Numerous visitors embraced the deep freeze to attend the first Winter Festival that opened at Mau Son tourist site in the northern province of Lang Son on January 10.
The Ministry of Health said the number of foreign patients treated by medical facilities in the country surged last year, bringing foreign currency earnings of some 1 billion USD, the Saigon Times Daily reported.
(TITC) – On Nov 29, 2014, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism in coordination with the Indian Embassy in Viet Nam held a conference on “Viet Nam – India Tourism, Aviation Cooperation” in Ha Noi.
(TITC) – On 28 Nov 2014, in Ha Noi, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in collaboration with Vietnam Airlines organized “Thank you ceremony” to honor 47 foreign travel agencies sending tourists to Viet Nam.
The Kathina (robe offering) ceremony is being held for the first time at the Khmer pagoda in the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay district, 40km west of Ha Noi’s centre.
Mu Cang Chai, a district of Yen Bai Province in the nation’s northern upland, has become one of the most popular destinations for travelers and photographers to capture beautiful images of terrace rice fields and daily activities of ethnic minority peoples.
In spite of economic difficulties, foreign tourist arrivals to Viet Nam still reached more than 6 million in the first nine months of 2014, a year-on-year rise of 10.4%, according to the General Statistics Office.
(TITC)-On 15 Sept 2014, Pegas Touristik Group and Anh Duong Tourist Company held a seminar on tourism between Vietnamese and Russian tourism businesses. The seminar was in the framework of International Leisure Tourism Market-Leisure Moscow 2014 in Russia Federal (16-19 Sept 2014) and to celebrate 20th anniversary of the establishment of Pegas Touristik Group.
The Citadel of Ho Dynasty has been attracting more and more tourists since it was recognized as World Cultural Heritage site in 2011.Vuong Van Viet, Deputy Chairman of Thanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee, expressed his hope that the relic site would boost provincial tourism development in the time to come, according to the Communist Party of Viet Nam Online Newspaper.
(TITC) – On 8 August 2014, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism’s (VNAT) General Director, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan had a meeting with Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Son, Vietnamese Ambassador to France; and Mr. Nguyen Van Thao, Vietnamese Ambassador to United Kingdom (UK). The meeting also had the presence of leaders of VNAT’s departments.
(TITC) - On 15 July 2014, in Ha Noi, VNAT’s General Director Nguyen Van Tuan had a meeting with Indian Ambassador to Viet Nam, Ms. Preeti Saran.
(TITC) - On 15 July 2014, in Ha Noi, VNAT’s General Director Nguyen Van Tuan had a meeting with Indian Ambassador to Viet Nam, Ms. Preeti Saran.