Việt Nam News

Huge names from the musical world have played in Việt Nam recently. BlackPink, Westlife and Maroon 5 to name just a few. But big names don’t come cheap. Work is underway to exploit this sector, but to do so efficiently.

Deputy director of the city’s tourism department, Nguyễn Thị Hoài An said the first flights of the New Year would promote it as a favourite destination to domestic and international visitors in 2024.

Việt Nam’s big cities are full of architectural gems, but many have been demolished to build new apartments or allowed to fall into disrepair. Experts in Hà Nội met to discuss the issue, and say the country’s industrial heritage should be exploited effectively.

The Vietnamese Writers' Association has announced six winners of this year’s Literature Awards, including three prose works, one poetry work, one theoretical and critical work, and one children's literature work.

While learning about and practicing heritage, young people will find appropriate ways to face their heritage, as well as promote the value of heritage for future generations. This is like a torch being passed from one person's hand to another.

Việt Nam News votes the following events as the most important in the field this year.

Nachi Nguyễn, a Vietnamese manga (Japanese comic) lover and comic artist, has won the silver prize at the Japan International Manga Awards with her work “Điệu nhảy của vũ trụ” (The Dancing Universe).

HCM City has launched new entertainment and cultural venues in Thủ Đức city to entertain its residents and tourists.

A range of new tourism products have been launched in HCM City to lure more tourists for the year-end travel season, according to the city Department of Tourism.

The 32-km long Pha Đin Pass is the gateway to the northwestern mountainous province of Điện Biên. It is located on Highway 6.

HCM City has achieved tourism revenues of VNĐ160 trillion (US$6.6 billion) this year, up 25 per cent from 2022 and the highest amount in five years.

The project, which has an estimated cost of US$1.1 million, aims to improve the facilities at the pagoda, meeting religious needs of local Vietnamese and Lao Buddhist communities.

HCM City, ranked third on the list, is recommended by AI for its festive atmosphere, fireworks over the Saigon River, and vibrant nightlife in District 1.

This is the second concert under the Viết tiếp ước mơ (Keep writing dreams) charity concert project to raise funds to support poor patients at Hà Nội’s hospitals.

Under the baton of the conductor, the orchestras will play a repertoire of pieces by Vietnamese composer Trần Mạnh Hùng, Japanese composer Yasushi Akutagawa, and others.

On the evening of December 26, at Tràng An Scenic Landscape Complex (Hoa Lư district) - a UNESCO-recognised world cultural and natural heritage, the People's Committee of Ninh Bình province hosted the Opening Ceremony of Ninh Bình - Tràng An Festival 2023 with the title "Colours of heritage convergence and spreading."

With similarities in tourism development conditions, representatives of the administration of Ladakh, India and tourism companies have met with the authorities of Lâm Đồng Province to cooperate in tourism development.

The National Tourism Year 2023, taking place in Bình Thuận Province with the theme “Bình Thuận - Convergence in Green,” ended up successfully.