HUE'S CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
FESTIVAL
The festival is scheduled for June 2008. The centre of the festival will be the ancient atmosphere of the forbidden city, especially the An Dinh Palace. To date, 22 art troupes from 16 countries have registered to join in the art programme at the festival:
INTERNATIONAL FIRECRACKER FESTIVAL AT DA NANG CITY
The festival will take place along the banks of Han River. The city will also organise various cultural, art, and sport activities including the Sea Tourism Festival and Meeting at Ba Na Resort. The organising board of the firecracker competition will award a sum of US$100,000 for the first, second and third-place prizes. The organising board intends to invite China, Japan, South Korea and Australia to join the festival, which will be organised here annually.
- THE Miss TOURISM 2008 CONTEST WILL BE HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
Ho CHI MINH CITY IN MAY 2008:
The winner will be the official representative of Vietnam to join the International Miss World Tourism 2008 pageant.
- MISS UNIVERSE 2008 WILL TAKE PLACE IN NHA TRANG CITY, IN THE CENTRAL COASTAL PROVINCE OF KHANH HOA, IN JULY.
Around 170 TV channels will come to cover the event. This is a golden chance for Vietnam to advertise tourism.
- FURTHER ENCOURAGEMENT OF PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HA LONG BAY TO BE A WORLD WONDER.
There will be more activities to promote voting for Halong Vietnam among internet users, domestic and foreign tourists. The nomination process has been carried out online at www. natural7wonders. com since July 7, 2007. The organisers will select the 21 places with the most votes for the final voting round. The final result will be announced on August 8, 2008.
(Source: VNS/ND)
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