Vietnam set to welcome 18 million foreign visitors by 2026
The nation has set a target of welcoming 18 million foreign visitors and approximately 85 million domestic arrivals by 2026, thereby achieving a total tourism revenue of roughly VND800 trillion to VND900 trillion.
HCM City: Hot air balloons festival celebrates 1st founding anniversary of Thu Duc City
A festival of hot air balloons, yachts and water sports activities celebrating the first anniversary of the founding of Thu Duc City opened at the Saigon River Tunnel in Thu…
Aviation sector proposes limiting combo flights at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has made a proposal aimed at limiting combo flights to reduce congestion occurring at COVID-19 testing areas at both Noi Bai and Tan…
Potentials for developing “creative cities”
With potential for development in the fields of music, literature, and folk art, many Vietnamese cities have been meeting all conditions to join UNESCO's Creative Cities Network. However, this requires the initiative and determination of the authorities at all levels and appropriate policies based on the actual situation and potential of each city.
Children's Tet paintings celebrate New Year
A selection of 57 paintings by children are on display at the New Spring – New Artworks exhibition in celebration of the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays in the central city of Da Nang.
Discovering Chà Lòi cave in Quảng Bình
Quảng Bình Province, the kingdom of caves, is famed for caves like Sơn Đòong, Phong Nha, Én and Tú Làn. However, there is a new magnificent and mysterious cave that opened for visitors recently, called Chà Lòi cave.
The beauty of Vietnamese landscape and people are honored in Travel Photographer Awards
Some Vietnam-themed beautiful photos have won high prizes at the “Travel Photographer of the Year 2020” contest.
Foreign tourists send heartfelt thank-you letters to Vietnam following isolation period
 “We hope to return to Vietnam and explore it properly under better circumstances. Many thanks, from Ethan and Uyoa.”, two Irish tourists displayed their sincere thanks to Vietnamese medical workers for the assistance provided to the pair during their compulsory 14-day quarantine period in Nghe An.  
Worship of Hung Kings practiced by Muong ethnic minority people in Phu Tho
Generations of Vietnamese have believed the Hung Kings to be the founders of the first Vietnamese state, called Van Lang, 4,000 years ago. Worship of the Hung Kings has been an important part of their spiritual life.  
Hung Kings’ Temple festival cancelled over COVID-19 concerns
Activities within this year’s annual festival of the Hung Kings’ Temple, which falls on April 2, will be cancelled due to the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), according to authorities of the northern province of Phu Tho.  
Quang Ninh remains active in promoting local tourism amid Covid-19 threat
The hospitality sector in the northern province of Quang Ninh has rallied every effort to seek new tourism market and step up tourism promotion activities amid the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).  
Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien: ASEAN NTOs should strengthen cooperation in all fields
(TITC) – On 17 January 2019, the 22nd Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers was held in Ha Long, Quang Ninh, in the framework of ASEAN Tourism Forum 2019.  
Xoan singing – spotlight of tour to ancestral land
Xoan-singing clubs in the ancestral land of Phu Tho have become busier welcoming both domestic and foreign tourists after the folk genre of music was added to the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in late 2017.
Nearly VND30 billion invested to upgrade Hung King Temple
A project, aiming to upgrade the landscape and plant trees in the area of cross-road in Gieng Temple under the Special National Historical Relic Site of Hung Kings Temple in the northern province of Phu Tho, was inaugurated and put into use on December 15, after three months of construction.
Truong Bon victory commemorated in Nghe An
A revolutionary victory in the fight against the Americans was commemorated on November 1st at a ceremony at the Truong Bon historical site in the central province of Nghe An.