The southern coastal province of Kien Giang welcomed more than 1.4 million tourists in the first quarter of this year, a rise of six percent year on year, fulfilling over 25 percent of its yearly target.
Hat boi (classical drama), a genre of traditional theatre in central and south regions, in the Mekong Delta Vinh Long province, has been preserved as a product to attract tourists to the locality.
Measures to realise a master plan on tourism development in the Mekong Delta to 2020 with a vision to 2030 were discussed at a conference held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 5.
Tourism cooperation potential between Viet Nam and Indonesia was highlighted at the programme “Indonesia Tourism Table Top in Viet Nam 2017”, held by Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and the Indonesian Embassy in Ha Noi on April 5.
HCMC vice chairman Tran Vinh Tuyen on March 29 assigned the Military High Command to coordinate with the Department of Tourism to prepare for a fireworks display program, which will also include artistic lighting and music shows, on Reunification Day (April 30).
The Mekong delta province of Tien Giang has become increasingly attractive to domestic and foreign visitors, with the locality welcoming more than 425,000 tourists in the first quarter of this year, a rise of 7.1 percent year on year.
Popularising tourism will be given top priority to branch out and improve tourism products in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, in the hope of luring more tourists to the locality.
A few years ago, visitors to Bat Trang pottery village in Ha Noi’s Gia Lam district would be greeted by a thick layer of smoke emitted from the kilns.
The Steering Committee for the Northwest held a meeting in Hanoi on April 3 to look into ways to transform tourism into a spearhead industry in the region by 2030.
The Ninh Thuan Province People’s Committee held a ceremony on March 31 to receive certificates of merit recognising the Cham people’s Hoa Lai and Po Klong Garai Towers as special national architectural relic sites.
A free wi-fi system and security cameras are being installed at 17 stops on Ha Long bay, the northern province of Quang Ninh.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has taken measures to develop sustainable tourism, focusing on cultural resources of the local ethnic minority groups of J’rai and Bahnar.