Hotels and resorts across the country are celebrating Christmas by organizing Christmas tree lighting ceremonies and running a host of promotions.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has proposed the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism set a target to welcome 103 million travelers in 2019, including 18 million international arrivals, aiming to develop the tourism sector into a spearhead industry, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported.

Vietnam’s shrimp exports have yet to show any signs of recovery, continuing to fall in November by 15.8% year-on-year to US$304 million, VnEconomy news site reported, citing a report from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Jingle Bells, White Christmas and O Come All Ye Faithful – all these must appear in any Christmas Concert worthy of the name. But the HCM City Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) has opted for some sophisticated variations on these traditional favorites.

Many hotels in HCMC have kicked off the most exciting season of the year with a host of exciting programs.

Wood industry players in Vietnam are expected to make leaps and bounds to help make Vietnam become the world’s second largest interior furniture exporter, after China, within the next 7-8 years. 

Transdisciplinary performance “Beyond Sound” will take place at the Vietnam Feature Film Studio in Hanoi from 8-10 pm on December 19, expecting to be a night of experimental and unique practices that are rarely shown in Vietnam.

The new InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort has won three awards at the World Travel Awards 2018, including World's Leading New Family Resort, World's Leading New Luxury Resort and World's Leading New MICE Resort.

The film screening and discussion “Gender, Identity and LGBT Rights” with the guest speaker Sébastien Chauvin, associate professor at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lausanne, will be held at the French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi on December 20.

Manzi Art Space, in collaboration with Hanoi Doclab, will organize “Second Opinion”, a group photography exhibition featuring works by Nguyen Thi Hue, Ha Dao, Hanh Tran, Viet Vu, Le Xuan Tien, Nguyen Duc Huy, and Mai Pham from December 7, 2018 to January 7, 2019.