A crowd of experts, researchers, scholars and managers working in tourism from Asia, America and Europe gathered at a recent event in Ho Chi Minh City to contribute their ideas on how to promote tourism globalisation and localisation.
It has just been announced that cruise ships will be delivering 7,180 passengers to Viet Nam’s shores in the six day period leading up to March 12, providing a good start for the new tourism season.
Xoe dancing, an indispensible activity in the cultural life of the Tay ethnic people in Ta Chai commune, Bac Ha district, northern Lao Cai province, has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung attended the “Ve mien Quan ho” (Coming back to Quan ho land) art performance on March 7 in the northern Bac Ninh province, during which two local sites were declared special national relics.
On March 4th, a delegation from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism led by Minister Hoang Tuan Anh inspected festival organization in the northern province of Vinh Phuc.
(TITC) - To prepare for activities of Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in Viet Nam International Travel Mart VITM – Ha Noi 2015, on 4 March 2015, in Ha Noi, VNAT organized a meeting to consent VNAT’s booth design and organization in the mart.
Viet Nam’s travel and tourism agencies have actively promoted Viet Nam as a peaceful, hospitable and attractive destination to tourism markets around the world through a number of international tourism fairs.
(TITC) - On 3 March 2015, in Ha Noi, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) held the opening ceremony of training course to serve the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU 132) for heads of divisions and staffs of hotels selected to welcome and serve delegates and guests of IPU 132 and tourism service provider for IPU 132.
The five-star UK cruise liner Sapphire Princess docked on March 4 at the Nha Trang port in Khanh Hoa Province carrying over 2,600 foreign tourists and nearly 1,080 crew members.
Central Thua Thien-Hue province welcomed more than 437,900 visitors, including 165,400 inbound travellers and 272,500 domestic tourists in the first two months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%.
Foreign tourist arrivals to Viet Nam in February 2015 reached 756,000, a 7.9% rise from the previous month, according the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Foreigners and Vietnamese expatriates will receive value added tax (VAT) refunds for goods purchased in Viet Nam when exiting the country through Phu Quoc International Airport in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.