The Museum of Ethnology holds joyful activities to celebrate Tet

February 15, 2015

(VOVworld) – The Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi has cooperated with Lao Cai province to hold ethnic folklore music shows and games during the traditional lunar new year festival.

People play tug-of-war at the Museum of Ethnology in a spring festival

The festival will introduce cultural characteristics of the Mong, Dao, Nung, and Bo Y in Lao Cai province and their festivals like Gau Tao, pan-pipe dance by a “Thang Co” hotpot, and ritual and wedding dances of the Dao. Visitors to the Museum can play various folk games of the Tho, Si La, San Chay, Dao, and Mong.

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Workshop reviewing Vietnam’s victory in the Tonkin Gulf Event convenes — TalkVietnam

(VOVworld)- A workshop reviewing Vietnam’s victory in the Tonkin Gulf event 50 years ago was held in Hai Phong on Wednesday attracting the participation of several army generals, scholars and military researchers. Presentations at the workshop clarified the US imperialists’ conspiracy and hostility in setting up the Tonkin Gulf Event attempting to expand the air and naval warfare to the north and deploy American expeditionary soldiers to southern Vietnam. The presentations also highlighted the outstanding leadership and strategic vision of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh in countering the American aggressors’ provocations and escalating invasion. The participants praised Vietnamese people’s strong determination to defend the northern region and highlighted the significance of the victory. Lessons on strategic leadership and measures to mobilize the mass of people to national defence learned from this event were also discussed at the workshop, which was organized by the Navy Service, Air Defense-Air Force Service and the Institute of Vietnamese Military History.

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TRAVEL IN BRIEF 15/6 | Look At Vietnam

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 15/6

June 16, 2012

Resort earns second Agoda award
The five-star Furama Resort Da Nang was awarded the Agoda Gold Circle Award on Monday. It’s the second time in a row that the resort has won the award, which was introduced in 2009 by the worldwide travel bookings company Agoda.
The Da Nang-based luxury resort was among 381 hotels worldwide to receive the award.
Da Nang holds tour promotion

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The tourism promotion centre of the central city of Da Nang is holding a nine-day tourism promotion programme during June 22-30 at East Sea Park and My Khe Beach, featuring street music, folk music performances, bar tender contest, triathlon race, swimming competitions and beach football.
My Khe will also host parasailing and painting contests for children. During the programme, the city’s travel agencies will also promote their tours around the city as well as the nearby cities of Hoi An and Hue.
Phu Quoc named eco-tourism centre
Kien Giang Province’s tourism development strategy for 2011-20 seeks to develop Phu Quoc Island into an eco-tourism centre.
The 574sq.km island is set to welcome 1-1.2 million visitors per year by 2015, with foreign tourists accounting for 35 per cent, and earn US$209 million from it.
The island, which offers exploration, ecological, and cultural tourism, is hoping to attract travellers from markets like Northeast Asia, North America, Western Europe, and ASEAN.
Chinese tour firms spur price war
Many Chinese travel agencies bringing tourists to Viet Nam via the Huu Nghi Border Gate in Lang Son Province are forcing local
partners to lower tour prices.
The price of a four-day trip to Viet Nam has been forced down from 500 yuan to 300 yuan (VND1 million), forcing a drop in the quality of services. Local tour operators are complaining about this, saying it affects the image of Viet Nam as a tourism destination.
From the Huu Nghi Border Gate, Chinese tourists are usually taken to Ha Noi, Hai Phong, and Quang Ninh. These tours have recently been expanded to take in the central region.
China is the biggest source of tourist arrivals for Viet Nam with more than 1.4 million coming last year. Chinese tourists can enter Viet Nam using passports or laissez-passers via the inland border gates in Lang Son and Lao Cai or by sea.
Agencies promote travel services
Travel agencies from Da Nang, Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue provinces launched a tourism promotion programme last week at the International Tourism Forum in Yaroslavl, Russia, where representatives from the central region provinces provided travel and tour information to 900 Russian travel agencies.
The Vietnamese travel agencies will continue the promotion programme at the Leisure Tourism Fair in Russia in September.
New resort to open in Da Nang City
The international standard InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort is set to open its doors to the public this weekend.
Featuring 200 rooms, the resort is situated on an area of 250ha at 500m above sea level on Son Tra peninsula in Da Nang City.
The resort’s managing board is also offering cuisine parties every night to serve tourists during the summer holidays.
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Vietnam’s most famous female DJ passes away at 30 | Look At Vietnam

Vietnam’s most famous female DJ passes away at 30

March 27, 2012

LookAtVietnam – DJ Bo, the beautiful “magician of sound”, died at 7am, March 25. She was only 30.

DJ Bo’s real name is My Quyen. She is among the most famous females in Vietnam at present.
According to DJ Phat, who taught My Quyen for seven years, My Quyen had a serious cough but she did not see doctor. She went to the northern port city of Hai Phong to perform, without taking warm clothes with her. Her cough got more seriously and she had to take tranquillizers to be able to sleep.

My Quyen was in a coma when she was hospitalized at a clinic in Hai Phong. Doctors said that she got acute pneumonia. As the disease developed rapidly, doctor could not quickly send her to Hanoi for treatment. The DJ passed away at 7am, March 25. Her body was transported to HCM City on March 26. She will be incinerated on March 27.
My Quyen worked as a DJ for 12 years. She won the first prize at the Seeking Vietnam’s Talented DJs and the second award at the Seeking Asian Talented DJs. She was praised as a DJ who performed fresh, creative music which could connect the crowd.

My Quyen and her daughter.

My Quyen was not only complimented for her talent but also for her beauty, her transparent eyes and sweet voice.
She has a 3-year-old daughter named Yuna with DJ Hoang Anh, who used to be the top DJ of Vietnam. They are separated for a period of time and Yuna now lives with her father.
My Quyen’s parents are in the US so her funeral will be organized by her friends.

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Accor to develop 5 Pullman Hotels in Vietnam

Accor extends footprint in Vietnam

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