Tag: American
Travel firms contribute money to boost VN tourism
Vietnam’s travel firms are calling on filmmakers, especially American ones, to shoot films in Vietnam with specific support policies. Full story: https://vietnamnet.vn/en/travel-firms-contribute-money-to-boost-vn-tourism-2270019.html
US saxophonist Kenny G’s only ‘Going Home’ music video promotes Hanoi’s heritage sites
American saxophonist and composer Kenny G’s only music video for the song ‘Going Home,’ which was filmed at Hanoi’s renowned heritage sites, also made its release in the Vietnamese capital city on … Full story: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/ttnewsstyle/20240420/us-saxophonist-kenny-gs-only-going-home-music-video-promotes-hanoi-s-heritage-sites/79455.html
The Foundation unveils clinics in Vietnam, organised by Global Football Management
It will get underway this week in Ho Chi Minh City, at The American School, and continue in the cities of Hanoi San Bong Xuan La Stadium and Phu Yen Duy Tan School. The first 250 children will be … Full story: https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/club/foundation/the-foundation-unveils-clinics-in-vietnam-organised-by-global-football-management/
Fifty Years After Their Release, Former Vietnam POWs Journey Back to Hanoi
During the Vietnam War, American prisoners facetiously called it the Hanoi Hilton. For the first time in 50 years, Certain was about to step inside the notorious compound where he’d been held, … Read Full Article
American guitarist Steve Vai to bring Inviolate World Tour to Vietnam
VOV.VN – Legendary rock guitarist Steve Vai (Steven Siro Vai) will make a unique performance in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19 as part of his ongoing Inviolate World Tour. Read Full Article
Here’s Why American Travelers Are Flocking To Vietnam
Over the last year, tourism in Hanoi, Vietnam has increased. According to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism, Hanoi welcomed 2.6 million foreign visitors this year. Vietnam’s historic grace … Read Full Article
Seminar boosts cultural exchange between Vietnam, Americas
A seminar on boosting cultural exchange between Vietnam and the Americas was held in Hanoi on August 4 by the Vietnam Institute of American Studies under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Read Full Article
Today in Entertainment History: Everlys broke up on stage
On July 14, 1933, Popeye the Sailor Man appeared in his first cartoon. In 1967, The Who began its first American tour by opening for Herman’s Hermits. In 1972, the U.S. State Department criticized … Read Full Article
Tourist fights off kangaroo trying to get ‘frisky’ with woman
An American man visiting his daughter Down Under probably wasn’t planning on adding “fighting Australian wildlife” to his itinerary – or going viral for it. While attending a wildlife park in … Read Full Article
Vietnam War POWs gather, remember at Nixon Library reunion
Nearly 170 American prisoners of war marked on Tuesday the 50th anniversary of their release with a visit to the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda. Read Full Article
The Netflix Rom-Com “A Tourist’s Guide to Love” Is My Love Letter to Vietnam
On April 21, a movie I wrote, “A Tourist’s Guide To Love,” starring Rachael Leigh Cook, will air on Netflix. The story follows an American woman’s journey as she travels through Vietnam, and with the … Read Full Article
US tourist fined $500 for driving Ferrari into Florence’s famous piazza
That’s what one American tourist found to his cost when he drove a gleaming Ferrari Spider into the Piazza della Signoria, a famous pedestrianized square in the historic center of the city of … Read Full Article