There will be an a frenzy of flowers at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi next month, as craftsmen take over the centre with their artistic and floral creations. The five-day event Flower Street Festival – Hanoi 2009, will welcome famous artisans and craftsmen from Hanoi’s traditional villages to present their artwork made from hundreds of thousands of flowers, as well as their traditional products.
The Nippon Maru, a ship that set sail from Japan carrying 328 youth ambassadors from Japan and the 10 member nations of the ASEAN grouping at the end of October, will dock at HCM City’s Saigon Port on Nov. 26. The sailing trip spanning 11 countries takes place every year under a cultural exchange programme funded by the Japanese Government.
There have been more than 2.5 million arrivals of domestic and foreign tourists coming to the Moc Bai border gate to go shopping and sightseeing from the beginning of this year until now, increasing by 500,000 visitors compared with the same period last year.
Sheraton Hotels Group is building an international hotel & spa in the coastal city of Nha Trang, central Khanh Hoa province, which will be put into operation in mid-2009. This is Sheraton’s third luxury hotel in Vietnam, after two facilities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The number of international travelers to Ho Chi Minh City in the first nine months has risen by around 18 percent compared to last year, city tourism officials said.
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Vietnam’s Kien Giang biosphere reserve to its global list of biospheres
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