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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 27,
announced the top ten tourism and culture events of the year.
The seven cultural events include: the UNESCO recognized the Ho Citadel as the
world cultural heritage, recognized hat xoan (Xoan singing) as the world
intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection, the first show of
Vietnam’s ethnic costumes, the 100th anniversary of the Hanoi Opera House, the
first international tea festival, Ha Long Bay is voted as one of the seven new
world natural wonders, the tourism sector welcomes the six millionth foreign
visitor.
The sports sector contributes three events: Vietnam won 288 medals, ranking
third at the Southeast Asian Games 2011, Phan Thi Ha Thanh won the first world
bronze medal for Vietnam at the World Gymnastics Championships in Japan and
received a ticket to the Olympics 2012, swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc took two gold
medals at SEA Games and broke the Southeast Asian record for men’s 100m
butterfly.
To Van Dong, the spokesman of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said
that the list of ten top events were consulted by experts and journalists, with
70-90 percent approval.
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