Representatives of cities attending the Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia on October 8, 2008 announced that they would promote Hanoi’s Grand 1,000th Anniversary in 2010 as a major tourism event
According to the municipal Service of Culture, Sports and Tourism, investors have pledged the completion of an additional 14 luxury hotels in Hanoi by 2010. Detail:
The central Thua Thien-Hue province said it is carrying out a project to promote local community’s involvement in the preservation of heritages in the former city of Hue with funding from the French region of Nord Pas de Calais.
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Hanoi, with its abundance of beautiful landscapes, has attached great importance to developing both its historical and cultural tourist industry, according to a municipal official.
The Festival of Cultural Exchange among Areas and Regions Nationwide was opened in Hanoi on October 6, 2008 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.
A seminar to examine ways of strengthening Vietnam - South Africa cooperation in tourism was held in Hanoi on October 6, 2008.
The 7th annual conference of the Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (CPTA) opened in Hanoi on October 5, 2008 to seek ways to develop the regional tourism network.
Twenty Vietnamese artists are joining 1,000 singers from around the globe in the World Folksong Festival, which opened in Beijing on October 3, 2008
Nearly 200 representatives of Japanese and Vietnamese travel businesses participated in a workshop held in the southern city of Nha Trang on October 3, 2008 to seek ways to boost tourism between the two countries.
Nearly 30 travel agencies from the Republic of Korea (RoK) came to a workshop held in central Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, on October 4, 2008 to seek ways to boost tourism between the two countries.
Central Thua Thien- Hue province has so far this year welcomed more than 1.1 million visitors, a year on year increase of 25.4 percent, grossing nearly 540 billion VND from tourism, a 35.2 percent increase.
Hanoi has received more than 960,000 foreign visitors from 160 countries and territories so far this year, according to the Hanoi Cultural, Sport and Tourism Department.