International visitors to Viet Nam in September estimated 975,952 arrivals, decrease 20.6% over last month and up 18.6% over the same period last year. Total international arrivals in 9 months reached 9,448,331 arrivals, increase 28.4% over the same period last year.
Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) tourism should become a staple of Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector, as the lucrative business brings added value and contributes to the city’s sustainable development, experts said.
The central city of Da Nang, which will host the APEC Economic Leaders Week in November, is planning to organise a wide range of programmes to promote its tourism potentials.
Agricultural tourism is one of the new tourism products of Ho Chi Minh City with high potential of development, but providers of this kind of tourism are facing difficulties in expanding their service.
A large-scale festival to promote vegetarian culture, express gratitude to parents and mark Mother’s Day will be held in Ha Noi on September 30.
Thu Vong Nguyet, the biggest cultural event celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival, will be held at Ha Noi’s Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) from September 29 to October 1. The event, held this year for the first time, aims to combine the festivities of the past and present, old and new, traditional and modern.
Pork summer roll is a specialty of Da Nang that satisfies even the most demanding gourmet. Made from common meat such as pork, this dish has gained a universal reputation in Da Nang and many other regions in Viet Nam.
The Royal Thai Embassy in Ha Noi will join forces with Thailand’s private organizations and the Thai community in Viet Nam to hold the 9th Thailand Festival at Thong Nhat Park in Hai Ba Trung District, Ha Noi on September 30 and October 1.
The German Businesses Association (GBA) and the Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Viet Nam are hosting the GBA Oktoberfest Viet Nam 2017 in HCM City from September 21 to 23 at Hotel Nikko Saigon.
Van Don, a rural district of Quang Ninh province in the northeastern region of Viet Nam, may soon see a 5 trillion VND (220 million USD) resort complex.
A festival of community-based tourism villages of the North-western provinces is scheduled to be held in Mai Chau district, in the mountainous northern province of Hoa Binh, from September 29 to October 1.