Travel website Price of Travel has placed Hanoi and HCM City of Vietnam on a list of top ten destinations on earth for budget backpackers.
Many people in Hung Hoc village, Nam Hoa precinct, Quang Yen town, the northern province of Quang Ninh, enjoyed their village festival which has been reinstated for over 20 years.
On February 17, in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of the MOCST Ho Anh Tuan had a working day with a delegation of French Communist Party led by Mr.Jean Charles Negre, a control operator, the Standing Board of French Communist Party.
Phu Yen Province will organize the Seafood Festival 2014 late next month, which is touted as a channel for the province to promote its tourism.
Duong Lam ancient village was presented with the award of merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in Hanoi on February 18.
The number of tourists visiting the southern province of Tay Ninh during the first days of the Lunar New Year has surpassed 1 million, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang is working on a project to develop a national geopark in an effort to preserve natural and cultural values there.
Tay Thien Site, one of the most favourite tourist attractions in Tam Dao district, Vinh Phuc province, has geared up for the 2014 Tay Thien festival, said Diep Xuan Tu, head of the Tay Thien Site management board.
Vietnam ranked first in the number of tourists visiting Cambodia last year, with around 854,000 people, up 12% compared with 2012’s figure, according to a report from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism.
As many as 400,000 pilgrims have flocked to the Con Son-Kiep Bac historical site in the northern province of Hai Duong since the first days of the Year of the Horse.
The Mekong Delta province of Long An on February 15 and 16 held a festival for “Don ca tai tu”, a musical art in southern Vietnam that has officially become a recognised UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The Vietnam Year in France officially opened on February 14 at Chatelet Theatre in Paris with cultural and art performances.