The Long Tong (Going to the field) Festival opened in Chiem Hoa District, the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on February 10, the eighth day of the first lunar month.
Australian-invested Cowan Design Company, which has won a contest to design a logo and slogan for Vietnam’s tourism, will likely be chosen to map out a strategy to build the tourism brand name and promote the country’s tourism image, a tourism official said.
Since the beginning of this year, HCMC has welcomed 320,000 foreign visitors, up 15% compared to the same period last year.
A large number of Russian tourists are choosing Vietnam for their holidays instead of Egypt, according to the Voice of Russia.
The number of both domestic and foreign holidaymakers during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival this year increased sharply.
The largest painting of Uncle Ho’s testament, written on palm leaf made by artisan Vo Van Tang from Nui Sap Town, Thoai Son District in the southern province of An Giang, has been entered in the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records (Vietbooks).
More than 2,000 foreign tourists on three international cruise ships arrived in Nha Trang City on February 9. It was the first time Nha Trang has received three cruise ships at the same time.
Amateur and professional photographers will display their best images in a competition entitled Vietnamese World Heritage Sites to be held in July.
The Saint Giong Festival, which was recognized by UNESCO as world intangible cultural heritage, started in Soc Son and Dong Anh districts in the outskirts of Hanoi on February 8 or the 6th day of the first lunar month.
A festival to celebrate the 1,971st anniversary of the Trung sisters’ uprising (40AD) was solemnly organised in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Me Linh on the 6th day of the first lunar month which fell on February 8 on the modern calendar.
The annual Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival opened in Hanoi’s outskirts district of My Duc on February 8 or the 6th day of the first lunar month.
Thousands of visitors flocked to Dong Da Hill in Hanoi on February 7 to celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi – Dong Da Victory.