The annual pilgrimage festival honouring the Vietnamese people’s ancestors, the Hung Kings, will be held in the northern province of Phu Tho between April 21 and 25.
Tuyen Lam Lake tourist site in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong was officially recognised as a national tourism site, the first national tourism site of its kind in Viet Nam.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a master plan to develop Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain national tourism site in the southern province of Tay Ninh into a special spiritual and cultural site by 2035.
The Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2018, the annual biggest and most anticipated event welcoming the lunar New Year in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to open from February 13-19.
Based on its 2017 success, Ho Chi Minh City aims to attract between seven and eight million international visitors and a whopping 29 million domestic visitors in 2018.
Cultural activities featuring traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) activities and a special organic produce market will be held at a Spring Festival in downtown Ha Noi from February 2-8.
The southwestern city of Can Tho strives to greet more than 8 million foreign travellers in 2018, grossing revenue of about VND3.5 trillion, reported Mr. Le Minh Son, Deputy Director of the city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in a conference on January 25th.
A space of Tet Market in Ha Noi city will be reinstated at Hanoi Metropole to welcome lunar New Year with diverse activities.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 25th organized a session titled “Learning about Viet Nam”’ to provide information about Viet Nam to foreign diplomats and representatives.
Former imperial capital city of Hue received 1.5 million foreign tourists last year, increasing by 42.5 percent in 2016.
As many as 200 representatives of nearly 80 travel firms of Viet Nam and Japan gathered for a meeting held by the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) in Ho Chi Minh on January 25.
The Quang Binh Tourism Department has coordinated with Chiang Mai Tourism Association to organize a talk show to introduce Quang Binh’s tourism and air connections Dong Hoi and Chiang Mai.