Through October 2013, the Quang Ninh tourism sector welcomed more than 6.5 million tourists, reached 84.7 percent of the year’s plan and a year-on-year rise of 10 percent.
An international conference on spiritual tourism for sustainable development opened in the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh on November 21.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the master plan on developing tourism in the Red River delta and coastal northeast until 2020, with vision to 2030.
The ninth Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day was opened on November 19 in Hanoi for nationwide localities to share experience in preserving and promoting cultural and natural heritage values.
Muong ethnic people living in Tu Ne, a rural commune of Tan Lac district in the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, have launched an impassioned project to turn their picturesque land into a tourist hotspot.
(TITC) – The People’s Committee of Hoi An City has launched the plan of organizing various activities to celebrate the Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Day (23rd November) and 14th anniversary of Hoi An ancient Town recognized as World Cultural Heritage (November 1999 – 2013).
(TITC) - From 10-30 November 2013, the international hot air balloon performance under the theme “Asian wings” will be held by Chien Thang Co.Ltd in 5 cities and provinces of Ha Noi, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Hai Duong and Quang Ninh.
(TITC) – According to Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan – General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, during the last two decades, Vietnam tourism has strongly grown; representing an impressive annual growth of 12%; contributing to developing national economy, eradicating hunger and poverty, ensuring social security, preserving and upholding cultural values, protecting environment, maintaining national security. However, the current tourism development still faces many…
More than 100 Finnish posters are being displayed at an exhibition that opened on November 18 in the southern province of Binh Duong.
The Dau Rong (Dragon Head) cave system in Cao Phong district of the northern province of Hoa Binh was awarded a certificate recognising it as a national relic site on November 17.
The Ngo Boat Racing Festival, a tradition of the Mekong Delta region’s Khmer ethnic minority, began in Soc Trang province’s Soc Trang City on November 15.
Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, is piloting experimental tourism in the flooding season, which involves tourists in fishing activities, harvesting wild rice, visiting breeding grounds of birds and sailing to enjoy natural landscapes.