The central province of Thua Thien Hue welcomed more than 1 million tourists in the first five months of this year, an increase of 13 percent from the same period last year.
Viet Nam will soon appoint a new tourism envoy who will spread facts about its cultural riches to the world, as part of efforts to lure more foreigners to the country.
The Museum of Ethnology offers fun for young visitors this weekend as part of International Children's Day.
Cua Lo town in Nghe An Province hopes to welcome 2.25 million tourists, including more than 1.4 million who will stay overnight and 550,000 foreigners, who will spend VND1.75 trillion ($83.3 million).
(TITC) – TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, awarded the Certificate of Excellence 2014 to hotels of Hilton Hanoi Opera and Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi.
Ha Long city will receive 21 five-star Superstar Virgo cruise ships between May and October 2014, according to the Quang Ninh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) has presented an insignia to Russian Pegas Touristik and Vietnamese Anh Duong Company for their role in increasing the number of Russian visitors to Viet Nam.
On May 26th, vice chairman of Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee Dang Huy Hau worked with the National Council for Cultural Heritage on building a project on marine heritages.
(TITC) – According to the General Statistics Office, international visitors to Viet Nam in May estimated 674,204 arrivals, increasing 20.66% over the same period last year and down 9.62% over last month.
(TITC) - From May 20 - 22, 2014, VNAT’s General Director Nguyen Van Tuan had meetings with the Embassies of Russia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia and Singapore in Viet Nam.
(TITC) - May 16, 2014 in Ha Noi, Travel Department – Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Viet Nam Tourism Association organized a meeting with tourist group of Beijing Mega International Tourism Co., Ltd – Shanghai Branch as they have visiting famous destinations in Viet Nam including Ha Noi, Ha Long Bay (Quang Ninh Province) and Ho Chi Minh City.
Viet Nam has so far welcomed 3,748,109 foreign tourists in 2014, marking a year-on-year increase of 26.07 percent and fulfilling nearly 47 percent of its target of greeting eight million vacationers by the end of the year.