(VOV) - Nghe An province and the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam on August 9 examined the possibility of opening a new air route servicing flights between Vietnam’s Vinh city and Laos’ Vientiane capital.

(VOV) - Tourists are very excited to try unique means of transport, like three-wheeler, horse-drawn carriage, elephant ride or dug-out canoe services at tourism sites in Vietnam.

(VOV) - The number of international tourists in July was estimated at 658,000, up 16% over the previous month and 28.5% against the same month last year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

A stone church and the Muong Hoa valley in Sapa tourist town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, have been submitted to the Vietnam Record Organisation (VietKing) to seek recognition as national records. 

(VOV) - Twenty-one of Thua Thien-Hue province’s tourism companies, resorts, and hotels have joined a tourism stimulus initiative running from now until the end of 2013.

Central Danang city has welcomed 78,200 Chinese air travellers in the first half of this year. 

Hanoi launched a tourist support division on August 1 to solve as quickly as possible incidents reported by tourists, and provide them with necessary information about the capital city. 

(VOV) - The central city of Danang has scheduled its 2013 tourism stimulus programme for between September 1 and December 31.

Vietnam’s domestic tourists reached 24 million in the first half of this year, up by 12 percent against the same period last year, and 73.8 percent of this year’s target. 

(VOV) - The popular website TripAdvisor.com tourism has ranked Vietnam’s War Remnants Museum the fifth best Asian tourism attraction in 2013.

(VOV) -At the first Hue Festival in 2000, many visitors were attracted by a special tour to a vegetable growing village created by French people.

Ho Chi Minh City reports an estimated 250,000 international tourists in July, a year-on-year increase of nine percent. 

The TripAdvisor.com tourism website has ranked the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology as excellent.

(VOV) - The number of Russian tourists to the south central province of Khanh Hoa reached 70,000 in the first half of this year, making up 45.5% of the total Russian arrivals in Vietnam.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s world heritage Phong Nha cave in the central province of Quang Binh has been certificated as one of world’s best destinations by the US famous tourism website TripAdvisor.

(VOV) -The Movenpick Hotel Hanoi and the Movenpick Hotel Saigon, owned by Movenpick Hotels and Resorts, have become the first hotels in Vietnam to receive Green Globe certification recognising their significant environmental, social, and cultural preservation efforts.

(VOV) - Da Vien Islet, formed by silt deposits from the Huong (Perfume) River, covers more than 100,000sq.m (890m in length, and 185m in width).

A long-term plan has been devised to conserve biodiversity in the mangrove swamp ecosystem. 

Vietnam’s tourism sector sees Russia as a potential market when an increasing number of Russian tourists are choosing Vietnam as a holiday destination. 

Two hotels in Vietnam have been ranked among the five that have the best hotel spas in the world by readers of the US Travel&Leisure Magazine, the world’s leading travel guides, articles and information. 

Quang Binh plans to launch experimental adventure tours of Son Doong Cave, which is considered the largest in the world, in early August this year. 

The number of tourists visiting two central coastal cities, Danang and Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa province), has so far risen by 16 percent and 20 percent compared with the same period last year. 

Jetstar Pacific will add 194 extra flights between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Danang to meet the rising tourist demand of summer peak-time. 

(VOV) - Quang Ninh province plans to open its representative offices in Japan and the Republic of Korea in an effort to introduce its tourism potential to international friends. 

(VOV) - The fourth Vietnam tourism and culture festival opened at Arko Art Theatre in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on July 2.

(VOV) -In the past six months, more than 3.54 million foreigners came to Vietnam up 4.9 percent from a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office.

The Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is hosting a culture festival together with tourism seminars in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in effort to lure more visitors from the country.

(VOV) - Vietnam welcomed more than 567,000 foreign visitors in June, a year-on-year increase of 29.9%, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s budget carrier VietJetAir has entered into a partnership with a Thai air carrier to capitalise on this lucrative market.

The first international route linking Dong Hoi in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province with Taipei, Taiwan (China), is to open from August this year.