The Da Nang Department of Tourism, in collaboration with the Danang International Airport, welcomed the central city’s first flight of the New Year on the morning of January 1.
The third Viet Nam-Laos-China ‘con’ festival, themed “Colour of friendship”, kicked off in Muong Te district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on December 29.
A wide variety of cultural and artistic activities will beheld on the evening of December 31 to celebrate the New Year of 2020.
The low-cost carrier Vietjet Air have recently opened a direct air route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Pattaya in Thailand, with four return flights per week.
Smart tourism is being applied in a number of tourist attractions in Ha Noi such as Bat Trang ceramic village, Thang Long imperial citadel, Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature - National University) and Ha Noi Old Quarter.
The number of tourists to Ha Noi is estimated to reach nearly 29 million in 2019, up 10 percent from the previous year, including over 7 million foreigners, a year-on-year rise of 17 percent.
Ha Noi has planned to organise flower markets at 51 locations across all its districts to meet the demands for shopping and entertainment on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020.
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.
Silk weaving has been a traditional handicraft in Viet Nam for thousands of years. Legend has it that the craft was introduced to Co Do village in Ha Noi’s outlying district of Ba Vi by the sixth Hung King’s daughter, Princess Thieu Hoa.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has just launched its flights between Ha Noi and China’s Macau, with flight VN456 departing from Ha Noi at 19:45 on December 16, and VN459 leaving Macau at 8:35 on December 17 (local time).
The central province of Khanh Hoa greeted the 3.5 millionth foreign visitor and the 10 millionth tourist arriving in the locality at the Cam Ranh international airport in 2019 at a ceremony on December 18.