Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, has topped the list of cheapest global tourist destinations in 2012 summertime, according to the Trip Index recently announced by the world's largest travel website "˜TripAdvisor."
The Hue city People's Committee has agreed to provide the former imperial city with free wireless internet (wifi) signals to help complete the municipal infrastructure and attract more tourists.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau is currently planning to turn Hon Khoai Island into an eco-tourism site, using an estimated capital of over 3 trillion VND.
The UNESCO Association of Hanoi officially launched the UNESCO Hanoi Travel Club (UHTC) on June 16.
More than 100 photographs on the amazing beauty of Vietnam by photographer Pham Hong Thang will be showcased in the 360o Panorama Exhibition at the Sofitel Plaza Hanoi hotel from June 28 to July 28.
Tourists to the ancient capital of Hue will have the chance to enjoy the real life of the old city rather than just viewing relics or landscape as they usually do.
The Ho Dynasty Citadel in central Thanh Hoa province received a UNESCO certificate of World Cultural Heritage status at a grand ceremony on June 16.
The 5-star cruise liner, the Voyager of the Seas, which is registered in the Bahamas, docked in Vung Tau on June 14 with more than 3,200 tourists on board.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched on June 14 a campaign that seeks to identify 100 "exciting things" about HCM City by opening up several categories for people, locals and foreigners, to vote on.
The first Evason Ana Mandara-Nha Trang Sailing Cup ended in Khanh Hoa City on June 16, awarding the best players in the amateur, open and professional categories.
The Vietnamese embassy in Malaysia are taking part in the 4th International Gifts, Premium & Stationery 2012 Fair (KLIGP 2012) in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur from June 13-15.
A thousand research works have been published on Vietnamese folk arts and culture by 446 artists, during the first phase of the "Publication and Promotion of Vietnamese Ethnic Group Folk Culture and Arts" project (2008-2012).