An arts performance to promote the image of Hue to both domestic and foreign visitors was held yesterday at the Thua Thien – Hue Culture and Information Centre.

The annual Craft Village Fair 2011, a part of activities in preparation of the Da Lat Flower Festival 2011 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the Lam Dong Provincial People’s Community will be held from December 29th to January 3rd , 2012 in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has plans to let off fireworks during the Lunar New Year’s Eve 2012 at 29 places, including four high-range displays and 25 low-range displays.

The fifth Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the Khmer ethnic people will be held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang from December 1-4.

Two exhibitions on souvenirs, paintings and statues are on at two ancient houses in the World Heritage-listed town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province on the central coast.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported that over 518,000 international arrivals came to Viet Nam in October 2011, a rise of 17.8% over the same period last year. Overall, Viet Nam has welcomed 4.83 million international arrivals in 10 months of 2011, a rise of 15.8% compared to the same period of 2010. The target of welcoming 5.3-5.5 million international arrivals this year is coming. Viet Nam tourism has been continuing to promptly complete remaining proposal works in this year.

Vietnam’s Xoan singing has entered the world’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritages in need of Urgent Protection.

An art performance celebrating Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day was held in Hanoi on November 23.

Le Spa du Metropole has been honoured as the Best Urban Spa of the Year at the AsiaSpa Awards.

Vietnam’s Suoi Tien Theme Park in Ho Chi Minh city has been named amongst the world’s 12 most popular theme parks by the Traveler Zone, an online tourism website.