The 22nd Joint Meeting of the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Commissions for East Asia and the Pacific, and South Asia will be held in Hanoi from May 10-12.
The State Steering Committee on Tourism is proposing the government exempt visa fees and refund value-added taxes (VAT) for international tourists in August and September of this year.
Halong City in the northern province Quang Ninh, home to the world heritage site of Halong Bay will host the World’s Most Beautiful Bays Club conference from April 29 - May 2.
The Departments of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Departments of Industry and Trade in Hanoi, HCMC, and Danang have joined with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to promote the Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010 program, a tourism official said.
Giong Festival meets enough standards to be recognised as intangible cultural heritage of mankind, said Katherin Muller-Marin, Head of UNESCO’s office in Hanoi.
The Saigontourist Travel Service Company on April 20 welcomed the arrival of the Costa Romantica cruise ship in HCMC.
The Diamond Princess Cruise ship, with over 1,700 tourists aboard, anchored in the central city of Nha Trang on April 19, after visiting Ho Chi Minh City.
A village that features the values of the distinctive cultures of each of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups will be inaugurated in Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi, in mid-September this year.
A dossier on Truc Lam Zen Buddhism teaching wood blocks kept at a pagoda in Northern Province of Bac Giang has been submitted to UNESCO for its recognition as World Documentary Heritage in the Memory of the World Programme, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Around 3000 artefacts, made in different shapes and sizes of Vietnamese dragons, are on display at the Vietnam History Museum in Ho Chi Minh City as of April 17.
The number of visitors to this year’s Hung Temple Festival has increased sharply over the past five days, according to the festival organising board.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on April 16 publicised a national action programme to preserve two UNESCO-recognised forms of Vietnamese folk singing in the 2010-2015 period.