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Le Mat village in Hanoi is famous for its traditional snake business of trapping, raising and making specialty snake dishes. Le-Mat villageLegend has it that during the reign of King Ly Nhan Tong of Vietnam…

Along with the night market on the Hang Dao to Dong Xuan pedestrian route, Hanoi will have a cultural cuisine ward in the Old Quarter with special provision for pedestrians. Dedicated walking paths will be expanded to Hang Buom, Ma [...]

Investment in tourism product development in the direction of exploiting the advantages of cultural, ecological, human of ancient capital to attract domestic and foreign tourists to visit is the main objective of the Hanoi tourism sector in the future…

The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to organise a wide range of cultural and arts activities to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day (September 2). About 60 arts programmes [...]

Since the beginning of the year, the scientific and cultural center Temple of Literature has welcomed over 700,000 tourists to visit, which accounts for 60% of international visitors. “Foreign tourists visited Temple of Literature mostly Chinese, South Korean, Japanese, Thai [...]

A movie and discussion night focusing on the revolutionary changes of the ceramic industry in Bat Trang village near Hanoi over the pastdecade will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 14th 2011 at Idecaf in District 1. The [...]

1. Long Đỗ Legend has it that the Tang Dynasty Governor Gao Pian dreamed he saw a genie called Long Đỗ while building the Đại La Citadel on the current site of Hà Nội. Based on this story, Hà Nội [...]

The Departments of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Departments of Industry and Trade in Hanoi, HCMC, and Danang have joined with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to promote the Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010 program, a tourism [...]

Hanoi and Danang will become the country’s first two cities to launch a big sale program designed to spur consumer spending and shopping tourism. The capital city of Hanoi will kick off the Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010 on August [...]

Hanoi Craft and Fine Art Products Week 2010 will take place on August 4-9 with the participation of more than 10 enterprises and artisans showcasing seven groups of products. Displaying elegant products of artisans, companies and firms in Hanoi, the [...]

The first two special edition dragons to mark the millennium of Thang Long-Hanoi had their HCMC launch on August 6 at the Park Royal Hotel in Tan Binh District . Dong Son Fine Arts JSC, who made the pair, is [...]