Local news

Introducing Classical Opera to tourists (Mar 03, 2014)

(TITC) - Tuong (Classical Opera), also called Hat Boi in the South, is one of the most classical and scholarly arts of Viet Nam. It was formed on the basic of folk stage performance during the Ly-Tran dynasties and became very popular nationwide during the following centuries.

Japanese artifacts on display in Hanoi (Mar 03, 2014)

As many as 70 artifacts depicting Japan’s historical events and its traditional culture are on exhibit at 25 Tong Dan Street in Hanoi.

Hoi An celebrates arrival of six millionth foreign tourist (Mar 03, 2014)

The ancient city of Hoi An in central Quang Nam province celebrated the arrival of the 6 millionth foreign tourist who visited the old quarter at the Japanese Bridge, on…

Hanoi promotes culture to international friends (Mar 03, 2014)

Ambassadors, their wives and representatives from more than 20 embassies and international organisations joined a spring tour of the traditional craft village of Bat Trang in Hanoi on March 1.

Khanh Hoa announces 38 leading tourist destinations (Mar 03, 2014)

The Tourism Association of the southern central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has announced 38 local tourist destinations known for providing high quality and safe services for visitors.

Hanoi second top Asian city for backpackers (Mar 03, 2014)

Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hoi An have been ranked second, sixth and 12th respectively in the top 30 Asian cities based on price in the backpacker index for 2014, a database of travel costs around the world.

Viet Nam greets over 1.6 million foreign tourists in two months (Feb 28, 2014)

Foreign tourist arrivals to Viet Nam in the first two months this year reached an estimated 1.62 million, a year-on-year rise of 33.4 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Central localities join together in tourism (Feb 28, 2014)

The central localities of Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang and Quang Nam will cooperate with each other in tourism in order to ensure sustainable development.

HCM City’s tourism sector targets 94 trillion VND (Feb 28, 2014)

Ho Chi Minh City is striving to welcome 4.4 million international tourists, raking in 94 trillion VND (4.4 billion USD) - 15 percent more revenue than last year.

Luxury liner brings tourists to land of heritage (Feb 28, 2014)

Some 1,400 passengers and crewmembers onboard the luxury liner Crystal Serenity arrived at Chan May port in the central province of Thue Thien-Hue on February 27.

Asian cuisine week highlights Vietnamese food (Feb 28, 2014)

Popular Vietnamese specialties such as Hanoi fried spring rolls and southern grilled beef noodles are attracting attention from customers at the ongoing Asian Cuisine Week in the Czech Republic capital Prague.

Seminar seeks ways to boost tourism in Hung Yen (Feb 27, 2014)

Methods of realising the tourism potential of Pho Hien old town in the Red River Delta province of Hung Yen were tabled at a seminar in the locality on February 26.

Good crop praying festival of San Chay ethnic people reinstated (Feb 27, 2014)

On the evening of February 24 and early morning of February 25, Quang Ninh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism reinstated a festival to pray for good crop of the San Chay ethnic minority group in Dai Duc commune, Tien Yen district.

Nha Trang to greet over 180,000 Russian tourists (Feb 27, 2014)

2014 is forecast to see continued growth in the number of Russian tourists travelling to Nha Trang, according to the Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism introduces new version of web portal (Feb 27, 2014)