The Vietnamese capital inaugurated a centre dedicated to promoting the time-honoured culture of its Old Quarter on February 2 as part of activities to celebrate the 85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV).
A conference to review the tourism development cooperation programme implemented by eight North-western provinces was held in Moc Chau District, Son La Province on January 30.
Ho Chi Minh city welcomed more than 412,000 foreign tourist arrivals in January 2015, a year-on-year rise of 8%, reported the municipal People’s Committee.
The central city of Hoi An plans to attract around 2 million visitors, including more than 1 million foreigners this year.
Another direct air route linking Russia’s Moscow and Viet Nam’s central coastal province of Khanh Hoa commenced operations as its first flight landed at Cam Ranh International Airport on February 1.
Ba Ria – Vung Tau strives to greet more than 15 million tourists, including 545,000 foreign arrivals in 2015, grossing revenue of over VND3.72 trillion, reported the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Luxury cruise ship, Celebrity Century, anchored at Chan May port in central Thua Thien-Hue province on January 29, bringing 2,500 tourists to world-renowned sites in the central region.
(TITC) – From January 26-27, 2015, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government collaborated with Ha Noi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize conference on Tokyo City Promotion 2015.
Viet Nam is one of the top destinations for visitors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2015 besides Cambodia, Thailand and Japan, according to the RoK’ largest tour agency Hana Tour Co.
The first flight of China’s regional Sichuan Airlines from Chengdu landed in the Cam Ranh International Airport in central Khanh Hoa province at 1:25 pm on January 27.
On January 28th, a workshop on supporting destination management of three Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Kien Giang and Can Tho was organised in Phu Quoc island, Kien Giang province in order to discuss cooperative contents to enhance tourism development in the region.
International arrivals to Viet Nam rose to nearly 700,700 during January, up 6.6 percent from last month, according to the General Organization of Statistics.