(TITC) - Located about 22km southeast of Hai Phong City’s centre, Do Son is a small peninsula created by Rong (Dragon) Mountain extending from Lach Tray Mouth to Van Uc Mouth. Do Son has been known as an ideal tourist site and played an important role in socio-economic development of Hai Phong City.
The imminent loss of tourism revenue due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic has prompted the tourism sector in the northern port city of Hai Phong to outline plans to recover local tourism after the epidemic ends.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is offering passengers tickets priced from zero dollars on routes between Ho Chi Minh City and Kuala Lumpur/Singapore (equivalent to 66 USD and 88 USD, respectively, with taxes and fees included) until the end of next month.
The Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival kicked off in Gia Vien district of the northern mountainous province of Ninh Binh on January 30, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
The number of visitors to the northern port city of Hai Phong increased 16 percent year on year to nearly 9.1 million people, including 930,000 foreigners, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 30 opened a new air route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Van Don international airport in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh, which officially became operational on the same day.
Officials of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have arranged a series of activities for local Khmer ethnic people to celebrate their traditional Sene Dolta festival.
The Fund for Cultural Preservation of the US Embassy in Viet Nam has decided to assist 92,500 USD for conserving the Ho Dynasty Citadel, a UNESCO-recognised World Cultural Heritage site, in the central province of Thanh Hoa.
Ha Noi will continue to cooperate with the US Cable News Network (CNN) to promote tourism industry in the 2019-2021 period as it is a great way to popularize the city's image to the world, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
The Ha Noi Museum received 1,017 artefacts and documents donated by 37 individuals and organisations at a ceremony held in Ha Noi on September 12.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho greeted nearly 5.2 million domestic and foreign tourists from the start of the year, a year-on-year rise of 10.7%, grossing revenue of over VND2.18 trillion to reach 62.3% of the year’s plan, a 22.3% increase over a year earlier.
After the sea-crossing bridge of Tan Vu – Lach Huyen opened on September 2, 2017, tourist arrivals in Cat Ba island district of northern Hai Phong city surged by 150 percent year on year from then to May 2018.