The Costa Allegra cruise ship anchored Tien Sa port in central Da Nang City on January 1, 2009 bringing the first 800 foreign tourists to the country.
386 tourist ships carrying 4,900 passengers, including 3,700 foreigners, left Bai Chay tourist wharf in the northern province of Quang Ninh to Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognised World Natural Heritage site, on the first day of 2009.
Ben Thanh Tourist will start selling tours online from after the first quarter of 2009, which will be made possible owing to a recent cooperation agreement the travel firm signed with Vietcombank and an IT solution provider.
Nearly 60 per cent of handicraft villages around the country have been forced to cut back on their production because of the global financial crisis, according to a ministry official.
A photo exhibition entitled “Vietnam and ASEAN tourism forum (ATF)†opened in Hanoi on December 29, 2008.
Nearly half of international travelers to Vietnam have not learned of a tourism route named the East-West Economic Corridor which stretches 1,450 kilometers from Vietnam's central city of Danang to Laos and Thailand, shows a survey.
The first flight from Ha Noi to the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho by Vietnam Airlines will be conducted on January 4, 2009.
In the first day of 2009, about 1,100 visitors from Germany, Italy and France will ship to the central city of Da Nang. On the same day, another 130 tourists will fly to the city from Thailand.
The Vietnam’s first luxury tour company LUXURY TRAVEL will be presented with a Excellent Product and Service Awards 2008 from the Vietnam Small and Medium Enterprise Association on Sunday 3 Jan 2009 in Hanoi.
Central Quang Nam province will open a “street festival†on December 31, 2008 to promote Hoi An city’s image.
Artistic and floral creations will be on display, bringing colour to a 600-metre long street in the centre of Hanoi from Dec 28, 2008 three days before the festival officially begins to kick off the New Year?s celebrations.
According to the Management Board for My Son Relics, Vietnam has begun coordinating with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the start of the second phrase of the project on the preservation of My Son world cultural heritage site.