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.
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.
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.
(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.
The low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific on February 27 said it had to change the schedule of several flights due to bad weather.
(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.
(VOV) - The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam grew by 7.9% month-on-month in February to 756,000, announced by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on February 27.
Customers of the low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific will be offered special discounts for international and domestic flights departing between March and April, 2015, announced the airline on February 26.
Hanoi welcomed 270,000 domestic tourists and 70,083 foreign tourists during the nine-day lunar New Year holiday (February 15-23), up 8% from the same period last year.
(VOV) - Annually on the 7th day of the first lunar month, thousands flock to the charming little village of Tra Que on the outskirts of Hoi An ancient town to attend the Cau Bong festival.
(VOV) - The number of cruise ships that have set anchor at the Chan May port since January 1 has surged 50% on-year, according to the Thua Thien-Hue Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
(VOV) -Danang has long been viewed as the place travellers pass through in order to get to historic Hoi An, but has now earned its place as a top travel destination for 2015, says leading entertainment website TheRichest.
The central provinces of Binh Thuan and Dak Lak saw a strong increase of tourists during the nine-day Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).
Tourism destinations in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, and the Mekong Delta Hau Giang province received a large number of local and foreign visitors during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, Vietnam’s most significant annual holiday.
(VOV) - Can Tho City’s tourism revenue during this year's nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) festival skyrocketed 75% on-year to VND70 billion, local authorities have revealed.
Nearly 5,500 domestic and foreign holiday-makers made visits to Dong Van Karst Plateau Geo-Park in the northern province of Ha Giang during the nine-day lunar New Year (Tet) festival, generating over VND5.5 billion (US$235,000) for the tourism sector.
Over 15,000 holiday-makers visited the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh during the first five days of the Year of the Goat (February 19-23), up over 10 percent against the same period last year.
(VOV) - Travel website Trip Advisor has named Cua Dai beach in the central province of Quang Nam to its 2015 Travelers' Choice Awards for Asian beaches.
(VOV) - The ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has played host to scores of holidaymakers from all around the globe and some of the largest and wildest New Year celebrations.
The Lunar New Year of the Goat (Tet) is a nine-day holiday, which is an opportunity for people to choose destinations to visit after a hard year at-work.
(VOV) - More than 150 boat racing fans flocked on February 20 to Ly Son island in the central province of Quang Ngai on its first day of business after closing for the New Year holiday.
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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
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.
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.
(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.
The central city of Danang will host 3,200 tourists from cruises during Tet, the city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said.
For the first time, Vietnamese tourism agencies are displaying their products at an international tourism fair in Tehran, Iran, which commenced on February 12.