The northern port city of Hai Phong is striving its utmost to receive UNESCO recognition of its Cat Ba archipelago as a world natural heritage site, a municipal official has said.
The Lam Kinh historical site in the central province of Thanh Hoa received a certificate recognising it as a special national relic at a ceremony on September 26.
(TITC) - Aiming to respond to the World Tourism Day 2013 (27th Sept.) under the theme "Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future" and heading towards "Responsible Tourism" goal, from 26th- 27th, the Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism capacity development program (ESRT) in the coordination with Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will hold a cycling parade program for environment in Ha Noi.
(TITC) - According to report of the HCMC's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in the first nine months of 2013, the city attracted over 2.8 million international arrivals, reaching 68 percent of target for 2013, up 3 percent compared to last year's same period. Total tourism revenue estimated VND 63,282 billion, 77 percent of the year's plan, increased by 20 percent over the same…
(TITC) - International arrivals to Vietnam in Sep. 2013 estimated 614,827 arrivals, increasing by 28.9% over the same period last year. Total international arrivals in the first nine months of 2013 reached 5,490,274 representing a 9.9% growth over the same period last year, achieving 76.25% of the target of receiving 7.2 million international arrivals in 2013.
Hanoi will hold the first festival of Chau Van singing from late September to early October, the municipal Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism said on September 23.
Phan Thiet-Mui Ne in the southern province of Binh Thuan has become one of Vietnam's most attractive tourist destinations, proving particularly popular with Russian visitors in recent years.
The Asian Book of Records has acknowledged Hanoi's Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre as the only Asian theatre performing water puppet shows every day of the year.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are among cities in Southeast Asia favoured by young people in the United Kingdom thanks to cheap hotel rental and service.
(TITC) - Located in the northwest gateway of Ha Noi, Vinh Phuc Province owns diversified tourism resources and plays an important role in the regional and national economic development strategy. To develop tourism in the context of the economic crisis, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vinh Phuc Province has issued and deployed the plan responding to the Tourism Stimulus Program 2013 launched by…
Long Bien Market in Vietnam's Hanoi capital city has been named by travel website gobackpacking.com among the top five most exciting markets in Southeast Asia.
(TITC) - The workshop was held on September 19th under the coordination of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the William Angliss Institute (Australia) in the framework of the ASEAN - Australia Development Cooperation Program (phase II).