About one million tourists from ASEAN countries visited Vietnam in 2010, accounting for 20 percent of the country’s total number of foreign arrivals.
The Center for Preservation of Co Loa Relics – Thang Long Ancient Citadel has asked permission from the Hanoi authorities and related ministries to compile the file of Co Loa relic to submit to the UNESCO for recognition as a world cultural heritage.
An exhibition entitled “Mekong’s stories: Challenge and Dream†opened in the Lao capital of Vientiane on April 6, 2011.
The Phu Day Festival has begun with traditional ceremonies, plus artistic activities and unique national games including singing, human chess, wrestling and dragon and lion dancing.
Local travel firms have already achieved extraordinary results in the MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, Exhibition) tourism sector this year.
Vietnam has submitted documents on the worship rituals dedicated to Hung Kings in the midland province of Phu Tho to the UNESCO to seek its Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity recognition.
The five-star cruise liner SuperStar Aquarius with 2,200 foreign tourists and crew aboard docked at the world’s natural heritage, Ha Long Bay, in the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 3, 2011.
The northern province of Phu Tho has worked hart to have facilities and activities ready in order to successfully organise this year’s festival to commemorate the nation’s legendary founders, the Hung Kings.
Twenty three bronze drums have been brought to the Hung Temple National Historical Relic for the official offering ceremony scheduled to be held on April 2 in the northern province of Phu Tho.
Central Phu Yen Province with its pure environment and pristine natural scenery will be a popular destination for Russian tourists, said a Russian diplomat.
An exhibition, entitled “Hanoi Portraitâ€, opened at 31A Van Mieu, Hanoi, on April 1 displaying 131 works by 58 Vietnamese and four American artists.
More local travel agencies are working on plans to develop caravan services in the ASEAN region, according to a latest report by the HCMC tourism authority.