Ho Chi Minh City has welcomed more than 1.8 million overseas arrivals so far this year, up by 10 percent against the same period last year.
The 2012 International East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) Trade and Tourism Fair will be held at the Da Nang Fair and Exhibition Center from 17 to 21 August. Many enterprises from the EWEC countries of Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar and others from Japan, the U.S.A, South Korea and China will take part.
The International Women's Artists Council (INWAAC) opened its 10 th exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time from June 21-27.
Mayors of the cities from the expanded Greater Mekong Sub-region will arrive in HCMC to discuss tourism cooperation, product enhancement and youth tourism promotion.
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.