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Festival honours northeastern ethnic groups
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The 8th Northeastern Region Ethnic Minority Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival will be held in Tuyen Quang province on September 27-30.
The event aims to introduce domestic and foreign visitors to the distinctive cultures of the northeastern region which are being preserved during the process of integration and development.
It will be participated by art troupes from nine provinces, namely Phu Tho, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan, Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Vinh Phuc, Bac Giang, and the host Tuyen Quang, said Vu Thi Bich Viet, Vice Chairwoman of the Tuyen Quang provincial People’s Committee.
A photography exhibition on ethnic minorities will take place during the festival, as well as a trade and tourism fair, arts performances, a beauty contest and various sports games.
The organizing board of the Tuyen Quang beauty contest has received more than 150 entries from hopeful local residents and shortlisted 22 for the final round of the competition.
The winner of the contest will receive VND30 million, while the second and third runners up will win VND20 million and VND15 million, respectively.
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Sep
21
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Binh Phuoc needs tourism investment
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The southern province of Binh Phuoc will organize an investment promotion conference on November 22-23 to call for investment in ecological and cultural tourism.
At a press conference held in HCMC last week, Nguyen Quang Toan, director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said the province’s tourism resources with old forests, waterfalls, lakes, historical and cultural sites, festivals and cultures of ethnic minority groups can be developed into special tourism products.
Six major tourism projects will be introduced at the forthcoming conference, including Suoi Cam Lake in Dong Xoai Town and the Ba Ra-Thac Mo tourist site in Phuoc Long Town, the Mien Ta Thiet military base in Loc Ninh District, the project of preserving cultural villages in Bu Dang District, the ecological tourist site in Bu Gia Map National Park and the ecological tourist site at Hoa Lu Border Gate.
According to Toan, the government of Binh Phuoc Province has paid more attention to tourism. However, the provincial tourism has still had difficulties as projects are being implemented and have yet to come into operation.
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Sep
21
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Festival honours northeastern ethnic groups
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The 8th Northeastern Region Ethnic Minority Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival will be held in Tuyen Quang province on September 27-30.
The event aims to introduce domestic and foreign visitors to the distinctive cultures of the northeastern region which are being preserved during the process of integration and development.
It will be participated by art troupes from nine provinces, namely Phu Tho, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan, Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Vinh Phuc, Bac Giang, and the host Tuyen Quang, said Vu Thi Bich Viet, Vice Chairwoman of the Tuyen Quang provincial People’s Committee.
A photography exhibition on ethnic minorities will take place during the festival, as well as a trade and tourism fair, arts performances, a beauty contest and various sports games.
The organizing board of the Tuyen Quang beauty contest has received more than 150 entries from hopeful local residents and shortlisted 22 for the final round of the competition.
The winner of the contest will receive VND30 million, while the second and third runners up will win VND20 million and VND15 million, respectively
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HCMC-Mumbai air service in the offing
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Vietnam looks to one million Japanese tourists in 2015
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Cruise tourism in Southeast Asia begins to boom
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21/09/2012 09:49:07
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Vietnam attends IFTN Top Resa in France
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UNESCO helps Ha Giang province manage and develop tourism
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Air Mekong starts Tet holiday ticket sales
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Soc Trang diversifies tourism models to attract tourists
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Craft village fair to open later this month
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21/09/2012 09:24:34
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Swan Lake comes to Hanoi
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21/09/2012 09:21:19
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