HA NOI — The Thang Long-Ha Noi International Tourism Festival 2010 will be held on October 2-5 at Bao Son Paradise Tourism Park on Lang Hoa Lac Road west of inner Ha Noi.
The event aims to promote the cultural and tourism potential of Ha Noi and Viet Nam to both domestic and foreign tourists and provide opportunities for Ha Noi to exchange experiences with other cities and provinces nationwide as well as other countries, said Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) deputy director Nguyen Manh Cuong.
Local and international products and services will be displayed in 400 booths, alongside an international seminar on cultural heritage values and a mock trade village featuring traditional cuisine and games and performances. About 30,000 were expected to visit the festival daily.
The VNAT was also conducting a slogan and logo contest for the National Tourism Promotion Programme during 2011-15. The nation anticipates 7-8 million foreign visitors and 35-40 million domestic tourists annually by 2015.
Art progamme to be held on National Day
Ha Noi — A large art performance programme named Proud of the Word Viet Nam will be held at Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Ha Noi on September 2 to celebrate the 65th National Day and the count-down to the 1,000th birthday of the capital city.
The performance will draw participation of hundreds of artists, actors and choruses of the Youth Theatre, the Viet Nam Orchestra and Ballet Theatre, the Viet Nam Classical Opera Theatre, the Viet Nam Dance School, and children.The programme will include a performance of Vietnamese martial art, Vovinam, to highlight the national sportsmanship spirit.
It will have five parts, depicting the history of the name of Viet Nam through historical periods, the country's development and the 1,000 years of Ha Noi.
Search for next top model gets under way
HCM CITY — More than 500 aspiring female models aged 18-25 auditioned yesterday for a TV reality show Viet Nam's Next Top Model at Tan Binh District's White Palace.
The audition will continue today and tomorrow until 15 contenders are shortlisted for the semi-final.
This is the show's second audition after a similar event last week in Ha Noi, which attracted up to 1,000 contestants from 30 northern and central provinces. Nine were selected for the semi-final.
Twenty-four semi-finalists will stay in HCM City for two months at the beginning of next month during which they will be mentored intensively in professional modelling by leading industry experts.
The contenders then will go through a series of challenges including photo shoots, modelling on the catwalk and make-up sessions, after which they will be eliminated until the last contestant is standing in a finale to be transmitted live on national television VTV3 at the end of the year. — VNS