Carved woodblocks bearing the Sutras of Zen Buddhism at Bo Da Pagoda in Viet Yen district, the northern province of Bac Giang were named national treasures at a ceremony held in the locality on March 31.
Viet Nam is always an ideal place for Korean holiday-makers because the Southeast Asian country has impressive scenery, delicious food, friendly and hospitable people, Keum Gi Hyung, Director of the Korean Cultural Center in Viet Nam said at a meeting with the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism in Ha Noi.
Travel companies and authorities of Viet Nam and Morocco joined together at a seminar held in Ha Noi to discuss potential co-operation between two countries in promoting tourism.
Farming-focused tourism should be developed as part of the country’s strategy for promoting agriculture and tourism, said Nguyen Van Tuan, director general of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism, at a conference held on Friday in Ha Noi.
To promote tourism, Ninh Thuan province has developed several agricultural tourism products, including vineyard tour packages, allowing visitors to enjoy fresh grape products at Thai An vineyard in Vinh Hai commune, Ninh Hai district of the province.
Numerous visitors and pilgrims flocked to the opening ceremony of the 2018 Tay Thien Festival, one of the largest festivals in the northern region, on March 31 (the fifteenth day of the second lunar month) in Dai Dinh Commune, Tam Dao District, Vinh Phuc Province.
The Embassy of Viet Nam in Cambodia and Vietnamese students in the country on April 1 participated in the third ASEAN+3 festival in Phnom Penh.
The sixth Viet Nam International Travel Mart – VITM Ha Noi 2018, which took place from March 29 to April 1 at the Ha Noi Friendship Cultural Palace on 91 Tran Hung Dao street, drew about 60,000 visitors.
The German cruise ship MS Europa 2 on March 29th docked at Duong Dong Port, Phu Quoc district, the southern province of Kien Giang, after coming from Cambodia’s Kampong Som Port.
The central province of Binh Thuan plans to develop Mui Ne, a popular beach area in the coastal city of Phan Thiet, into a national tourism site by 2030, speakers at a conference in the province have said.
The Dien Hai Citadel in the central city was officially recognised as a National Special Relic, under the Prime Minister’s decision signed last year, marking the 160th anniversary of the victory in fighting against French-Spanish coalition forces in 1858-1860.
Binh Dinh province planned to develop its unique tourism products, including tours to experience martial arts, to attract more domestic and international visitors to the land of martial arts.