The Ta Lon pagoda, built in 1816 in Vinh Long Commune, Duyen Hai district of southern Tra Vinh province, received a certificate recognising it as a national historical site on June 12.
Luxury cruise ship Costa Atlantica is scheduled to dock at Ba Ria-Vung Tau province's SP-SPA seaport on June 14, bringing 2,200 crew members and passengers to Vietnam. This is the cruise ship's first visit to Vietnam prepared by leading Vietnamese tour operator Saigontourist.
The National Academy of Music in Hanoi has revealed that traditional Then singing will be submitted to UNESCO in a bid to be recognised as a piece of intangible cultural world heritage.
Over 450,000 domestic and foreign visitors rushed to the four-day Nha Trang Sea Festival 2013 which concluded in the central coastal city of Khanh Hoa on June 11.
Malaysia will carry out a large tourism promotion programme in three cities in Vietnam - Hanoi, HCM City and Hoi An city in Quang Nam province - from June 18-22, according to the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Agency in Vietnam.
A Japanese culture week commenced in central Nghe An province on June 10 with a wide range of activities. The week was co-organised by the Nghe An Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association to mark the 40 th anniversary of the two countries' diplomatic ties and the 2013 Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year.
Local and foreign visitors have flocked to Nha Trang city in central Vietnam to attend an international sea and island tourism fair, which opened at the Diamond Bay Resort on June 8.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand in conjunction with Le Danang restaurant in Thailand 's capital of Bangkok has launched the Vietnam Gastronomy Month in Thailand .
The southern province of Kien Giang is planning to turn Hon Mau Island into an attractive community tourism site for holiday-makers in the near future.
(TITC) - On June 4th in Ninh Binh, Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) presided the conference on launching the tourism stimulus program 2013 for three provinces of Ninh Binh, Ha Nam and Nam Dinh. The conference attracted the attendance of representatives of the 3 provincial departments, tourism businesses and press agencies...
(TITC) - On 29th May 2013, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) coordinated with the HCM City's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to hold a conference on launching tourism stimulus program 2013 in HCM City. The conference was chaired by Deputy General Director of VNAT Hoang Thi Diep.
A cable car from Sa Pa town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai to Fansipan Mountain will be developed in an effort to lure more visitors to the cloudy town.