(TITC) - On February 21, Deputy Director of Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Manh Cuong chaired the working session with delegation of UNWTO Regional Support Office for Asia and Pacific on "Maritime Silk Road" project. Representatives of departments of International Cooperation, Travel, Tourism Marketing (VNAT) attended the working session.
France will exhibit its woven products during Hue Traditional Craft Festival from April 27 to May 1, 2013, according to Thua Thien-Hue Province People's Committee.
The third cable car route of the Ba Na - Suoi Mo telpher system in the central city of Da Nang, developed with capital of EUR30 million, will be officially put into operation on March 29, with a capacity of 1,500 passengers each hour.
Luxury Travel Ltd. (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) will showcase its expertise, highlight its experience and seek new luxury tour operators and travel partners at ITB Berlin with VNAT from March 6 to 10, 2013.
The luxury US cruise ship Seven Seas Voyager on February 20 anchored at Chan May port in central Thua Thien-Hue province, bringing 600 tourists to world-renowned sites in the central region.
Dong Van Stone Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will be developed into a national tourism complex by 2020.
This year's nine-day Lunar New Year holiday has helped drive large numbers of local and foreign visitors to tourist destinations across the country, raising hopes of a successful year for the tourism industry.
A group of famous artists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) has visited Vietnam to record the country's images and culture to introduce to Korean viewers.
The capital city of Hanoi has received 2.08 million tourists, including 60,000 foreigners, during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, an increase of 11 percent from the same period last year.
The southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau received 650,000 visitors from Feb. 9 to 17 (the last day of the lunar year of 2012 to the eighth day of the 2013 lunar year), an increase of around 10 percent over the same period last year.
On the 8th day of the first lunar month, people flocked to a unique market in Vu Ban district in the northern province of Nam Dinh to wish for a prosperous and lucky new year.
Over 7,000 foreign tourists, mostly Chinese, entered Vietnam through the Lao Cai International Border Gate during the first seven days of the Lunar New Year, according to local authorities.