Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh on July 27 worked with the leaders of the City of London to introduce Vietnam's potential for cooperation, especially in the field of culture, sports and tourism.
Despite the global economic downturn, the number of foreign tourists traveling to Vietnam by sea increased sharply in the first seven months of this year.
Welcomed over 3.8 million foreign arrivals in the January-July period, up 10.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
A seminar on the potential and prospects of tourism in Vietnam has been held in Israel with the aim of boosting Vietnam's tourism and promoting images of its people and land to international markets.
HCM City's well-known Rong Vang (Golden Dragon) Water Puppetry Troupe will take part in the Kijimuna Festa 2012 in Japan from July 28 to August 6.
(TITC)- Lao Cai is a province in the Northwestern mountainous region of Viet Nam where is home to 27 ethnic groups with special traditional characteristics. The province is also endowed with beautiful landscapes, impressive caves and ancient rocks of over hundreds of thousands of years... thus creating a huge tourism potential for provincial tourism development.
An exhibition of ancient Vietnamese artifacts and an Oc Eo-Phu Nam civilisation room were jointly opened in Hanoi on July 25 by the Vietnam National Museum of History and the Thang long Artifacts Association.
The Trang An Tourism Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh has great historical and geological value, experts declared at an international workshop held in Ninh Binh on July 24.
(TITC) - On 24th July 2012, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and the Quang Ninh People's Committee held an int'l conference on "preserving and developing the values of Ha Long Bay world natural heritage - new vision" in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province.
The Vietnam Culture Heritage Association coordinated with the Vietnam Heritage Magazine to launch a photo contest titled "Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards" for local and foreign photographers living in the country, aged 18 and above.
Toi Linh Tu (the Highest Celestial) Temple in the Hue Citadel, built in the early 20th century, has been restored with German assistance and is again open to visitors.
Ho Chi Minh City has recently been again ranked among the world's top ten cities for street foods in a list made by travel website VirtualTourist.com.