In January 2014, total tourist arrivals to the northern province of Quang Ninh reached an estimated 523,000, a 8 percent rise over a year previous, according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.
The tourism sector of the central province of Khanh Hoa is ready to welcome an estimated 154,000 tourists, including 35,000 foreigners, in the first lunar week of the Year of the Horse (January 31-February 5).
The People's Committee of the Bai Chay ward, Ha Long city, and the Syrena Vietnam Investment and Development JSC, a member of the BIM group, are hosting a flower festival in the city from January 21.
In recent years, wild peach, with its natural and unique beauty, has drawn much attention. Many people have spared no effort to go to northwestern provinces such as Lao Cai and Son La to buy a peach branch for the traditional Lunar New Year or Tet.
Vietnam’s tourism sector plans to receive 8 million international tourists, serve 37.5 million domestic tourists and earn 230 billion VND (10.8 million USD) this year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has said.
The central coastal province of Ninh Thuan will be developed into a key national tourism area by 2020. The target was set in the master plan on tourism development in the locality until 2020 with a vision towards 2030, which was announced on January 21 by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies to host and cooperate with relevant agencies to compile a dossier on Chau van singing to seek UNESCO recognition as intangible cultural heritage.
In addition to its popular tourism markets which include China, the Republic of Korea and Russia, central Da Nang city will focus on attracting more Japanese tourists in 2014 , according to the online Danang Today.
Twelve businesses sought partners and some others signed memoranda of understanding or contracts with partners at the Ha Long Trade, Gastronomy Culture and Tourism Week, said Quang Ninh Television.
As many as 450 domestic and international tourism companies will attend an international tourism fair at Hanoi’s Vietnam Exhibition Fair Centre from April 3–6.
Hanoi is aiming to welcome 15 million domestic tourists and 2.8 million international visitors during 2014.
Copies of 54 works by renowned Russian painter Nicholas Roerich have been put on display at an exhibition that opened on January 18 at the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups (MCVE) in northern Thai Nguyen province.