With various tourism products like shopping, cuisine and river cruise tours, Ho Chi Minh City attracted nearly 4.4 million foreign visitors in the first seven months of this year.
The live entertainment show “Tinh hoa Bac Bo” (The Quintessence of Tonkin) has received two entries in the Viet Nam Guinness Book of Records.
The central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue earned 2.66 trillion VND (114.38 million USD) from tourism in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year surge of over 32 percent.
The seventh Viet Nam heritage photo contest was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1, with registration now opening to Vietnamese citizens and foreigners.
The northern port city of Hai Phong welcomed 4.5 million tourist arrivals in the first seven months of this year, 19.9 percent higher than the figure recorded in same time last year, according to Director of the city’s Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Thuong Huyen.
The mountainous distirct of Nam Tra My in the central province of Quang Nam has launched a virtual reality photo portal to introduce eco-tourism services in the area.
The first national conference on the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage in Viet Nam was held in Ha Noi on July 27, with the participation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, head of the UNESCO Vietnam branch Michael Croft, as well as authorities from World Heritage Site localities, cultural researchers, and experts.
A large street festival was held on the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake in Ha Noi on July 29 morning to mark 10 years of administrative boundary adjustment of the capital city.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council and the Radio Voice of Ho Chi Minh City People (VOH) held a dialogue with the municipal authorities on July 28 to discuss measures to further develop its tourism.
A conference to promote tourism cooperation between the central city of Da Nang and Japan was held in the city on July 26 as part of the 2018 Viet Nam-Japan Cultural Exchange Festival.
UNESCO attaches special importance to cooperation with Ha Noi, especially in preserving and upholding the values of cultural heritages, said chief representative of UNESCO Office in Viet Nam Michael Croft.
Tours to Ha Noi’s Opera House, a historic landmark in the capital, have been put on hold after less than a year.