A bunch of prestigious awards A “bumper season” of awards for Vietnamese tourism was signaled when the nominations for the World Travel Awards (WTA), an annual prestigious awards programme for all components that constitute the travel industry, were officially announced in late September. Vietnam had dozens of nominations in the categories of transportation, accommodation, food and destinations.
Foreigners will enjoy uniform entrance fees to relic sites in Vietnam paying the same price as Vietnamese, starting from January 13.
The northern province of Ninh Binh, host of the 2020 National Tourism Year, has been fully prepared for a grand opening of the year, slated for February 22.
A Viet Nam-Japan cultural exchange festival kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on December 29 with the participation of thousands of visitors.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will collaborate with national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to boost the introduction of Vietnamese tourism to the world, following a Memorandum of Understanding signed between two sides in Ha Noi on December 24.
The 2020 Spring Fair, themed “A vegan Tet (Lunar New Year Festival)”, will be held for the first time at the Viet Nam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Ha Noi from January 13-19, 2020.
Developing tourism and services in protective and special-use forests in parallel with conservation will become a key part of the national economy in the future, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.
Viet Nam will continue visa exemption for citizens of Russia, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Belarus, for the tenure ending in the end of 2022.
A ceremony was held by the Heritage Magazine under Vietnam Airlines in Ha Noi on December 21 to announce and honour the winners of the Viet Nam Heritage Photo Awards 2019.
The Russian Embassy in Viet Nam and the Federal Agency for Tourism of Russia jointly hosted an event in Ha Noi on December 19 to introduce tourism products of the country. The Russian Embassy in Viet Nam and the Federal Agency for Tourism of Russia jointly hosted an event in Ha Noi on December 19 to introduce tourism products of the country.
The Hue Festival 2020 is scheduled to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 1-6 next year, marking a 20-year development process of Viet Nam’s first internationally-acclaimed culture-art-tourism event.