…is through his stomach, says André Bosia, Executive Chef of Sofitel Metropole Hanoi André Bosia, who worked in France, Scotland, Austria, Egypt, Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Japan before he took up his current position in Vietnam four years ago, told Vietweek that Vietnamese cuisine, which is fresh and tasty, can be a great ambassador for the country and should be promoted abroad. Vietweek: How did you come to Vietnam? André Bosia: I had always wanted [...]

Hotel Equatorial’s Orientica restaurant is importing live Boston lobsters from the US for the feast this mont The Orientica Seafood Restaurant & Bar in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 has a lobster feast this month. Located on the second floor at the Hotel Equatorial Ho Chi Minh City, the restaurant proudly serves fresh lobster from the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which are imported alive from the US. The lobster is prepared with [...]

Relishing a trip to the cradle of Vietnamese Buddhism. It was a misty spring day and the winding road taking us up Tam Dao Mountain was made longer by the thick fog that blocked our view of the road. But still, the scenery pierced through the mist and soon we were driving through the remains of old French neighborhoods, dilapidated villas and estates now worn and torn after half a century of neglect. We passed [...]

A preliminary conference to review three years of implementing the Prime Minister’s Decision on ‘Vietnam Ethnic Group Cultural Day’ (April 19) has been held during the festival, along with a conference on promoting tourism, a mountain market fair and traditional games, sports and entertainment. This is an opportunity for ethnic minority people to review obtained results and shortcomings which need to be overcome to fully implement policy, especially policies for ethnic minority groups, and people [...]

The 14 activities under the framework of Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2012 celebrating Ha Long Bay becoming one of the seven new wonders of the world have been prepared carefully, and Ha Long is ready to welcome domestic and foreign tourists. The information was released by an official from the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee in a press conference on April 23. During the Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2012, [...]

The Quang Ninh People’s Committee and the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) yesterday launched free wireless internet (wi-fi) services in Ha Long city. VNPT installed more than 40 wireless internet transmitters in the city along National Highway 18A at a cost of more than VND200 billion. The service will be free of charge during the 2012 Ha Long Tourism Week from April 23 to May 2. Tourists, investors and local residents will have free [...]

The Gong Culture Festival 2012 will take place on April 21st at Don Duong District, Lam Dong Province. The festival will draw the participation of 12 delegations with over 300 veteran gong artists from ethnic groups in the region. Mr. Nguyen Vu Hoang, director of Lam Dong province cultural centre, the vice organizer of the event, said, “The 12 artisan delegations this year fully represent the two major ethnic groups who speak Mon-Khmer and Ma [...]

A preliminary conference to review three years of implementing the Prime Minister’s Decision on ‘Vietnam Ethnic Group Cultural Day’ (April 19) has been held during the festival, along with a conference on promoting tourism, a mountain market fair and traditional games, sports and entertainment. This is an opportunity for ethnic minority people to review obtained results and shortcomings which need to be overcome to fully implement policy, especially policies for ethnic minority groups, and people [...]

On Apr. 10th, the first Drums and Percussions Concert themed “Resounding the Spirit of Vietnam” was held in the framework of Hue Festival 2012. There were 100 impressive drums symbolizing for 100 children of Father Lac Long Quan and Mother Au Co (Vietnamese Legend as the King Dragon and the Fairy), arranged as an impressive circular at Nghinh Luong Dinh. The program showed the essence of music through the performance of drum and percussion instrumentalists, [...]

The Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VNAT) plans to establish a representative office in Japan to attract more tourists from this promising market. VNAT has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on boosting tourism promotion with the aim of encouraging Japanese tourists to visit the S-shaped country. In recent years, Japan has become a key market for Vietnam’s tourism sector. Nearly 500,000 Japanese tourists arrived in Vietnam in 2011, ranking third among the country’s largest tourism [...]