Vietnam should amplify cultural and tourist promotion activities in Japan as this East Asian country has become one of its leading tourist market with 400,000 arrivals annually, said a senior tourist official.
Five enormous gates to welcome visitors to the capital city of Hanoi will be built on the five main highways leading into the city, say the municipal People’s Committee.
The Vietnam Tourism Association announced winners of the Vietnam Toursim Awards, honoring best tour operators, hotels, and tourism-related service providers in Vietnam in 2009. The association will hold an award giving ceremony in the capital city of Hanoi on June 29.
A ceremony was held in Kien Giang Province on June 24 to announce its world biosphere reserve and receive UNESCO certificate.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan jointly held the Vietnam Culture – Tourism Festival 2010 in Japan on June 23.
Local people in Sam Son Town of the north-central province of Thanh Hoa held their traditional Banh Day (round shaped rice cake) Festival on June 23 (the 12th day of the 5th lunar month) as part of the Sam Son Tourism Season 2010.
International arrivals in Vietnam were estimated at over 2.5 million in the first six months of the year, representing an increase of 32% over the same period last year.
VND37 billion will be earmarked for a pilot project to restore Towers E7 and F1 of the UNESCO-recognised Cultural World Heritage site of My Son in the central province of Quang Nam.
Virtuoso - the leading US travel network, has unveiled a list of 30 most attractive honeymoon destinations in the world for lovers.
Saigontourist welcomed 3,188 foreign tourists and crew sailing aboard the cruiser line the SuperStar Virgo, which docked at Lotus Port in Ho Chi Minh City on June 22.
The beauty of Vietnam and its people is the focus of veteran photojournalist Minh Truong's latest exhibition which opened in HCMC on June 21 to mark Vietnamese Journalists Day.
The Government has drawn up a roadmap for restoring the Hue royal citadel through 2020 as part of an overall programme to conserve the world heritage site.