(TITC) - On 18 April 2018, in Ha Noi, Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) Viet Nam Chapter organized the workshop on “Opportunities and challenges for tourism industry in the 4th Industrial Revolution”.
When it comes to Ha Noi’s pottery, Bat Trang ceramics are the first thing that cross one’s mind. However, there is another well-known pottery village named Kim Lan in Ha Noi, located in the district of Gia Lam.
An official has said Ha Noi’s tourism products should be associated with advertising high-quality goods, especially those which are the signature of craft villages.
From the vast and open sweep of the Mongolian steppe, hardy nomadic people have developed a cuisine unique in the world, and this will form the center-piece of Windsor Plaza Hotel’s Mongolian Culinary Fair.
Businesses participating in the Ho Chi Minh City tourism festival carried out sales in excess of VND83 billion, a year-on-year rise of 38%, according to preliminary reports from travel businesses.
Created by Vietnamese and South Korean artists, Phung Hung Fresco Street in Ha Noi has now become a magnet for young people and other visitors.
A series of cultural and entertainment activities and art performance shows will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings in 2018.
A ceremony was held in Na Sang 1 village, Dien Bien district, the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 13 to grant the certificate of “national intangible cultural heritage” to the water splashing festival of the Lao ethnic minority group.
Around 50 percent of tourism projects in the south central province of Binh Thuan and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are invested by businesses from Ho Chi Minh City.
The tourism sector in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son is striving to receive 2.7 million visitors in 2018, including 408.000 foreigners, raking in 970 billion VND (42.7 million USD).
Viet Nam’s Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark in the northern province of Cao Bang has been recently declared a new member of the UNESCO Global Network of National Geoparks, making it the second Vietnamese geopark to be awarded the title, following the recognition of Dong Van Karst Plateau in Ha Giang province in December 2010.
The Mon Asian Food Festival (MAFF) will take place for the first time in Ha Noi, from April 20 to 24, and Ha Long City, from April 27 to 29, as part of the activities to celebrate the national tourism year 2018.