Viet Nam''s premier multi-sport event, the Le Fruit
Off-Road Triathlon, will take place on May 30 at Ho Tram Beach near Vung
Tau in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.
A ceremony in recognition of Con Dao National Park
as an international wetlands area will take place tomorrow, according to
the People''s Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.
The People''s Committee of Con Dao Island District in
the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau announced that everyone in its
tourism sector has specialised training.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ba
Ria-Vung Tau Province said that 6.9 million tourists visited the
province in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 17
per cent.
US-based Princess Cruises said its Sapphire Princess
would sail to Viet Nam during its first season of cruise trips in
Southeast Asia starting in November.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Ba
Ria-Vung Tau Province is drafting plans to link up professional art
troupes with travel companies as it strives to new tourism
products.
Nghinh Co Festival, one of largest water festivals
of fishermen in the southern coastal region, will be held on March 10-12
at the Co Temple in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province''s Long Hai Town.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held recently for a new memorial area
honouring martyr Vo Thi Sau, a national heroine who fought against the
French colonialists and was executed by them on an island in the Con Dao
archipelago in the southeastern province of...
The People''s Committee of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau said
that from this year it would choose a day to mark "Con Dao Day" to
further advertise and develop tourism to the island.
The Government''s support for archeological work is inadequate at
present, posing the danger of the nation losing precious vestiges of its
cultural heritage, experts say.
The People''s Committee of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has launched the first phase of a programme called Trusted Tourism Adresses in Ba Ria – Vung Tau for 2014-15.
The Con Dao Museum was inaugurated in the southern province of Ba Ria –
Vung Tau on Friday and will feature 2,000 images, artifacts and
documents on the history of Con Dao District.
A series of events to promote culture, trading and tourism will be held
in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau between August 17 and 25 to
celebrate long-established ties between the province and Japan.
