British book spotlights millennium-old Cham towers
British book spotlights millennium-old Cham towers

A cluster of 1,000-year-old Cham towers in a central Vietnamese province has just been added to the revised edition of a British book that highlights must-see architectural buildings across the globe.

British book spotlights millennium-old Cham towers
Bac Ha market – special cultural feature in Lao Cai
Bac Ha market – special cultural feature in Lao Cai

(VOV) - Bac Ha market in Lao Cai province is held every Sunday morning and offers a wide range of products, including clothes, farm tools, and housewares. It is a trading center for ethnic minority people in Bac Ha district and neighboring areas.

Bac Ha market – special cultural feature in Lao Cai
Vietnam Airlines suspends Pleiku flights
Vietnam Airlines suspends Pleiku flights

The national flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced the temporary suspension of flights to and from the central Highlands city of Pleiku from March 15 to October 25 due to scheduled expansion work on the Pleiku airport.

Vietnam Airlines suspends Pleiku flights
Vietnam travel’s future is anchored by deep traditions
Vietnam travel’s future is anchored by deep traditions

(VOV) - US online newspaper Huffington Post has posted an article themed “The future of Vietnam travel is anchored by deep traditions” written by Tamar Lowell, CEO of Access Trips.

Vietnam travel’s future is anchored by deep traditions
7,000 luxury cruise travellers flock to Vietnam
7,000 luxury cruise travellers flock to Vietnam

Cai Mep port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will welcome four international cruise liners in early this month, carrying over 7,000 tourists to Vietnam. 

7,000 luxury cruise travellers flock to Vietnam
Over 50,000 visitors flock to Con Son-Kiep Bac spring festival
Over 50,000 visitors flock to Con Son-Kiep Bac spring festival

(VOV) -More than 50,000 people visited the Con Son – Kiep Bac relic site in northern Hai Duong province during its spring festival from the 14th to 17th day of the first lunar month (March 4-7). 

Over 50,000 visitors flock to Con Son-Kiep Bac spring festival
Travel videos take off on social media
Travel videos take off on social media

(VOV) -A number of interesting and highly entertaining videos about travellers’ visits to Vietnam have shown up on the internet recently.

Travel videos take off on social media
Kenya Airways targets Vietnamese market
Kenya Airways targets Vietnamese market

(VOV) - Kenya Airways will commence a new route to Hanoi and become the first African nation to fly to Vietnam on March 30, bringing to five the number of its destinations in Asia.

Kenya Airways targets Vietnamese market
Seawalking in Vietnam’s Nha Trang a new tourist draw
Seawalking in Vietnam’s Nha Trang a new tourist draw

A diving firm in Nha Trang City in central Vietnam has piloted a new service which allows tourists to walk on the seabed and explore the rich marine life at the same time.

Seawalking in Vietnam’s Nha Trang a new tourist draw
Vietnam promotes tourism in India
Vietnam promotes tourism in India

(VOV) -The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnam Embassy in India are to launch to open a pavilion featuring Vietnamese tourism products at the Global Exhibition on Services (GES) to be held in India on April 23-25.

Vietnam promotes tourism in India
Southern hub to kick off annual tourism festival
Southern hub to kick off annual tourism festival

The 11th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival will be held at September 23 Park by the City’s Department of Tourism and some units between March 26th and 29th.

Southern hub to kick off annual tourism festival
Highlights tourists shouldn’t miss in Hoi An
Highlights tourists shouldn’t miss in Hoi An

Hoi An ancient town, located in Quang Nam Province, is a unique blend of Vietnamese, Japanese, and Chinese architectural and cultural features.

Highlights tourists shouldn’t miss in Hoi An
Vietnamese tourism further promoted in Germany
Vietnamese tourism further promoted in Germany

Tourism makes Vietnamese and German people closer, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh said addressing a ceremony promoting Vietnamese Tourism in Berlin on March 6.

Vietnamese tourism further promoted in Germany
Cruise ship arrivals rising rapidly
Cruise ship arrivals rising rapidly

(VOV) -It has just been announced that cruise ships will be delivering 7,180 passengers to Vietnam’s shores in the six day period leading up to March 12, providing a good start for the new tourism season.

Cruise ship arrivals rising rapidly
CNNGo to air show about HCM City
CNNGo to air show about HCM City

Ho Chi Minh City will be featured in a CNNGo program, which will be broadcast on March 11, CNN said on March 4.

CNNGo to air show about HCM City
Vietnam attends world biggest tourism fair in Germany
Vietnam attends world biggest tourism fair in Germany

As many as 50 Vietnamese travel companies are showcasing their products and services at the 49th International Tourism Fair (ITB) which opened on March 3 at the Messe Berlin exhibition centre in Berlin, Germany. 

Vietnam attends world biggest tourism fair in Germany
The tranquil beauty of Co Chat Village
The tranquil beauty of Co Chat Village

Nestled on the banks of the gentle Ninh River in Nam Dinh City, the village of Co Chat in Phuong Dinh commune, Truc Ninh district, is famous for its sericulture.

The tranquil beauty of Co Chat Village
Cao Bang - top five beautiful treks in South East Asia
Cao Bang - top five beautiful treks in South East Asia

(VOV) - With stunning landscapes of mountain, caves, lakes and the impressive Ban Gioc water falls,  northern Cao Bang province ranks fifth among top five ideal destinations for trekking tourists, according to SkyScanner website. 

Cao Bang - top five beautiful treks in South East Asia
Luxury cruise liner arrives at Nha Trang port
Luxury cruise liner arrives at Nha Trang port

(VOV) -The five-star UK cruise liner Sapphire Princess docked on March 4 at the Nha Trang port in Khanh Hoa Province carrying over 2,600 foreign tourists and nearly 1,080 crew members.

Luxury cruise liner arrives at Nha Trang port
Good news for Hue tourism sector
Good news for Hue tourism sector

(VOV) - Central Thua Thien-Hue province welcomed more than 437,900 visitors, including 165,400 inbound travellers and 272,500 domestic tourists in the first two months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%.

Good news for Hue tourism sector
VITM Hanoi 2015 set for April
VITM Hanoi 2015 set for April

(VOV) - More than 700 travel related businesses from 25 nations around the globe have registered to attend the VITM Hanoi 2015 set to get underway on April 3, organisers have announced.

VITM Hanoi 2015 set for April
Vietnam – a  top travel spot for the over 50 crowd
Vietnam – a top travel spot for the over 50 crowd

(VOV) -For those desperate to escape Britain's miserable weather – growing numbers of those over 50 are seeking brighter shores in farflung destinations across the globe such as Vietnam.

Vietnam – a  top travel spot for the over 50 crowd
New tax refund booth for tourists at Phu Quoc airport
New tax refund booth for tourists at Phu Quoc airport

A value-added tax refund booth for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese will be opened at the sole airport in the southern resort island of Phu Quoc to attract more tourists, the government website said on March 2.

New tax refund booth for tourists at Phu Quoc airport
A trip to U Minh Forest
A trip to U Minh Forest

The U Minh Forest is a huge cajuput forest covering approximately 2,000 km2 of Ca Mau and Kien Giang provinces.

A trip to U Minh Forest
Ha Long on land
Ha Long on land

One of the most attractive tourism destinations in the Red River Delta, Ninh Binh now boasts Vietnam’s newest UNESCO’s World heritage site, the Trang An landscape complex.

Ha Long on land
Unknown caves in central Vietnam
Unknown caves in central Vietnam

Explorers from National Geographic Magazine discovered previously unknown caves while recording 360-degree images of Son Doong, the world’s largest cave, located in central Vietnam, in January.

Unknown caves in central Vietnam
Tourism route from Quang Binh to Laos, Thailand opens
Tourism route from Quang Binh to Laos, Thailand opens

A new tourism transport route connecting Vietnam’s central Quang Binh and Laos’ Khammoune and Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom and Sakon Nakhon provinces became operational on February 28.

Tourism route from Quang Binh to Laos, Thailand opens
Vietnam tourism targets Australians
Vietnam tourism targets Australians

(VOV) - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee in collaboration with Vietnam Airlines have embarked upon a marketing campaign aimed at increasing the number of inbound and outbound travellers between Ho Chi Minh City and Australia. 

Vietnam tourism targets Australians
Jetstar Pacific changes flights schedule due to bad weather
Jetstar Pacific changes flights schedule due to bad weather

The low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific on February 27 said it had to change the schedule of several flights due to bad weather.

Jetstar Pacific changes flights schedule due to bad weather
Phu Quoc among world’s top 10 best Honeymoon destinations
Phu Quoc among world’s top 10 best Honeymoon destinations

(VOV) -Rough Guides – the leading publisher of travel and reference guides- has cited Phu Quoc Island in the southern Kien Giang province as top 10 best Honeymoon destinations across the world.

Phu Quoc among world’s top 10 best Honeymoon destinations
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