09:17 25/05/2011
The 9th Hoi An - Japan cultural exchange day – 2011 will be a colourful festival with activities such as Kimono, Aodai performance on Kimono materials and se-lecting Miss Kimono Hoi An.
13:45 23/05/2011
The Hoi An Center for Monuments Management and Preservation has completed a survey and announced a list of 80 ancient wells in Hoi An, the ancient town bathed in the glistening lights of colored lanterns and surrounded by ancient heritages in the central province of Quang Nam. The authorities then initiated plans to preserve the relics that are hundreds of years old and a part of the spiritual life of Hoi An residents.
13:35 23/05/2011
People know Hoi An City is a world cultural heritage site with ancient houses and an ancient town. To me, spending a day in Hoi An, I find out that the city is worth to visit not only by its ancient cultural and historical works but also by rustic images of craft villages living hard with ups and downs of modern life, embankments which is always bustling with noise of tourists as well as traders, and old streets blanked in shimmering rays of lanterns as well as images of whe-re local people are always gentle and hospitable with a great smile on their faces.
07:57 23/05/2011
Pristine streets and houses built centuries ago by the Japanese, special lanterns and tailors offering to make silk suits overnight – Hoi An’s attractions are well known.
14:59 21/05/2011
Smile House in Hoi An town is aptly named for it brings smiles to the faces of people with disabilities. It provides them jobs, friends, and hopes for a bright future.
13:44 07/05/2011
Hoi An Centre of Monuments Conservation and Management has made a research on topic “ Arrange space of old houses in Hoi An”. The topic is carried out with the cooperation of JICA volunteers in Hoi an and some representatives of monuments and businesses in the ancient town.
13:41 07/05/2011
Tripadvisor – prestigous online consulting tourist information page- has just proclaimed the most worldwide attractive destinations chosen by tourists in 2011 (Travellers’ Choice). Ha Long Bay ( 16th grade) and Hoi An ( 20th grade) are 02 of the most 25 attrative destinations in Asia.
07:34 04/05/2011
The number of tourists to the central region on the occasion of Southern Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day has increased remarkably against the previous years.
13:33 18/04/2011
Cam Pho communal house was built rather early and restored in 1817.
13:17 18/04/2011
This communal house is considered as the religious architecture of Minh Huong People - Chinese people obtained Vietnamese citizenship in order to worship heroic ancestors.
07:51 13/04/2011
Till April 4th, 166 millions VND has been contributed by offices and departments in Hoi An city to help Japanese people damaged by earthquake and tsunami. Hoi An Youth Uni-on has called upon Hoi An people and tourists to collect 72.6 millions VND, 306 USD, 960 bath…
08:27 10/04/2011
“Always beside you!”, “Be brave! Try your best! We are always beside you,our Japanese friends!”, “ Believe in overcoming, future is always bright” were written messages on 3 big pieces of cloth of 2m length and 1.5m width. On March 18, 2011, the campaign for sending messages, encouraging Japanese people enduring consequences of earthquake and tsunami was drawed hundreds of people presenting at Japanese Brigde area (Hoi An, Quang Nam).
13:38 22/03/2011
It has become quieter in Hoi An now. The 1st Vietnam International Choir Festival and Competition is over, most of the choirs left the city yesterday. Today the INTERKULTUR staff will fly back home as well.
10:58 22/03/2011
Ten choirs were competing in the Folklore category yesterday evening in Hoi An. Although it’s getting warmer and it hardly rains, the competition couldn’t be held on the Open Air Stage as planned, but had to be in the Competition Hall at Hoi An Beach Resort, whe-re all other competitions are taking place, too.
11:19 08/03/2011
The readers of the Wanderlust, a British online magazine at the website ‘Wanderlust.co.uk/magazine’ voted Hoi An city as the 2nd of the top tourist city 10 worldwide.
09:45 04/03/2011
The Central City of Hoi An, popular for its old quarters and peacefulness, is the pride of the Quang Nam Province’s people, in particular, and of the country, in general. However, it is a concern that such a world’s heritage will be exploited positively and preserved sustainably and suitably in association with socio-economic development.
16:55 21/02/2011
Thousands of foreign and domestic tourists flocked to Hoi An’s Old Quarter in the Central Coastal Province of Quang Nam on the night of February 16 to join the coloured lantern and flower-garland releasing festival on the Hoai River to pray for happiness and good luck.
08:52 08/02/2011
‘Night in an Ancient Town’ is a unique event that draws people f-rom all over the world to Hoi An.
08:47 08/02/2011
Dale Poter, 58, took off his sneakers and walked bare foot on the road in Tra Que village in the ancient town of Hoi An, in the central province of Quang Nam, to go to the field to planting vegetable.