A typical rural market from the northwest region will be recreated at the village, where visitors can enjoy the festive atmosphere during New Year with locals from the regions. Visitors are invited to enjoy folk songs and dances, play folk games, and taste indigenous dishes from different regions.The ethnic people will introduce and cook many specialities such as thang co (simmered horse meat and offal), thang den (boiled glutinous rice dumplings stuffed with mung beans), men men (cooked corn powder), xoi ngu sac (colourful sticky rice), corn wine, roasted pork and grilled fish.They will sell products from their regions such as dried bamboo shoots, brocade, wine, vegetables and thit gac bep (smoked buffalo meat or pork). Khu Cu Te festival, which has a significant meaning in the cultural and spiritual life of the La Chi ethnic community in the northern province of Ha Giang, will also be introduced on December 31. It is the biggest traditional festival of the La Chi people, during which … [Read more...] about Activities welcoming New Year at Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism
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BIDV seeks Japan partners to promote tourism and agriculture cooperation
BIDV seeks Japan partners to promote tourism and agriculture cooperation The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) looks to work with Japan’s localities, organizations, enterprises and banks to help promote tourism and high-tech farming cooperation between the two countries. BIDV chairman Tran Bac Ha raised the point at a meeting with Furuta Hajime, governor of Japan’s Gifu Prefecture in Hanoi on Wednesday, according to the Vietnam News Agency. In the past, BIDV worked with the Japanese prefecture in multiple sectors and served as a bridge between Gifu and the Vietnamese provinces of Nghe An and Binh Dinh. The bank often organizes conferences for Vietnamese firms to explore investment opportunities in Japan. In July, it will coordinate with the Vietnamese embassy in Japan and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to hold a forum on tourism and investment ties between central Vietnam and Japan. BIDV has … [Read more...] about BIDV seeks Japan partners to promote tourism and agriculture cooperation
Tourism sector seeks to attract Indians
Tourism sector seeks to attract Indians Dao Loan By Dao Loan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will lead a group of local companies to India next month to take part in a fair and carry out multiple promotional programs in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai. This will be the biggest tourism promotional program of Vietnam in India which is believed to hold much potential for the local tourism sector. The local tourism sector expected that the number of Indian visitors to Vietnam would increase by 10 times in the next decade from tens of thousands per year at the moment. According to VNAT, Vietnamese travel firms will participate in the Trade and Service Fair GES in New Delhi from April 23 to 24 before they head for the aforesaid cities for business matching meetings and introduction events. A number of local tourism agencies have conducted marketing programs to woo guests from India since the launch of an air route linking … [Read more...] about Tourism sector seeks to attract Indians
Tourism-dependent vendors in central provinces to get compensation in Formosa crisis
Tourism-dependent vendors in central provinces to get compensation in Formosa crisis Dao Loan HCMC - People earning a living by providing tourism and related services on the central coast who suffered from the severe marine environment pollution in April 2016 caused by Formosa will get VND2.91 million (US$128) in compensation per person per month. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just sent documents announcing the compensation to people in four pollution-hit provinces: Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Ha Tinh and Thua Thien-Hue. People subject to compensation include those doing simple jobs such as selling goods or providing services for tourists, and owners and workers of food and drink stalls in coastal areas damaged by the pollution. Compensation payments will be completed by June 2017. Those who want to receive the compensation will have to fill in a loss and damage claim form which must be confirmed by local authorities before receiving compensation. The number of … [Read more...] about Tourism-dependent vendors in central provinces to get compensation in Formosa crisis
Hanoi joins forces with other provinces to develop tourism
Hanoi joins forces with other provinces to develop tourism By Dao Loan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - The tourism authorities of Hanoi and three neighboring provinces will cooperate to tap their local potentials and thus make their tourism products more attractive to travelers. The four provincial departments of culture, sports and tourism will ink a tourism cooperation deal some time this month. Hanoi earlier had a similar deal with four other provinces, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Thua Thien-Hue and Binh Dinh. In the deal signed late last month, the five tourism departments pledge cooperation to jointly develop tourism products, promotions, human resources, and business links for travel firms, among others. As for tourism products, they will renew a special tour that takes in former royal capital cities of the country, arrange caravan tours from the central provinces to Hanoi and other northern parts, and attract more Chinese tourists from the north to come to attractions in the central … [Read more...] about Hanoi joins forces with other provinces to develop tourism