The tourism sector needs to work closely together with other sectors, including transport and education, to make full use of their infrastructure to spur tourism development.
The Italian daily Le Repubblica has recently run an article on its Viaggi (Travel) column highlighting the stunning beauty of Ha Long Bay which was recognized as a World Natural Heritage site in 1994 by UNESCO and voted as one of the seven New Natural Wonders of the World in 2011.
Art troupes from the Viet Nam National Puppetry Theatre made a maiden presentation of Vietnamese folk art water puppetry in Yokohama, Japan, on September 13-14.
The national flag carrier Viet Nam Airlines hosted a conference in Italy on September 11 to promote Viet Nam’s destinations and the country’s potential for tourism development.
Vietnamese diplomatic representatives joined their Asia-Pacific counterparts for Embassy Day in Berlin to promote Viet Nam’s image internationally.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines presented Viet Nam as a tourist destination to Belgian and Asian officials and travel agents at an event in Brussels on September 9 aiming to promote tourism in the Southeast Asian nation.
(TITC) – As a guest of honour, Viet Nam will participate in the 84th Festival of Humanity organized in La Courneuve Park from September 12 – 14, 2014.
A Viet Nam cultural week was kicked off in Rome on September 10 under the auspices of the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and the authorities of Rome and Lazio region.
Vietnamese Tourism Ambassador to Europe Bobby Chinn has introduced foreign tourists to Singapore and local islanders to genuine Vietnamese dishes from September 6-9. At Movenpick Heritage Hotel Sentosa, Bobby invited visitors to sample such dishes as lotus root salad, pomelo salad with crabs, mushrooms steamed crepe paper polls, crepe paper rolls with crispy aromatic duck, and various fish dishes.
A tourism forum in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 2 provided a great opportunity for nearly 60 Indonesian entrepreneurs, starting or planning to expand tourism related businesses in Viet Nam to locate cooperation partners.
More than 2,000 Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) living and studying in the Republic of Korea (RoK) attended the fourth Vietnamese Cultural Festival, which recently wrapped up at Chodang University in Jeollanam-do province.
Vietnamese Culture Week 2014 opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on August 31, aiming to boost cultural exchanges and strengthen friendship and co-operation between the two nations.