Hanoi will offer additional 4,000 high-quality hotel rooms this year to serve the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the National Tourism Year 2010.
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will assist Vietnam in mulling policies and long-term plans for tourism development and training human resources for the hospitality industry, said Secretary General Taleb Rifai.
Vietnamese songs, dishes, ao dai (traditional long dress) and palm-leaf conical hats were among the highlights that drew crowds at the Hi Seoul Festival 2010. Embassies of more than 40 countries in the Republic of Korea (RoK) joined in the Seoul Friendship Fair, which was organised on May 8-9 as part of the annual festival.
The newest five-star hotel in HCMC, InterContinental Asiana Saigon, has been voted on to Conde Nast Traveller’s exclusive Hot List covering the 134 hottest hotels around the globe.
Vietnam’s tourism industry has announced the second tourism stimulus campaign in 2010 called “Vietnam – Your Destination.†After the first campaign called “Impressive Vietnam†last year, authorities and enterprises hope for better results this year.
Three hundred journalists from 43 domestic and foreign press agencies have registered to cover the Hue Festival 2010.
An exhibition on ethnic minority of groups opened on May 9 in Hanoi, highlighting their contributions to national defence and construction. The four-day event, jointly held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Committee for Ethnic Affairs, is a major cultural festival of ethnic groups to welcome the 120th birthday of the late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) and the first…
Experts of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) left the country for the 2010 Mekong Tourism Forum which will take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia on May 7 and 8, 2010. According to the Department of Travel under VNAT, the experts will discuss with regional colleagues ways to develop products and infrastructure systems to improve tourism in the region.
Vinaconex Investment & Tourism Development Joint Stock Co., or Vinaconex-ITC, has launched the Cat Ba Amatina tourism urban area project in Haiphong City with a total investment of US$1 billion.
1,000 Vietnamese Heroes and Heroic Mothers will attend the forthcoming 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi on October 10, according to the Government Office.
40 travel agencies and leaders of the Hanoi, Quang Nam, Thua Thien Hue and Quang Tri provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism attended a seminar on “The introduction of Responsible Tourism Initiatives in Vietnam†in Hue City on May 4.
The number of visitors attracted to popular and well known Vietnamese tourist spots rose sharply during the Liberation Day holiday period, from April 30 to May 3.