The Asian Book of Records has recognized Hanoi's Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre as the only Asian theatre performing water puppet shows every day of the year.
A workshop on tourism promotion via movies was held in the northern province of Quang Ninh on October 15.
Nearly 300 photos and objects capturing the life and revolutionary cause of General Vo Nguyen Giap are on display at an exhibition that opened at the Military History Museum (Hanoi) on October 15.
The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi was granted a UNESCO honourable mention at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 14 for conserving its bomb shelter.
The central province of Binh Thuan is becoming an attractive tourist attraction for domestic and international tourists, especially those from Russia, China, Germany and the Republic of Korea.
The northern province of Quang Ninh will open a tourism office on Jeju Island in South Korea to promote its image and lure more Korean travelers under a cooperation agreement between the two localities.
There were up to 31 million domestic tourists recorded in the January-September period, up 11% year-on-year and higher than the expectations of tourism officials.
A Japanese Food Festival hosted by Chef Yasuhiro Ohara from ANA Crowne Plaza Fukuoka Japan will take place at the Crowne Plaza West Hanoi Hotel (No 36 Le Duc Tho street, Tu Liem district) from October 18 - 27.
The number of foreign visitors to Hanoi in the first nine months of this year amounted to 1.9 million, a year-on-year increase of 20 percent and representing 35 percent of all international arrivals in Vietnam.
An exhibition on Vietnam's culture opened in Brussels, Belgium on October 11.
(TITC) - In the framework of the Traditional Craft Villages Festival 2013 of Hanoi and Red River Delta's provinces, the Hanoi's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) organized a seminar on "Current situation of and solutions to developing tourism at traditional craft villages, craft streets of Hanoi and the provinces…
(TITC) - Heading towards the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting 2013, on 1st -2nd Oct. 2013, the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Travel Facilitation was held in Bali, Indonesia.