(VOV) - Travel website Price of Travel has placed Hanoi and HCM City of Vietnam on a list of top ten destinations on earth for budget backpackers. 

(VOV) - More tourists visited the southern province of Tay Ninh during the Lunar New Year Festival from January 27 to February 16, and their spending increased proportionately.

(VOV) - Vietnam ranked first in the number of tourists visiting Cambodia last year, with around 854,000 people, up 12% compared with 2012’s figure, according to a report from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism.

Representatives from 30 Tokyo tourism companies, travel agencies, airlines and hotels have launched a scheme in Hanoi to attract Vietnamese to the Japanese capital. 

Malaysia expects at least 1,000 Vietnamese fans to attend its annual single-seater auto race by world-class racers in Kuala Lumpur from March 28-30.

(VOV) - A Russian Ikar Airlines plane landed at Phu Quoc Air Terminal at 08.20am on February 14, bringing 250 Russia visitors to the district island.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has put forth a number of measures to welcome 1 million tourists in 2014, in a bid to fulfill its tourism development goals by 2015.

(VOV) - The northern province of Dien Bien has set its sights on welcoming at least 400,000 visitors in 2014, including 70,000 international tourists.

The five-star cruise liner Celebrity Millennium of Malta on February 11 docked at the Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, carrying over 2,100 foreign tourists and nearly 1,000 crew.

(VOV) -A February 11 meeting in Can Tho City has announced the Mekong Delta province’s Can Tho International Airport will soon join three new domestic and four new international air routes.

(VOV) -The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau plans to welcome 13.5 million tourists including 495,000 foreigners, and earn nearly VND3.3 trillion from tourism services in 2014.

(VOV) -Ha Long Bay has been cited as a vision of astonishing beauty and one of the top ten Valentine’s Day getaways in the world by US-based National Geographic magazine.

Son Doong in the central province of Quang Binh is well-known as the world’s largest cave. Discovered in 2009, it is now one of the hottest spots in Vietnam and the nation’s most expensive tours.

The French cruise ship Le Soleal, with 200 passengers on board, set sail from Saigon port, HCM City, on February 6, finishing an eight-day voyage from Haiphong city to the southern hub. 

(VOV)-The northern border province of Lao Cai welcomed 20,000 visitors during the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, a year-on-year increase of 5%.

(VOV) - Tokyo will host business and tourism seminars in Hanoi on February 13-14 as part of its first ever large-scale promotion campaign in Vietnam.

Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site in the central province of Quang Binh, will launch an adventure tour at Toi Cave (Dark Grotto) this month, according to the Phong Nha-Ke Bang Tourism Centre.

(VOV) -Travel firms have all reported a sharp increase in the number of Vietnamese tourists booking domestic and outbound tours during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

(VOV) -Peleg Cohen, who left his home in Israel nearly nine years ago to “live his dream” and travel around the world, is now in Vietnam for a one-month visit.

Vietnam’s tourism sector experienced busy days during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

(VOV) -The central province of ThuaThien-Hue received about 60,000 tourists,including 41,000 foreigners, during the first three days of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

(VOV) - Thousands of sea and air travellers have visited the central coastal city of Danang during the past few days, heralding a bonanza year for the local tourism industry in the Year of the Horse.

(VOV) - Like Hanoi, HCM City also has the Calligraphy Street during the lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, but its other attractions include the Nguyen Hue Flower Road, Book Street Festival, and City Theatre.

Tourism parks and entertainment centres in Ho Chi Minh City have made significant investments to attract visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on January 31. 

(VOV) - What will you do and where will you go during this Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in Hanoi?. The following are some suggestions if you wish to relax or explore Hanoi with family and friends.

(VOV) - Vietnam welcomed nearly 777,000 foreign visitors in January, increasing 7.5% from the previous month and 21% from a year ago.

Quang Ngai plans to become a major destination in the central region and to develop tourism to into a major sector of its economic structure, contributing significantly to the province’s income and development.

The tourism sector of the central province of Khanh Hoa is ready to welcome an estimated 154,000 tourists, including 35,000 foreigners, in the first lunar week of the Year of the Horse (January 31-February 5).

(VOV) - The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will add more flights to meet the increasing passenger demand during the 2014 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

In addition to its popular tourism markets which include China, the Republic of Korea and Russia, central Danang city will focus on attracting more Japanese tourists in 2014.