The capital city of Hanoi has received 2.08 million tourists, including 60,000 foreigners, during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, an increase of 11 percent from the same period last year.
The southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau received 650,000 visitors from Feb. 9 to 17 (the last day of the lunar year of 2012 to the eighth day of…
On the 8th day of the first lunar month, people flocked to a unique market in Vu Ban district in the northern province of Nam Dinh to wish for a…
Over 7,000 foreign tourists, mostly Chinese, entered Vietnam through the Lao Cai International Border Gate during the first seven days of the Lunar New Year, according to local authorities.
As many as 30,000 tourists visited imperial Hue's relics in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue during the first three days of the Year of the Snake.
Hanoi's Thang Long Royal Citadel welcomed nearly 20,000 visitors - mostly foreign tourists - in the first six days of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The Co Loa archeological, architectural and historical relic site got a certificate recognising it as a special national relic on February 14.
The Dutch cruise ship, Volendam, was the first ship to dock at Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa Province in the Lunar New Year.
The number of tourists staying in Danang for Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations is estimated at 143,199, up 10.4 percent against last year.
Preparing for Tet, the relics of the Temple of Literature, which will welcome many tourists on the occasion of the lunar new year, have been colourful decorated with peach, kumquat and daisy. Documents and objects of later candidates are on display here.
(TITC)- On January 11, VNAT organized a working session under the chair of Deputy General Director Hoang Thi Diep, for review and acceptance of the mission "Developing a website to promote community-based tourism of Viet Nam".
A Hanoi culture exhibition, jointly organised by the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the city's Library, opened on February 5.
There is an overwhelming festive atmosphere throughout Vietnam to herald the arrival of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the country's biggest holiday in the year. Flower and bonsai markets add glowing, spring colours to the scene.
As part of the ongoing flower festival at the Vietnam Centre for Art and Cultural Exhibitions at 2 Hoa Lu Street, the first ever festival honouring Ong Cong (the Land Genie) and Ong Tao (the Kitchen God) will be held on February 3.
(TITC)- On January 24, General Director of Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Van Tuan, Deputy Director of VNAT Nguyen Quoc Hung and leaders of Travel Department and Tourism Marketing Department had a meeting with Russian famtrip delegation.
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