Enhancing cultural exchanges between Vietnamese and
foreigners is one of several activities to be implemented by the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Deputy Minister Ho Anh Tuan
told Viet Nam News yesterday.
A pair of Chinese-style stone lions was removed from Gia Quat Pagoda in
Long Bien District, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho
Anh Tuan said on Tuesday.
A media campaign dubbed "Exciting Viet Nam", attended by numerous
representatives from the diplomatic corps, international organisations
and press agencies, was kicked-off at a press conference here yesterday.
Representatives of foreign press and travel agencies
will have the chance to explore Viet Nam''s tourism locations, according
to a newly released scheme by the culture ministry.
Most participants at a conference held in downtown
Dien Bien Phu City yesterday agreed that stepping up co-operation was
the best way to develop regional tourism in Dien Bien and other
northwestern provinces.
The culture ministry on Tuesday announced that it
would postpone the merging of two popular theatres in the north – the
Viet Nam Drama Theatre and Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre – to form a new
national drama theatre.
