(VOV) -After sifting through housing and living costs, taxes, weather and air quality , crime rates, doctor availability and the like – InternationalLiving.comhas cited Vietnam as a top 25 World’s Best Place to Retire.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central Quang Ngai province is gearing up for the launch of home-stay service in Ly Son island district.

(VOV) - Danang central coastal city is expected to receive more than 100,000 arrivals, half of them are foreign tourists on New Year holidays, up 30% year-on-year.

As many as 10,000 holiday-makers, including 6,000 foreigners, visited Hue imperial city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on January 1, said Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the Hue Relic Conservation Centre. 

Nearly 1,000 visitors explored Phong Nha and Tien Son caves located in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, which was recognised by UNESCO as a Natural Heritage Site, in central Quang Binh province, on January 1, 2015. 

(VOV) - Malaysia’s independent newspaper, Malay Mail Online, has delivered its rankings and suggestions for travellers for the coming year and cites Vietnam as one of the top five destinations that stand out from the crowd.

(VOV) - Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City welcomed its first foreign visitors of the year on January 1 with flowers and conical hats inscribed with the words ‘Happy New Year’. 

The World Heritage site of Hoi An in central Quang Nam province welcomed a group of 68 Polish tourists on January 1, the first foreign visitors to the city in 2015, promising good luck for the new year. 

(VOV) - The year 2014 has been one for the record book, says the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

(VOV) -Vietnam was announced as one of the top 20 Telegraph readers’ most favourite countries, with votes cast by almost 90,000 people in the widest-ranging travel survey of its kind.

(VOV) - Hanoi, on December 30, welcomed its record-setting 3 millionth international tourist for 2015 — a man from Greece — with special gifts and an all expense paid tourist package.

Vietnam will facilitate visa processing for foreign tourists, open new direct international flights and improve its tourism environment in order to attract more tourists in 2015, said Nguyen Van Tuan, general director of the Vietnam National Administration for Tourism (VNAT), at a conference in Hanoi on December 30.

A Russian tourist has become the 2 millionth visitor arriving at the Cam Ranh International Airport in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa this year. 

(VOV) - Hue Relics Preservation Centre has welcomed its 30 millionth visitor during the end of the year Golden Tourism Week celebrations at the Hue Heritage Site.

(VOV) - Vietnam Record Association has announced Top 100 famous centennial construction works in the country, with the aim of promoting preservation and upholding cultural and historical values.

(VOV) - Vietnam received around 7.874 million foreign visitors this year, a year-on-year increase of 4%, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

(VOV) - Sapa, Da Lat and Mai Chau are considered most attractive destinations for tourists during New Year holidays thanks to their natural beauty, fresh air and peaceful environment.

(VOV) - The Central Highlands-Da Lat National Tourism Year 2014 has attracted 6 million visitors and generated a revenue of over VND10,000 billion to the tourism sector, a 12% increase over last year. 

(VOV) - A marketing campaign encouraging Vietnamese to escape the daily grind of day to day living and become a tourist in their own country has been launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved master plans on developing tourism in the southeastern and southern central coastal regions until 2020 with a vision for 2030. 

Flamingo Dai Lai Resort was listed in the Top 10 Hotels and Resorts of 2014 on December 24 by DESIGNBOOM, the world’s first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine.

The tourism sector posted the highest ever increase of 15% year-on-year to VND230 trillion (US$10.9 billion) in revenue despite an array of difficulties in 2014.

(VOV) -Four Vietnam hotels – the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Park Hyatt Saigon, Nam Hai (in Hoi An) and La Résidence Hue Hotel & Spa – have made Travel + Leisure’s list of World’s Best Hotels.

(VOV) - St. Joseph's Cathedral (Nha Tho Lon) is located on Nha Tho (Church) Street in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

(VOV) -Vietnamese luxury hotel The Reverie Saigon has topped the list of “11 hotels opening in 2015 that we cannot wait to check into”, said CNN.

(VOV) - Royal Caribbean Cruise's luxury cruise ship Celebrity Millennium docked on December 24 at Hon Gai port in Ha Long city with nearly 3,500 visitors from the US, Canada, UK, and Australia.

The northern central region will focus on developing culture-history tourism taking advantage of the rich cultural and historical heritage, it was agreed at a December 22 conference on how to implement the Master plan on the region’s tourism development to 2020 with a vision to 2030.

Vietnam has been named as one of top 4 travel hotspots of the coming year, according to the online travel agency Destinia.com.

(VOV) -Amiana Resort Nha Trang has received the global prestigious World Luxury Hotel Award 2014 in the Luxury Honeymoon Hotel category.

US-based Trave Channel has recently made a documentary on the magnificent scenery and caves at Phong Nha–Ke Bang national park and surrounding areas, according to the park’s management board.