Da Lat ready to welcome visitors to tourism week
Da Lat ready to welcome visitors to tourism week

Da Lat city is on its last- minute preparation work to celebrate a long-awaited tourism week which is scheduled from December 27 to 31. 

Da Lat ready to welcome visitors to tourism week
Hoi An wins 2013 Asian townscape awards
Hoi An wins 2013 Asian townscape awards

Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam has won the 2013 Asian Townscape Awards given by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Hoi An wins 2013 Asian townscape awards
Thua Thien Hue welcomes 2.12 mil visitors in first ten months
Thua Thien Hue welcomes 2.12 mil visitors in first ten months

(VOV) - The central province of Thua Thien Hue has welcomed 2.12 million visitors including 784,000 foreigners with a turnover of VND2.026 billion over the past ten months.

Thua Thien Hue welcomes 2.12 mil visitors in first ten months
Hoang Su Phi market
Hoang Su Phi market

(VOV)- It still has its primary features preserved by ethnic minority people living in mountain areas. 

Hoang Su Phi market
Sapa tourist attractions listed in Vietnam’s record book
Sapa tourist attractions listed in Vietnam’s record book

(VOV) -Two famous tourist attractions in Sapa district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have been listed in Vietnam Records Book, according to the Lao Cai provincial Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Sapa tourist attractions listed in Vietnam’s record book
Hoi An – No2 tourist destination in Asia
Hoi An – No2 tourist destination in Asia

(VOV) - Vietnam’s ancient town of Hoi An has been voted as the second most favourite tourist destination in Asia after Japan’s Kyoto.

Hoi An – No2 tourist destination in Asia
Russian airline opens direct air route to Cam Ranh
Russian airline opens direct air route to Cam Ranh

(VOV) - Russia’s Nordwind Airlines will open a direct Nizhny Novgorod - Cam Ranh Bay route as of October 25, according to the Voice of Russia.

Russian airline opens direct air route to Cam Ranh
Ha Long Bay, one of the "world's most dramatic coasts"
Ha Long Bay, one of the "world's most dramatic coasts"

Famous for its numerous islands rising from the emerald water, caves with amazing stalactites and unique animal life, Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh has been listed among the world’s top 10 most impressive coastlines by Huffington Post Magazine. 

Ha Long Bay, one of the "world's most dramatic coasts"
Haiphong champions Cat Ba for World Heritage site
Haiphong champions Cat Ba for World Heritage site

(VOV) - Haiphong city leaders held a meeting with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on September 28 to consider Haiphong’s dossier seeking a UNESCO title for its Cat Ba islands. 

Haiphong champions Cat Ba for World Heritage site
Phan Thiet – ideal destination for Russian tourists
Phan Thiet – ideal destination for Russian tourists

(VOV) - Phan Thiet-Mui Ne in the southern province of Binh Thuan has become one of Vietnam’s most attractive tourist destinations, proving particularly popular with Russian visitors in recent years.

Phan Thiet – ideal destination for Russian tourists
Two major cities attract British youth
Two major cities attract British youth

(VOV) - Hanoi and HCM City are among the most attractive Southeast Asian cities and have become ideal destinations for young people from the UK.

Two major cities attract British youth
HCM City welcomes 2.8 million foreign arrivals
HCM City welcomes 2.8 million foreign arrivals

Foreign arrivals to Ho Chi Minh City rose above 2.8 million in the first nine months of the year, up 3 percent from the same period in 2012.

HCM City welcomes 2.8 million foreign arrivals
Vietnam welcomes 4.9 mil foreign visitors in 8 months
Vietnam welcomes 4.9 mil foreign visitors in 8 months

(VOV) - Vietnam received more than 677,000 foreign arrivals in the early days of August, up 22% against the same month last year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Vietnam welcomes 4.9 mil foreign visitors in 8 months
124 tourism companies win Guide Awards
124 tourism companies win Guide Awards

(VOV) - The Vietnam Economic Times has announced its 14th Guide Awards will be held at Vinpearl Luxury Da Nang on August 22.

124 tourism companies win Guide Awards
Int’l arrivals up 5.9% in 7 months
Int’l arrivals up 5.9% in 7 months

(VOV) - The number of international tourists in July was estimated at 658,000, up 16% over the previous month and 28.5% against the same month last year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Int’l arrivals up 5.9% in 7 months
Thua Thien-Hue stimulates tourism until year-end
Thua Thien-Hue stimulates tourism until year-end

(VOV) - Twenty-one of Thua Thien-Hue province’s tourism companies, resorts, and hotels have joined a tourism stimulus initiative running from now until the end of 2013.

Thua Thien-Hue stimulates tourism until year-end
War Museum listed in Asia’s top tourist destinations
War Museum listed in Asia’s top tourist destinations

(VOV) - The popular website TripAdvisor.com tourism has ranked Vietnam’s War Remnants Museum the fifth best Asian tourism attraction in 2013.

War Museum listed in Asia’s top tourist destinations
Khanh Hoa-a favourite destination for Russian tourists
Khanh Hoa-a favourite destination for Russian tourists

(VOV) - The number of Russian tourists to the south central province of Khanh Hoa reached 70,000 in the first half of this year, making up 45.5% of the total Russian arrivals in Vietnam.

Khanh Hoa-a favourite destination for Russian tourists
Da Vien Islet in central Hue City
Da Vien Islet in central Hue City

(VOV) - Da Vien Islet, formed by silt deposits from the Huong (Perfume) River, covers more than 100,000sq.m (890m in length, and 185m in width).

Da Vien Islet in central Hue City
Efforts to protect Ca Mau Cape National Park
Efforts to protect Ca Mau Cape National Park

A long-term plan has been devised to conserve biodiversity in the mangrove swamp ecosystem. 

Efforts to protect Ca Mau Cape National Park
Trial tours of world's largest cave to be launched
Trial tours of world's largest cave to be launched

Quang Binh plans to launch experimental adventure tours of Son Doong Cave, which is considered the largest in the world, in early August this year. 

Trial tours of world's largest cave to be launched
Vietnam Airlines opens two new int'l routes
Vietnam Airlines opens two new int'l routes

(VOV) - The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines will officially open two international air routes from Danang to Seoul (the Republic of Korea) and Siem Riep (Cambodia) as of July 1, 2013.

Vietnam Airlines opens two new int'l routes
Int’l Sea and Island Tourism Fair 2013 opens
Int’l Sea and Island Tourism Fair 2013 opens

(VOV) - Local and foreign visitors have flocked to Nha Trang city in central Vietnam to attend an international sea and island tourism fair, which opened at the Diamond Bay Resort on June 8.

Int’l Sea and Island Tourism Fair 2013 opens
Tam Coc – Ha Long Bay on land
Tam Coc – Ha Long Bay on land

(VOV) - Visitors to the Trang An tourism site in Ninh Binh province are very impressed by Tam Coc which looks like Ha Long Bay on land. 

Tam Coc – Ha Long Bay on land
Primary beauty of Hoanh Son Beach
Primary beauty of Hoanh Son Beach

(VOV) - Hoanh Son Beach in Ky Nam commune, Ky Anh District, central Ha Tinh province is 2km from Ngang Mountain Pass.

Primary beauty of Hoanh Son Beach
Foreign arrivals to Vietnam decline
Foreign arrivals to Vietnam decline

Vietnam has welcomed 2.9 million foreign arrivals in the first five months of this year, representing a decrease of 1.4 percent against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Foreign arrivals to Vietnam decline
Cave Festival opens in Quang Binh
Cave Festival opens in Quang Binh

(VOV) - The second Cave Festival opened on May 25 at the 34.1 km long Thien Duong cave in the central province of Quang Binh.

Cave Festival opens in Quang Binh
Sustainable tourism in central region promoted
Sustainable tourism in central region promoted

World Heritage sites in Vietnam’s central region have been introduced to the world through the offering of a travel book called My Son Sanctuary World Heritage Site and flyers on international flights of the Republic of Korea’s Asiana Airlines.

Sustainable tourism in central region promoted
Peaceful Hai Hoa Beach
Peaceful Hai Hoa Beach

(VOV) -With the literal meaning of its name, Hai Hoa (“Peaceful”) Beach in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa boasts the serenity that only beautiful natural scenery can provide.

Peaceful Hai Hoa Beach
Three Vietnam restaurants among 101 best in Asia
Three Vietnam restaurants among 101 best in Asia

(VOV) - Three Vietnamese restaurants have been listed among the US-based food website The Daily Meal’s 101 best restaurants in Asia. 

Three Vietnam restaurants among 101 best in Asia