Local news

Cruise tourism in Southeast Asia begins to boom (Sep 21, 2012)

Cruise tourism in Vietnam is growing in the context that this segment begins to boom in Southeast Asia.

UNESCO helps Ha Giang province manage and develop tourism (Sep 21, 2012)

Representatives of UNESCO in association with the Ha Giang provincial People's Committee organized a conference to introduce the Public Use Planning (PUP) kit to the Management Board of Dong Van…

Soc Trang diversifies tourism models to attract tourists (Sep 20, 2012)

Soc Trang tourism sector is to continue to improve the quality of existing tourism products and gradually put into operation products and new tourism programmes associated with the strengths of…

Belgian region helps restore Hue ancient house (Sep 20, 2012)

A 175-year-old house has been restored to its former glory in Phuoc Tich ancient village, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Prehistoric relics unearthed in Tuyen Quang (Sep 19, 2012)

Over 400 relics, mainly stone items dating back 4,000 - 4,200 years ago have been discovered in Nguom Hau cave in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.

Cat Tien Park ready for world natural heritage status (Sep 19, 2012)

Experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have toured Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc and Lam Dong provinces to prepare the dossiers of the Cat Tien National Park to be submitted to the UNESCO for recognition as a world natural heritage.

Phu Yen aims to sharpen its tourism spearhead (Sep 18, 2012)

Phu Yen is striving to develop its tourism sector into a spearhead economic industry. Phu Yen's People's Committee recently approved a project to develop the local tourism until 2015 with vision towards 2020, with the intention of turning Phu Yen into one of the key tourist provinces in the south central coast.

Binh Phuoc needs tourism investment (Sep 18, 2012)

The southern province of Binh Phuoc will organize an investment promotion conference on November 22-23 to call for investment in ecological and cultural tourism.

Hoang Su Phi terraced fields recognized as national heritage (Sep 18, 2012)

The Ha Giang provincial People's Committee has received the national heritage certificate for Hoang Su Phi terraced fields from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

UNESCO praises Hanoi's preservation efforts (Sep 17, 2012)

The Director of UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, Kishore Rao, has highlighted the efforts made by Hanoi to preserve the ancient royal citadel of Thang Long.

Exhibition features Trang An tourism complex (Sep 13, 2012)

Over 1,000 objects, documents and photos on Trang An Tourism Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh are being displayed at an exhibition that opened on September 12.

Poland helps train conservation personnel (Sep 13, 2012)

A course on relic conservation techniques got underway in the former imperial city of Hue on Sept. 11 under the guidance of Polish experts.

HCM City the convergent point of tourism promoters (Sep 12, 2012)

Travel agencies in HCMC during this week will be busy with a series of programs to promote tourism and introduce products among local and foreign tour operators.

Russian businesses explore Ninh Thuan's tourism potential (Sep 11, 2012)

A Russian Farmtrip delegation consisting of representatives from 10 travel agencies of Pegas Touristik Company paid a fact-finding visit to Ninh Thuan province from September 7-9.

Photographic exhibition on Vietnam opens in France (Sep 11, 2012)