Some kinds of new fruits appeared for the first time at the southern fruit festivals at the Suoi Tien Cultural Tourist Park, HCM City, opening on May 24, 2009 More than 50 species of fruit were featured, including famous specialties of southern provinces like Lai Thieu jackfruit, Tan Trieu and Dong Nai grapefruit, Go Cong [...]
The residents of Ho Chi Minh City welcomed Tet Nguyen Tieu (Lantern Festival), celebrated on the fifteenth day of the lunar year, with a meaningful cultural activity, a day for poetry lovers. Vietnam Poetry Day, in its seventh year, has become an integral part of Vietnamese cultural life. This year, Poetry Day in HCM City [...]
November will be the Month for Documentary Films at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (Idecaf). The event was kicked off by a film entitled “Seeking for the Soul,” which is a touching story about an American veteran who searches for peace of mind after years of being obsessed [...]
A national photo exhibition entitled “Beauty of the Vietnamese people and landscapes” opened its doors in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 31. The expo, co-organised by the Ministry of Culture – Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Artistic Photographers Association, has been held every two years to showcase outstanding works featuring the Vietnamese [...]
An exhibition of 28 lacquer, oil and acrylic paintings by professional artist Pham Trinh are now on show in HCM City. Many of the works of the Good Morning exhibit depict the warm hue of the sun. He says that the acrylic medium is the best for expressing ideas full of feeling. “No matter if [...]
Italian culture, arts and cuisines will be introduced in HCM City from June 12 to July 9 under the Italian Cultural Festival. The festival will open with a fashion photo exhibition of famous photographer Max Salvaggio. With the theme “Italian fashion”, the exhibition will showcase around 20 photos capturing unique fashion products. Many of them [...]
The Southern Fruit Festival, an annual event organized by Ho Chi Minh City’s Tourism Department to promote local fruits, will be held from June 1 to August 30 this year, organizers have said. The show, to be held at Suoi Tien Park, will feature activities like fruit march, fruit carnivals and fairs, cultural cuisine week, [...]
To promote “HCM City – 100 interesting things” programme as a regional event and to attract foreign visitors to the city, the local tourism sector has called for the cooperation of tourism service providers and tourists. The programme’s organizing board, which includes officials from the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Tourism [...]