The People’s Committee of Long An Province expects to welcome 1.3 million tourists this year, up 24 per cent over last year.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang welcomed more than 1.5 million tourists in the first quarter of this year, surging 3.7 percent against the same period in 2017.
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has served over 472,000 tourist arrivals, including nearly 200,000 foreigners, since the beginning of this year, a year-on-year rise of 12 percent.
The four-star Saigon-Vinh Long Hotel under Saigontourist Holding Company, the country’s leading tourism services provider, is scheduled to be up and running on March 25, helping fuel tourism development in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long in the coming years.
Nearly 260,000 tourists came to Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang in January 2018, a year-on-year rise of 51 percent.
Sa Dec Flower Village in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is one of the most-visited destinations in the lead up to the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday where nature lovers can admire beautiful flowers blooming in vivid colors and enjoy the bustling atmosphere there.
The seventh Khmer Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival will be held in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu from November 11-19, according to the organising board.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang earned more than 2.2 trillion VND (around 97 million USD) from tourism services in the first half of 2017, up 20 percent against the same period last year.
With natural landscapes from mountains to sea, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has potential in tourism that has yet to be fully exploited.
A collection of 49 outstanding paintings by Vietnamese contemporary artists are on display in an exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
Various ancient objects and pieces of architecture were discovered in the special national Go Thap relic site in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap during excavations in 2015.
We take advantage of a weekend after Tet (Lunar New Year) to visit one of the most pristine and peaceful islands in the south of Viet Nam: Nam Du Island off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.