Farming-focused tourism should be developed as part of the country’s strategy for promoting agriculture and tourism, said Nguyen Van Tuan, director general of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism, at a conference held on Friday in Ha Noi.
Viet Nam has benefited from political stability, robust economic expansion, relaxing visa requirements and budget living costs, making it into the list of the 10 friendliest destinations in the world, according to InterNations, the world’s largest international community for people who live and work abroad.
The Central Highlands Gia Lai provincial People’s Committee has allocated nearly VND4.2 billion (around USD184,250) for the implementation of the cultural development objective program.
The Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain national tourism site in the southern province of Tay Ninh has received one million visitors during just 12 days from the first to the 12th day of the Year of the Dog (February 16-27).
Representatives from ministries, sectors, and firms gathered at a conference in Ha Noi on October 17 to seek ways to promote tourism and attract international visitors.
Viet Nam is a thin, long country that takes plenty of influences from its close neighbours (Cambodia, Laos and China). For instance noodle dishes served in the north of the country take influence from China. Also, when travelling north to south, the food as you progress south starts to become more rice-based and sweeter. A reason for this is the mighty Mekong Delta and warm…
(TITC) - Da Lat and Sa Pa - the two Viet Nam’s famous tourist places have been recently voted on the top ten destinations on the rise in Asia in 2017 by the well-known tourist advisor site of TripAdvisor.
Tran Quoc Pagoda of Ha Noi was named one of the world’s 16 most beautiful pagodas by the Daily Mail, a British newspaper.
The People’s Committee of northern Ninh Binh province on September 20 held a conference to seek ways to promote the value of the Trang An Landscape Complex, which was recognised by the UNESCO as a World Culture and Natural Heritage in 2015.
Cooperation between Ha Noi and France’s Toulouse city in preserving and promoting values of the Vietnamese capital city’s Old Quarter over the past two decades is highlighted at an exhibition that kicked off in Ha Noi on September 10.
A big cultural event is underway from June 4th to 12th in Russia under the name of “Vietnamese cultural days in Russia 2016”, and a featuring silk painting exhibition is one of the major activities of the event.
Eco-sites in southern Vinh Long province attracted more than 3,000 visitors on December 12, 2015 and January 1, 2016.