Biking is an interesting and authentic way to explore the countryside in Vietnam. A new selection of biking tours recently has been launched to offer its guests the opportunity to discover daily life in the heart of the Mekong Delta region.
Ha Quang District and the Cao Bang Provincial Department of Culture, Information and Tourism have coordinated with Lung Lo Construction Company under the Ministry of National Defense in upgrading the Historic Relic of Coc Bo Cave.
After more than two years of implementation, a project on developing, preserving and promoting the cultures of ethnic minority groups in the Northeastern Mountainous Province of Lao Cai in the 2006-2010 period has contribute to changing people’s awareness and has had positive effects on provincial socio-economic development.
Vietnam tourism sector will risk lagging far behind other regional countries and find it difficult to maintain a high growth rate if breakthrough measures are not taken to generate enough qualified personnel, a senior tourism official has said.
An agreement on visa exemption for common passport holders signed between Vietnam and Cambodia will take effect as from Dec. 4, 2008 announced the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Halong Bay Management Department reported that nearly 2.3 million tourists, including 1.5 million foreign tourists, had visited Ha Long Bay in the first ten months of 2008, marking an increase of 49 percent year on year.
Nha nhac (Vietnamese court music) and gong culture are listed among the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, issued for the first time on Nov. 4, 2008 at the third session of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Istanbul, Turkey.
The second Buon Me Thuot Coffee Festival will be held from December 10 to 14, 2008 in Buon Me Thuot town, Dak Lak Central Highlands province.
Hanoi-based travel companies are facing the decrease of their income due to the lack of hi-end rooms for visitors to Vietnam at the peak period.
The ACMECS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Hanoi on November 6, 2008 emphasised the need to simplify customs procedures for the travel of people and transport of goods via border gates.
It is necessary to raise the quality of human resources in the tourism industry to maintain the sector’s growth rate and ensure the sustainable development of Vietnam’s tourism, said Nguyen Manh Cuong, Deputy Head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
Aiming to build a green and touristy city, Da Nang will organise periodical international firework festivals to attract tourists, said Da Nang Chairman Tran Van Minh.