Global tourism has adapted well to the economic crisis, with international arrivals expected to rise by nearly four percent this year, the head of the UN World Tourism Organisation told AFP.
Representatives of a number of local travel firms and high-class hotels attended the tourism fair Leisure 2012 in Russia as the Eastern European nation has emerged as a potential market for Vietnam's tourism industry.
Traditional folk culture from Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam will spice up the annual Mid-Autumn festival held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology this weekend.
The Central Highland province of Dak Lak has approved an overall plan for tourism development until 2020 with a vision for 2030.
Entertainment venues across Ho Chi Minh City are full of activity these days preparing for exciting events and entertainment programs to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month (September 30).
A dossier gathering scientific research on chau van, a traditional singing style of Vietnamese people in the northern province of Nam Dinh, will be recognised as a national intangible heritage.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ranked Cat Ba archipelago in the north to national heritage status.
The number of foreign tourists arriving in Vietnam in the first nine months is estimated to have reached nearly 4.85 million, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.
Images of dragons and fairies captured at Vietnam's communal houses are being exhibited for the first time in Paris, France as part of the 16th "Foreign Cultures Week", starting on September 21.
A number of events beginning later this month will celebrate the 750th anniversary of Thien Truong, the old capital of the Tran dynasty (1225-1400) in the northern province of Nam Dinh.
The central city of Hue will provide a free wi-fi service by the end of this year, according to the Thua Thien - Hue provincial People's Committee.
With tourism promotion activities being conducted in Japan until next Tuesday, Vietnam has officially kicked off the campaign of attracting one million tourists arrivals from Japan in 2015, doubling that of last year.