Russia is listed among 10 markets with the highest growth of tourists to Viet Nam.
Ha Noi authorities plan to open nine more pedestrian areas in the Old Quarter in October this year.
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang has welcomed about 6.3 million tourists in the first nine months of 2016, a year on year increase of 5.6 percent and 0.8 percent above this year’s target.
(TITC) – On 21 September 2016, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized the opening ceremony of fine art exhibition to celebrate 30 years of Renewal (Doi moi) at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum.
(TITC) – On 20 September 2016, in Ha Noi, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan - Director General of Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) had a meeting with representatives of Vietnam Airlines (VNA).
A ceremony was held in the central province of Ha Tinh on September 25 to receive a certificate recognising the Woodblocks of Phuc Giang School as a documentary heritage by UNESCO’s Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP).
The Mekong Delta localities of An Giang, Can Tho and Kien Giang were given 21 sets of technical documents by representatives from the EU-funded project “Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Progamme” (EU-ESRT) at a conference in Can Tho city on September 22.
Phu Quoc Island is likely to host Southeast Asia’s largest sea festival next year, according to the Epizode sea festival co-operation project being arranged by Russian entertainment company Epizode, Vietnamese event organiser Dong Do Show Co., and 99 Mountains Company, developer of Sunset Sanato Resort on Phu Quoc.
The Phu Yen Provincial People’s Committee held a ceremony in Phu Yen province on September 22 to receive a certificate recognising “Lam Phu Lam” (Phu Lam storehouse) in Phu Lam ward of Tuy Hoa city as a national art-architectural site.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will coordinate with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to organize an international meeting on tourism and sports on September 24th, at Novotel hotel, in the central coastal city of Da Nang.
A ceremony was held in the northern province of Thai Binh on September 20 to receive a certificate in recognition of the A Sao Temple Festival as a national intangible cultural heritage as well as to open the annual festival.
A Peruvian gastronomy week will provide visitors with useful information and the best experience about the culture of the South American country when it takes place in Ha Noi from September 21-27.