Tourism sector expects to benefit from ASEAN Community
Tourism sector expects to benefit from ASEAN Community

The ASEAN Community, scheduled to establish in 2015, is expected to greatly benefit tourism sector as the Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP) among ASEAN members will take effect in all member countries. 

Tourism sector expects to benefit from ASEAN Community
Quang Ninh welcomes 2,500 tourists of Costa Victoria cruise
Quang Ninh welcomes 2,500 tourists of Costa Victoria cruise

(VOV) -Five-star cruise ship Costa Victoria carrying 2,500 tourists docked at Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province on February 19, the first day of the lunar New Year.

Quang Ninh welcomes 2,500 tourists of Costa Victoria cruise
Son Doong Cave: A top 10 lifetime trip
Son Doong Cave: A top 10 lifetime trip

(VOV) -When caught with a case of wanderlust, Vietnam’s Son Doong Cave is one of the few particular places that stand out among the crowd on this beautiful planet, the Huffington Post said on its website.

Son Doong Cave: A top 10 lifetime trip
Over 75,000 tourists registered to visit Hue during Tet
Over 75,000 tourists registered to visit Hue during Tet

(VOV) - More than 75,000 tourists including 40,000 foreign arrivals have registered to visit the old imperial city of Hue during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), according to the Thua Thien Hue province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Over 75,000 tourists registered to visit Hue during Tet
Emperor's chickens attract foreign interest
Emperor's chickens attract foreign interest

Asiaplus Tours, an in-bound tour operator in Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hanoi, is designing a tour to enable visitors to taste Dong Tao chicken, which is well-known for its weird look and delicious meat.

Emperor's chickens attract foreign interest
Cable car service to An Giang’s mountain peak launched
Cable car service to An Giang’s mountain peak launched

Tourists to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang now can enjoy the scenery of Mount Cam more easily as a cable car service launched on February 14 will carry them to the peak in just eight minutes. 

Cable car service to An Giang’s mountain peak launched
Int’l tourists learn to wrap Chung cake
Int’l tourists learn to wrap Chung cake

(VOV) -Visitors from the UK, Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Korea participated in a Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake) wrapping festival on January 13. The event was organised by The Cliff Resort and Residences in Mui Ne, Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan province.

Int’l tourists learn to wrap Chung cake
Cruises to bring tourists to Danang during Tet
Cruises to bring tourists to Danang during Tet

The central city of Danang will host 3,200 tourists from cruises during Tet, the city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said.

Cruises to bring tourists to Danang during Tet
Vietnam attends Iranian tourism fair for first time
Vietnam attends Iranian tourism fair for first time

For the first time, Vietnamese tourism agencies are displaying their products at an international tourism fair in Tehran, Iran, which commenced on February 12.

Vietnam attends Iranian tourism fair for first time
Ba Na Hills Cable Car: A world’s most amazing thrill
Ba Na Hills Cable Car: A world’s most amazing thrill

(VOV) -Few thrills rival the sensation of floating through the sky, staring at chasms and valleys thousands of feet below and forgetting that all that stands between you and the ground is a bundle of wires strung between a series of poles.

Ba Na Hills Cable Car: A world’s most amazing thrill
Seats are selling out fast for Holiday tours
Seats are selling out fast for Holiday tours

(VOV) - With the economy coming off such a remarkably strong year and Vietnamese per capita incomes on the rise, more families have been booking outward tours for this Lunar New Year (TET) holiday season.

Seats are selling out fast for Holiday tours
Danang helicopter tours launched
Danang helicopter tours launched

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

Danang helicopter tours launched
Ho Coc Beach among top cheapest paradises on earth
Ho Coc Beach among top cheapest paradises on earth

(VOV) -Thrillist edition, a leading men's digital lifestyle brand, has listed Ho Coc Beach in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau among top 12 Most Unbelievably Cheap Paradises on earth.

Ho Coc Beach among top cheapest paradises on earth
Vietjet offers hot deals on flights to RoK
Vietjet offers hot deals on flights to RoK

(VOV) - Vietjet Air is running yet another incredible promotion for flights between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK), offering tickets at highly discounted prices, with a limited number of free tickets.

Vietjet offers hot deals on flights to RoK
Vietnamese conical hat honoured by UK magazine
Vietnamese conical hat honoured by UK magazine

(VOV) -Vietnam’s conical hats, or non la, have been featured as one of the impressive traditional costumes around the globe by British travel guidebook Rough Guides.

Vietnamese conical hat honoured by UK magazine
Sa Dec flower village in full bloom for Tet
Sa Dec flower village in full bloom for Tet

(VOV) -Sa Dec Flower Village located near the Tien River has been well known as the kingdom of flowers with immense flower fields.

Sa Dec flower village in full bloom for Tet
Halong Bay – a world’s top travel destination
Halong Bay – a world’s top travel destination

(VOV) -The MSN travel website is featuring Halong Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh as among the top travel destinations in the world.

Halong Bay – a world’s top travel destination
Binh Dinh launches new tourism marketing campaign
Binh Dinh launches new tourism marketing campaign

(VOV) -The Binh Dinh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced its newest marketing campaign aimed at a number of promising markets in Russia, Germany, India and Western Europe.

Binh Dinh launches new tourism marketing campaign
Five minute SE Asia road trip video goes viral
Five minute SE Asia road trip video goes viral

(VOV) -An American university student momentous five minute video montage capturing his journey by motorbike across Southeast Asia has gone viral.

Five minute SE Asia road trip video goes viral
Sapa -  focus of tourism sector in 2015
Sapa - focus of tourism sector in 2015

(VOV) -The Lao Cai provincial’s People Committee on February 6 announced a number of noteworthy tourism events in 2015.

Sapa -  focus of tourism sector in 2015
Vietnam Airlines launches Can Tho-Taiwan flights for Tet
Vietnam Airlines launches Can Tho-Taiwan flights for Tet

(VOV) -The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will operate 10 two-way direct flights between the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho and Taiwan using Airbus 321 aircraft which can carry from 100 to 130 passengers to meet the increasing demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays.

Vietnam Airlines launches Can Tho-Taiwan flights for Tet
The Florida hotel and conference centre
The Florida hotel and conference centre

(VOV) - If you want to be close to everything in Bangkok then Florida Hotel Bangkok is the place to stay. Guests won’t have to go far for a meal as Once Upon a Time Restaurant and Saxophone Restaurant are close at hand.

The Florida hotel and conference centre
Novel ways to travel in 2015
Novel ways to travel in 2015

(VOV) -Travelling around the globe has always been one of the most exciting things that most people say they want to do. This year, not only are there many interesting places to go, but some novel ways to get there.

Novel ways to travel in 2015
Vietnamese resort among world’s top luxurious overwater bungalows
Vietnamese resort among world’s top luxurious overwater bungalows

(VOV) -The Huffington Post website has cited Vietnam’s Vinpearl Luxury Nha Trang, in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa as top 9 overwater bungalows to escape winter blues.

Vietnamese resort among world’s top luxurious overwater bungalows
HCM City targets 4.7 million international arrivals
HCM City targets 4.7 million international arrivals

Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of welcoming 4.7 million international arrivals and raking in VND 94.6 trillion (US$4.43 billion) in total revenue in 2015, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

HCM City targets 4.7 million international arrivals
Destinations increasingly popular with Iranian tourists
Destinations increasingly popular with Iranian tourists

Vietnam has great tourism potential with its myriad of fascinating destinations attracting international visitors, Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran Nguyen Hong Thach told Iranian Safar Magazine.

Destinations increasingly popular with Iranian tourists
Jetstar opens Thanh Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot air route
Jetstar opens Thanh Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot air route

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific on February 3 officially launched a new air route between the central province of Thanh Hoa and Buon Ma Thuot in Central Highlands Dak Lak province. 

Jetstar opens Thanh Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot air route
First 5-star express train in Vietnam
First 5-star express train in Vietnam

(VOV) - The first 5-star express train has been launched on the north-south railway line, providing high-quality services for passengers.

First 5-star express train in Vietnam
Incentive tours for visitors to Hoi An
Incentive tours for visitors to Hoi An

(VOV) - The central city of Hoi An plans to attract around 2 million visitors, including more than 1 million foreigners this year.

Incentive tours for visitors to Hoi An
Moscow – Nha Trang flights resumed
Moscow – Nha Trang flights resumed

(VOV) - Direct flights between Moscow and Nha Trang city in the central province of Khanh Hoa resumed on February 1 after an interruption.

Moscow – Nha Trang flights resumed
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