Around 878,000 travellers visited the central coastal city of Da Nang in the first three months of 2015, up 17.3 percent against the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.
The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Son La has devised a number of incentives to attract investment in tourism development.
The southern province of Kien Giang on March 27 held a ceremony to announce a Prime Minister’s decision recognising Phu Quoc prison in Phu Quoc island district as a special national heritage site.
A media centre for the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) opened on March 26th on the 3rd floor at the Viet Nam National Convention Center in Ha Noi.
The International Travel Expo in Ho Chi Minh City (ITE- HCMC) has successfully promoted cooperation among the Mekong Tourism Alliance of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Direct air routes are key to boosting tourism between Viet Nam and India, according to Joint Secretary of the Indian Ministry of Tourism, Suman Billa.
Travel agencies operating in the central province of Quang Binh and Ho Chi Minh City met at a conference in the southern city on March 24 to discuss ways to promote cooperation between the two localities in the field.
Tickets for the Da Nang International Fireworks Competition 2015 (DIFC 2015) will go on sale from April 1, the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has said.
Lung Cam Tren village in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has been positively transformed owing to Dong Van district’s 2010 decision to develop it into a ‘Cultural Village’ in line with new style rural area regulations.
Viet Nam has actively promoted its tourism offerings in Russia to foster cooperation ties with the country and attract Russian travellers.
Ha Noi ’s Thang Long GTC One Member Public Limited Company - the only supplier of tourist services on the Hong (Red) River - aims to make the river a special destination for domestic and foreign vacationers, said President and Director General of the company Ta Minh Hung on March 23.
Experts and educators gathered at a seminar in Ha Noi on March 24 to discuss how to include intangible cultural heritage in education for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.