The Ho Chi Minh City Music Street, all set to open across the Alexandre De Rhodes Street in district 1 at the end of April, is likely to to provide a new cultural space for local residents and visitors to the city.
The studio where film Kong: Skull Island was shot in the northern province of Ninh Binh is being restored and will open to tourists on April 15.
Paperwork is being prepared for Ba Be-Na Hang natural heritage site in the northern provinces of Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang to apply for UNESCO recognition as a world heritage site.
As one of two biggest tourism hubs of Viet Nam, the capital city of Ha Noi has been listed as one of the 10 most attractive tourism destinations in Asia. The locality’s tourism sector has targeted 23.61 million tourists and become a must visit destination of the country.
The southern coastal province of Kien Giang welcomed more than 1.4 million tourists in the first quarter of this year, a rise of six percent year on year, fulfilling over 25 percent of its yearly target.
Hat boi (classical drama), a genre of traditional theatre in central and south regions, in the Mekong Delta Vinh Long province, has been preserved as a product to attract tourists to the locality.
Measures to realise a master plan on tourism development in the Mekong Delta to 2020 with a vision to 2030 were discussed at a conference held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 5.
Tourism cooperation potential between Viet Nam and Indonesia was highlighted at the programme “Indonesia Tourism Table Top in Viet Nam 2017”, held by Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and the Indonesian Embassy in Ha Noi on April 5.
Vietnamese students studying at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) organised Viet Nam Day on April 5 to welcome Viet Nam’s hosting of APEC Year 2017.
HCMC vice chairman Tran Vinh Tuyen on March 29 assigned the Military High Command to coordinate with the Department of Tourism to prepare for a fireworks display program, which will also include artistic lighting and music shows, on Reunification Day (April 30).
Viet Nam’s Pho, bun cha (vermicelli and grilled meat), cha ca (fried fish), bun bo Hue (noodles and beef typical in Hue city) and more have been repeatedly named in the lists of top attractive street dishes in the region and the world by CNN and NatGeo.
The Mekong delta province of Tien Giang has become increasingly attractive to domestic and foreign visitors, with the locality welcoming more than 425,000 tourists in the first quarter of this year, a rise of 7.1 percent year on year.