Nearly 70,000 holiday-makers flocked to the central city of Da Nang during the Hung Kings commemoration holiday from April 16-18, marking a 20% growth year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Hue International Food Festival will take place in Hue city’s Phu Xuan Park from April 28-May 2, the event’s organising board said at a press briefing on April 15.
Visitors got an opportunity to taste a large number of Vietnamese street foods at a recently concluded Prague Street Food Festival, according to Tran Dieu Huyen, a chef at the Deli Viet Restaurant in the city.
(TITC) – On 16 April 2016, in the framework of VITM Ha Noi 2016, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) organized the Conference on building Viet Nam tourism branding strategy to 2025, vision 2030.
Numerous activities featuring traditional Xoan singing will be organised during the upcoming 2016 Hung Kings Temple festival, said Nguyen Dac Thuy, Deputy Director of the Phu Tho provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Huyen Thien Tran Vu statue in the Tran Vu Temple in Thach Ban Ward, Long Bien District, Ha Noi was announced as a precious national object at a ceremony held by the district People’s Committee on April 9.
The Viet Nam Tourism Association (VITA) has launched an award honouring the best tourist attractions of the country.
The Vietnamese Women’ Museum joined the Museum Week 2016 (MW2016) social media event launched through Twitter, one of the most popular social networks in the world. Museum Week took place from March 28th to April 4th, with the participation of 3,000 museums worldwide.
Visitors to the Day of “Pho”, organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico on April 3, had a chance to gain an insight into and taste the renowned noodle soup of Viet Nam.
The EXPO City Centre in Osaka has announced April 4 as “Day of Pho” to honour Viet Nam’s traditional noodle soup (Pho) in Japan.
(TITC) – From 27 June 2016, Turkish Airlines will start operating 5 direct flights per week between Ha Noi/Ho Chi Minh City and Istanbul (Turkey) with 279-seat Airbus A330/300 aircrafts. This is the first direct air route between Viet Nam and Turkey.
Viet Nam is participating in the 22nd Ukraine International Travel & Tourism Show (UITT) held in Kiev, Ukraine from March 30 to April 1.