The northern midland province of Phu Tho launched a festival paying homage to Viet Nam’s legendary mother Au Co at her temple in Ha Hoa district on February 25, the seventh day of the first lunar month.
The Sai Gon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) welcomed nearly 2,200 tourists and crew members sailing aboard the five-star cruise liner Celebrity Millennium, which docked at the Hon Gai port in the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 12.
Sitting less than 20 kilometers from Ha Noi downtown, Son Dong wood carving village is famous for its meticulous, spiritual products made of wood by devoted and talented craftsmen like statues of Buddha and worship objects used at pagodas and temples. What most impressing those visiting the craft village is perhaps the sounds of wood carving, which can be heard in any corner of the…
Vo Tan Tan, a craftsman in Cam Thanh village in suburban Hoi An, will introduce a bamboo bicycle tour next month.
The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) held a conference on June 17, on the investment and development of Ba Be Tourism Site.
Pac Ngoi – a small tourist village located in Ba Be National Park – is home to the Tay minority ethnic community and a popular venue for foreign and local tourists to experience homestay.
Ba Be National Park in the northern province of Bac Kan has one of the world’s 20 biggest natural lakes, which is worth cruising to indulge into the world of crystal blue stream, magnificent limestone cliffs and mysterious caves.
Through October 2013, the Quang Ninh tourism sector welcomed more than 6.5 million tourists, reached 84.7 percent of the year’s plan and a year-on-year rise of 10 percent.
Six northern provinces in Vietnam, including Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Lang Son, Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang once a year organize the tourism program for tourists. One of important targets of the tourism program is to develop tours.
The second Cave Festival opened on May 25 at the 34.1 km long Thien Duong cave in the central province of Quang Binh.
A royal procession of elephants, horses and hundreds of people dressed in Nguyen Dynasty ceremonial costumes was re-enacted in the evening of April 8 in the city of Hue.