A food festival showcasing dishes from countries across the world will open at 23-9 Park in Ho Chi Minh City on December 12.
Resorts will be included for the first time this year in the 13-year history of the "Vietnam's best travel businesses"award, the organising committee announced at a press briefing in Hanoi on December 4.
Thirty six hotels in Vietnam are among 494 outstanding hotels worldwide selected to win the Gold Circle Award 2012 presented by leading Asian hotel booking site, Agoda.com.
Hanoi's travel agencies over the recent years have boosted investment in developing sea and island tourism through planning new tours and products.
Hanoi City People's Committee has approved a plan to organize cultural and sports activities to mark Spring 2013 and the 83rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Hand-made crafts made by artisans from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are the primary exhibit at a trade fair in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
The Festival of art and cultural exchange of provinces along the Vietnam - Cambodia border will take place in Tinh Bien district, the southern province of An Giang, from December 7 - 12.
Quang Nam Province in the central Vietnam has just announced that on December 4 this year tourists will not have to pay a fee to enter the ancient town of Hoi An on occasion of the town being recognized as a World Heritage Site in 1999 on this day.
On Dec 2, five sculptures featuring dragons from the Ly Dynasty were put on display by the Circle Group at the Kinh Thien Palace - Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, Hanoi, in a program named "Thousand-year message".
A seminar aimed at seeking ways to realise the tourism potential of Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage, was held in northeastern Quang Ninh province as part of the Ha Long Tourism Week 2012 for European visitors.
The unique practice of worshipping Hung kings in Vietnam will be one of 35 pieces of intangible heritage submitted for recognition at the seventh session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which will be held in Paris on December 3-7.
On November 28, the Vietnam Record Organization awarded a certificate for the highest Amitabha Buddha statue in Vietnam in Tong Lam Lo Son Temple, Vinh Phuong commune, Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.