Just three hours drive from Hanoi, Giao Xuan Village is a familiar stop for foreigners who enjoy the countryside and prefer to stay with people in the local community rather than hang out in a luxury hotel.
(TITC) - With plentiful tourism resources, the complex of Dien Bien Phu Victory historical relics and unique, diverse cultural identity of 21 ethnic groups, Dien Bien has many potentials to develop community-based tourism type associated with history.
Hanoi has been rated best destination in Vietnam for city life by Lonely Planet Traveller, the world's leading tourist magazine.
Danang International Airport, one of the world's busiest airports, has welcomed more than 3.2 million tourists to Vietnam this year.
The upcoming holiday season has heated up the tourism market with an increase in the tours being booked despite the ongoing economic crisis.
The five-star cruise ship Celebrity Millennium with over 2,000 tourists on board docked at Saigon International Terminals Vietnam in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province last Saturday (December 15) during its first time in Vietnam.
Three hotels in Vietnam have been named in the 2012 T+L 500 list following the selection of readers of the Travel + Leisure magazine, the biggest tourism publication published globally.
Five clubs from Hanoi will perform ca tru, an ancient genre of Vietnamese chamber music, at a festival that will take place at the Temple of Literature on December 20-21.
Hanoi's People's Committee issued Program 154/UBND-CT on developing tourism associated with craft villages for the 2012-2015 period, with the aim of creating favorable conditions for craft villages in the capital to promote their strengths.
A New Year Countdown Festival 2013, "I Love Da Nang", will take place at 9pm on December 31st at 29/3 Square in Da Nang City, announced the City's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a press conference on December 17th.
The Hanoi ca tru singing festival 2012 will take place at the Temple of Literature on December 20 and 21.
(TITC) - Located in the Northwest mountainous region with many unique values of majestic natural landscapes as well as specific cultural identities of ethnic groups, Lao Cai is one of pioneer provinces in developing community-based tourism associated with culture and eco tourism.