The People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province’s Uong Bi City on March 15 announced to change the time for the 2018 Cherry blossom – Yen Tu yellow ochna flower festival.
A ceremony to plant 200 cherry trees presented by the Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Association of Chukyo region took place on March 13 at Nguyen Van Cu Park, Bac Ninh City, the northern province of Bac Ninh.
Van Don district in the northern province of Quang Ninh greeted more than 220,000 tourist arrivals from the start of the year to visit and thurify at historical relics.
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has approved a plan to preserve and promote the gong cultural space, which has been recognised by UNESCO as an intangible heritage of humanity.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho welcomed an estimated 1.8 million tourists in the first two months of 2018, up 19 percent against the same period in 2017, and fulfilling 22 percent of its set target.
The exceptional beauty of the UNESCO-listed Ha Long Bay is always what local and international tourists think of first when the name of Quang Ninh Province flashes through their mind. That is true but a trip to Quang Ninh will be more richly rewarding if visitors take the chance to drop by Co To Island, also in the province.
The Japanese Cultural Exchange Festival 2018 will take place at Ly Thai To Flower Garden around Ha Noi's Hoan Kiem lake from March 23rd to 26th.
Numerous visitors and pilgrims flocked to the opening ceremony of the Tran Temple Festival in Tien Duc Commune, Hung Ha District, in the northern province of Thai Binh, on February 28.
Total tourist arrivals to Quang Ninh reached an estimated 2.6 million in the first two months of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 22%, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.
International visitors to Viet Nam in February estimated 1,431,845 arrivals, increase 0.1% over last month and up 19.4% over the same period last year. Total international arrivals in 2 months reached 2,862,087 arrivals, increase 29.7% over the same period last year.
Ngoa Van Spring Festival, which opened at the Tran Dynasty Special Relic Site in Dong Trieu Town, the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 24, became the first event of the locality in response to the “National Tourism Year 2018- Ha Long- Quang Ninh”.
More than 4,000 people took part in the annual Nghinh Ong (Whale Worship) Festival that fishermen in the Mekong province of Bac Lieu honour the giant marine mammals.