A photo exhibition entitled ‘Thang Long - Hanoi: Historical Milestones’ opened in the pedestrian area along Dinh Tien Hoang Street in Hanoi on October 3 as an event to mark the 1010th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi and the 66th anniversary of the capital city's Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2020).
Hotels and other lodging facilities near the special national heritage Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field in the northern province of Yen Bai has been packed with holiday-makers those days as the Covid-19 pandemic has been brought under control.
The Department of Tourism of Da Nang, in cooperation with Vietnam Airlines, will host the first tourists to visit the central city after the resurgence of COVID-19 in late July.
Hanoi has set itself a target to greet 35-39 million tourists by 2025, including 8-9 million foreigners, earning about 151 trillion VND (6.53 billion USD), under the city’s recently-launched tourism development strategy with a view to 2030.
A large number of locals and tourists flocked to the 2020 “Nghinh Ong” (Whale Worshiping) Festival which opened in Can Thanh Town, Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City, on September 30.
Singapore will lift border restrictions on visitors from Vietnam and Australia, except for the state of Victoria, from October 8.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) on September 18 officially launched the second domestic tourism stimulation programme themed “Safe and attractive Vietnamese tourism”, which will be implemented in the latter half of this year.
The southern province of Tay Ninh has approved building a multifunctional complex that would include a logistics centre, an inland container depot (ICD) and a general port, with total investment of more than 2.9 trillion VND (125 million USD).
Only 44,000 foreign visitors arrived in Vietnam during the third quarter of this year, equivalent to just 1% of the figure in the same period last year, the General Statistics Office reported on September 29.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has sent an official dispatch to the departments of culture, sports and tourism along with other tourism departments across the country to respond to World Tourism Day (September 27) under the theme “Tourism and Rural Development”.
Vietnam’s effective control of COVID-19 has impressed prestigious US travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNTraveler), as in its latest US and UK publications, the magazine has listed the Southeast Asian country as among the best holiday destinations after the pandemic ends and for 2021.
A wide variety of attractive activities will be held in the Hanoi Old Quarter in Hoan Kiem District from September 25 to October 1, creating a meaningful playground for children.