(VOV) -The BuzzFeed staff is once again exploring foods on video— this time featuring Vietnamese grilled beef wrapped in betel leaves in a short clip of the world’s street foods.

A direct service connecting Guangzhou, China and Nha Trang city in central Khanh Hoa province by China Southern Airlines went into operation on June 20. 

(VOV) - The tourism and hospitality industries should shift their focus to the exceptional food and wine experiences from around the country to whet the global appetite for Vietnam as a top travel destination and entice more inbound visits.

Com tam (broken rice), hu tieu (pork noodle soup), bun thit nuong (noodles with grilled pork), goi cuon (spring rolls), and che (sweet soup-like dessert) are suggested by foreign tourists as the must-eat foods in Ho Chi Minh City.

Da Lat city in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong plans to organise a slew of events to attract local and foreign tourists in summer, the country's high season for tourism.

(VOV) - Inbound arrivals for the five months leading up to June dipped 12.6% year-on-year to 2.3 million, according to the latest statistics of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Representatives from the Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Vietnamese travel agencies have participated in the Travel Mart Plus (TTM+) 2015 fair in Thailand.

More than 400 people visited the Vietnam House in the Canadian capital Ottawa when it opened to the public for a second year on June 7. 

(VOV) - Located on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh city Suoi Tien Amusement Park is an ideal destination for the weekend. 

(VOV) - The Argentina Travel & Tourist Agents Association and the Vietnamese Embassy in Buenos Aires on June 2 held a workshop to promote Vietnam tourism in the country.

Vietjet Thailand, the first air transport joint venture between Vietnam and Thailand, has said that it would open more new routes to Vietnam. 

(VOV) - Vietnam is to launch a tourism promotion programme in Singapore on June 4 and introduce a tour of Son Doong cave to ASEAN tourists who attend the upcoming 28 SEA Games.

Ho Chi Minh City catered for over 300,000 foreign visitors in May, 3.7% higher than last May, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

Khoa Tran Eco-Tour in the ancient town of Hoi An has launched a new tour featuring ba trao, a traditional singing style of local fishermen.

People in Thuong Dinh village in Quang Xuong district in Thanh Hoa province are busy with harvesting tobacco leaves. 

(VOV) -The Vietnam Consulate General to Vladivostok led a delegation on May 22-25 to participate in the Pacific International Tourism Expo (PITE), which attracted tens of thousands of guests.

(VOV) - Son Doong Cave – the world’s largest in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province - wowed millions of American viewers as the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) aired live a signature programme featuring the two caves’ resplendence on May 13.

(VOV) - The Seoul Metropolitan Government held an exchange on May 13 to introduce its tourism potential to Vietnam travel companies and tourists.

(VOV) - Vietnam ranked the 75th out of 141 countries in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), five grades higher than 2013.

(VOV) - SkyScanner, the world’s travel search engine, has ranked Vietnam first among the best street food cities in Asia.

The Kim Lien special national relic site in central Nghe An province’s Nam Dan district where is the late President Ho Chi Minh’s hometown welcomed more than 136,000 visitors during the six-day holiday which began on April 28.

An electric car service is expected to be launched in Ha Long City, home to the UNESCO-recognized Ha Long Bay, next month to diversify its tourism products.

The 2015 Vietnam International Tourism Mart (VITM) will take place in Hanoi from April 3-6, with the opening ceremony held on late April 2. 

(VOV) - Vietnam Helicopter Corporation (VNH) officially launched tours of central Danang City using high-grade helicopter on February 10.

(VOV) - Vietnam is the top destination of Spanish visitors last summer, according to Spanish Atrapalo travel agent.

(VOV) - The inaugural flight of the newly established direct air route between Moscow and Nha Trang landed at Cam Ranh International Airport on November 1 with 220 passengers on board.

Representatives of Malaysian travel agencies are taking familiarisation tours in some central localities of Vietnam on August 30 to link tourist destinations there to Malaysia.

Vietnam’s Kon Tum province and Thailand’s Ubonratchathani province are cooperating in developing a road tour linking localities in the two countries and Laos via Bo Y border gate, the Saigon Times Daily reported.

(VOV) - Air routes specifically aimed at promoting increased tourism between Phu Quoc and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are to officially open in early November. 

(VOV) - Representatives of Saigontourist met with Vice Chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) Kazuaki Maruo on August 22, discussing measures to increase the flow of tourists between Vietnam and Japan.