Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism opened Viet Nam Family Day 2016 on June 25. Deputy Minsiter Vuong Duy Bien attended.
Conde Nast Traveler (CNT), one of the world's premier luxury and lifestyle travel magazines, has cited three destinations in Viet Nam among 50 of the most breathtaking sites across Asia: Reader’s Choice 2016.
Viet Nam’s traditional long dress and conical hat dance appeared as part of the “Parade der Kulturen” (cultural parade) which aimed to establish a connection between different cultures in Frankfurt, Germany on June 25.
The world’s largest cabin cable car system and the highest Sun Wheel were inaugurated at Bai Chay tourist site, Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh on June 25.
A ground-breaking ceremony for the north central region’s first five-star complex of hotel, entertainment and resort was held in Cua Lo town, the central province of Nghe An on June 26.
A temple dedicated to Bau Lords has been inaugurated as the Tuyen Quang province People’s Committee preserves Bau Citadel, a national relic site.
Viet Nam’s Embassy in Chile joined the ASEAN Tourism Information Fair on June 22 in Santiago, Chile’s capital, which attracted hundreds of companies operating in the tourism sector in Chile and other countries.
A family culture festival of ethnic groups in the north central region will take place in the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups from June 25-26, a highlight in a series of ongoing activities in the village from June 1-30.
A total of 57 new caves with a combined length of over 20km have been discovered in Quang Binh central province this year by a team of explorers from the British Cave Research Association (BCRA).
A June 22 meeting on tourism development among Viet Nam’s Quang Ninh province, Laos’ Luang Prabang province and Thailand’s Udon Thani province resulted in the signing of their third cooperation agreement for 2016-2017.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Thi Bich Lien is joining tourism chiefs from other ASEAN member countries in the first-ever ASEAN Ecotourism Forum 2016 that opened in Champasak, Laos on June 22.
The second Viet Nam festival in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture (Viet Nam Festa in Kanagawa 2016) will take place in its coastal capital Yokohama from October 28 to 30.