The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the War Martyrs' and Heroes' Memorial Monument in Hanoi will be temporarily closed for maintenance and repairs from September 5 to November 4.
Vietnam has welcomed almost 4 million foreign visitors since the beginning of this year, a year-on-year rise of 18.3 percent, and earned nearly 85 trillion VND in revenue from tourism.
The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MICT) of Laos and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) of Vietnam will jointly host “ Vietnam ’s Cultural Week in Laos †from August 30 to September 4, in Vientiane.
Over the past eight months, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has greeted nearly 2.12 million foreign tourists. The figure represents a year-on-year increase of 10 percent and fulfills 60 percent of the year's target, said the city's Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.
The leading United Arab Emirates-based newspaper Gulf News on August 20 ran an article entitled “Discover Vietnam†by Skhan Kar, deputy editor in chief of Gulf News’s photo magazine.
Vietnam’s cultural and tourism week will be held in Pusan, the Republic of Korea (RoK) from August 25-29.
According to the popular website www.lonelyplanet.com, Highway 1 in Vietnam is the only way of Asia in the top 10 world's most beautiful roads for cycling tourists.
English interpretations will be available through headphones for the first time for non-Vietnamese speakers attending performances of cai luong (reformed theatre) at the Hanoi Theatre of Cai Luong's Chuong Vang Theatre.
Beautiful sites in the capital city of Hanoi and several central provinces are expected to become more popular with Japanese people after a documentary film made by the Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV) makes debut.
As many as 300 delegates to the UNESCO World Congress, ambassadors from 30 countries and territories, and guests on Aug. 21 visited the ecotourism region of Trang An, ancient citadel of Hoa Lu and Bai Dinh temple in Ninh Binh province.
Cultural heritages of Buddhism in the former imperial city of Hue and the southern region have been put into an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.
The number of tourists registering to travel both in and out of the country on Vietnam Independence Day (September 2) has increased by 15-20 percent from last year’s figure, according to tour operators in Ho Chi Minh City.