Calligraphy artists and Confucian scholars are seen gathering on the street adjoining the Temple of to welcome Lunar New Year well-wishers.
Vietnam's first luxury tour operator has high hopes for expanding its clientele following its successful show at the recent ATF Laos 2013.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourim launched the Tourism Promotion Centre (HTPC) on January 29.
Up to 400 Vietnamese and foreign tourist companies are expected to attend the Vietnam International Travel Mart in Hanoi in April.
Ho Chi Minh City received about 341,000 international tourists in January 2013 an increase of 10 percent from the same period last year.
The Vietnamese Culture Festival, held in New York from January 25-26, illustrated the country's cultural identities to US and international friends in the lead up to the Lunar New Year.
The Sai Gon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) welcomed over 2,000 passengers and crewmembers, mostly from China, aboard the luxury cruise liner MV Henna for a tour of Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh on January 27.
Vietnamese landscape and traditional dishes will take centre stage in a documentary shot by a film crew from Japan's BS12 channel.
Vietnam's five intangible cultural heritages of humankind were performed in Da Lat on January 25.
Hotel service quality in Hanoi has ranked second only behind the German city of Dresden in a recent survey conducted by the prestigious website Trivago.
A flower festival cum trade fair honouring craft villages and high-quality agricultural produce will be held in Hanoi from January 30 to February 5 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has said that it plans to promote tourism in Russia, aiming to welcome 300,000 visitors in 2014.