With various tourism products like shopping, cuisine and river cruise tours, Ho Chi Minh City attracted nearly 4.4 million foreign visitors in the first seven months of this year.
The live entertainment show “Tinh hoa Bac Bo” (The Quintessence of Tonkin) has received two entries in the Viet Nam Guinness Book of Records.
The central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue earned 2.66 trillion VND (114.38 million USD) from tourism in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year surge of over 32 percent.
The Reverie Saigon has been voted one of the Top 10 Luxury Hotels in Asia by readers of Smart Travel Asia, an online magazine for travelers, in the publication’s recent “Best in Travel Poll 2018”.
The seventh Viet Nam heritage photo contest was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1, with registration now opening to Vietnamese citizens and foreigners.
A Vietnamese Cultural Day was held in Singapore on July 31 night in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Viet Nam-Singapore diplomatic ties (August 1) and five years of the Strategic Partnership between the two countries (September 1).
Vietnamese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Sanh Chau attended a workshop with representatives of Indonesian tourism authorities to discuss ways to promote tourism and share experiences of developing tourism at UNESCO World Heritage sites in Bali on July 30.
The northern port city of Hai Phong welcomed 4.5 million tourist arrivals in the first seven months of this year, 19.9 percent higher than the figure recorded in same time last year, according to Director of the city’s Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Thuong Huyen.
The mountainous distirct of Nam Tra My in the central province of Quang Nam has launched a virtual reality photo portal to introduce eco-tourism services in the area.
The Four Seasons the Nam Hai is Viet Nam’s only representative named among the world’s 100 best hotels in 2018 by the US’s Travel and Leisure magazine.
The first national conference on the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage in Viet Nam was held in Ha Noi on July 27, with the participation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, head of the UNESCO Vietnam branch Michael Croft, as well as authorities from World Heritage Site localities, cultural researchers, and experts.
The embassies of Asian countries in Slovakia and the authority of Bratislava held Asia Weekends in the capital city on July 27-28 to promote the diversity of Asian cultures, including Vietnamese culture.