Spring festival to spotlight unique ethnic culture
A new year festival featuring cultural characteristics of Vietnamese ethnic groups will be held at the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Ha Noi from February 27-March 1.
Thi Cam villagers take part in traditional rice cooking contest
Thi Cam villagers in Bac Tu Liem District, Ha Noi eagerly took part in a traditional rice cooking contest held in the courtyard of the village’s communal house on February…
Can Tho City revenue up 75% during holiday
Can Tho City’s tourism revenue during this year's nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) festival skyrocketed 75% on-year to VND70 billion, local authorities have revealed.
Thua Thien-Hue to welcome 75,000 tourists during Tet holiday
Over 75,000 tourists, including 40,000 foreigners, have booked tours to the central province of Thua Thien-Hue during the traditional Vietnamese New Year holiday, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Can Gio listed among top 100 sustainable tourism destinations
Ho Chi Minh City's Can Gio Mangrove Forest is listed among the Global Top 100 Sustainable Destinations or in other words the world's greenest holiday destinations.
Culture, sports and tourism festival in Thua Thien-Hue
Street performances involving nearly 1,000 people kick-started the 2015 Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on January 31.
The Reverie Saigon among top 11 hotels of the year
Vietnamese luxury hotel The Reverie Saigon has topped the list of “11 hotels opening in 2015 that we cannot wait to check into”, said CNN.
Da Nang sets up action plans for tourism in 2015
The Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 15th announced information and an action plan for Da Nang – Top Traveler’s Choice Destination on the rise for 2015, the title awarded by the US’s tourism website TripAdvisor.
Exhibition features Central Highlands wooden folk statues
An exhibition featuring wooden folk statues imbued with the cultural identities of the Central Highlands opened this morning at the Kon Tum provincial Museum.
Phu Quoc proposed to list among airports with VAT refund
The General Department of Viet Nam Customs has sent a document to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), General Department of Taxation and State Treasury to consider adding Phu Quoc International Airport in the list of international airports eligible to provide VAT (value added tax) refund.
Regional and global documentary heritage promoted
An international conference to boost the country’s image in the field of documentary heritage, part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme, was held in Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on November 11.
Ha Noi Metropole hailed among top World’s best hotels
Fodor’s, the world’s largest publisher of travel guides, hailed the overall package provided by the Sofitel ‘Legend Metropole’ in Ha Noi, placing it in the top 100 of the World’s best hotels.
International visitors to Viet Nam on the rise
Viet Nam welcomed more than 5.47 million foreign holidaymakers over the Jan-August period, representing a year-on-year increase of 12.2 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Outstanding values of Trang An Landscape Complex
(TITC) - Trang An Landscape Complex covers an area of 6,172ha in districts of Hoa Lu, Gia Vien, Nho Quan, Tam Diep Town and Ninh Binh City, about 90km to the southeast of Ha Noi. The complex is surrounded by a buffer zone of 6,268ha, mostly comprising paddy rice fields and villages. As a mixed cultural and natural property, Trang An Landscape Complex contains three…
Quang Binh boasts four top tourist sites in Viet Nam
As many as four tourism sites in the central province of Quang Binh have been listed among the top 50 must-see travel destinations in Viet Nam, according to the Viet Nam Records Organisation (VRO).