The number of international visitors to Vietnam was estimated at 6.85 million in the first 11 months, posting a year-on-year increase of 10.2 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed Decision 2284/QD-TTg approving a common scheme to build the Ban Gioc waterfall tourism area and detailed scheme on the Ban Gioc waterfall tourism centre.
Cam Ranh International Airport on November 26 welcomed the first direct flight from Ukraine carrying 238 tourists to the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.
On November 26, in Ha Long city, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with Border Guard High Commands to organize the 8th festival for cultural workers in border and coastal regions in northern Vietnam.
The Quang Nam People’s Committee has agreed on a policy by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organise a caravan tour, themed “Heritage connection – Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia cooperative bridge” from November 29 to December 6, 2013.
Phu Quoc island district of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang welcomed nearly 370,000 tourists in the first ten months of this year, fulfilling nearly 97 percent of its yearly target.
Following the closing ceremony of the Vietnam heritage photo awards in Ho Chi Minh city, the Vietnam heritage photo exhibition returned to the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on November 22.
The northern province of Nam Dinh has held a ceremony to receive certificates officially recognising its Phu Day festival and Chau Van (spiritual singing) ritual as pieces of National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The “Holland Village 2013” opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22 as part of activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands.
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.