The Ha Noi Department of Tourism recently held seminars in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang highlighting the city’s tourism opportunities and educating the staff of some 100 local travel agencies on the ‘Magic of Ha Noi’.
(TITC) – On 28 – 29 May 2016, the 9th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting took place in Lima, Peru under the theme “Connecting Asia-Pacific tourism through travel facilitation”. The Vietnamese delegation led by Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thien – Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism attended the meeting.
Ha Noi was placed first in the list of the world’s 16 greatest cities for food selected by the UK’s Telegraph newspaper.
(TITC) – On 16 May 2016, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No.1295/QD-UBND on regulating the functions, tasks and organizational structure of Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism.
The Prime Minister has approved a plan to build a Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos to introduce Viet Nam’s land, people and culture in the neighbouring country.
Various fun activities for children will be organised throughout June at the Viet Nam Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism on the western outskirts of Ha Noi.
A Viet Nam-Thailand trade fair and photo exhibition opened in the central city of Da Nang on June 1.
Viet Nam will for the first time host the ASEAN Children Festival from May 28 to June 2 in Ha Noi, the Viet Nam News Agency reports.
The Da Nang Cultural Heritage Management Centre Da Nang on May 31 handed over artifacts discovered during excavation in the garden of Khue Bac communal house in Hoa Hai ward, Ngu Hanh Son district, in the central city of Da Nang in 2015 to the Da Nang Museum.
The Consulate General of Viet Nam in Russia’s Vladivostok city together with other foreign consulates general in Primorsky attended the Pacific International Tourism Expo (PITE) 2016 held in Vladivostok city in the end of May.
(TITC) – Photos of Viet Nam’s world heritage were exhibited in the Republic of Korea’s Capital of Seoul from May 20-30, 2016.
(TITC) - According to the General Statistic Office, international visitors to Viet Nam in May of 2016 estimated 757,224 arrivals, decreasing 4.1% compared to the previous month but seeing an increase of 30.2% over the same period last year.