(VOV) -A Spanish-funded project on sustainable tourism development in Vietnam’s highland regions has been a great success, a conference was told in Hanoi on May 21.

World Heritage sites in Vietnam’s central region have been introduced to the world through the offering of a travel book called My Son Sanctuary World Heritage Site and flyers on international flights of the Republic of Korea’s Asiana Airlines.

(VOV) -Mai Chau, located in northern Hoa Binh province, has been included in the US-based Business Insider’s top 10 incredible places for cultural tours.

(VOV) - Three Vietnamese restaurants have been listed among the US-based food website The Daily Meal’s 101 best restaurants in Asia. 

(VOV) -Hanoi hosted the May 16 launch of a promotional campaign from Mekong Delta tourism in the hope of attracting more domestic and international visitors to the region.

(VOV) -As many as 80 businesses from Portugal, France, Russia, Australia, Singapore and Spain have registered to attend the first International Islands-Sea Travel Expo Nha Trang-Vietnam 2013 (ISTE 2013).

(VOV) - The Tourism Board and Association of Travel Agents of Nepal hosted a seminar in Hanoi on May 15 promoting tourism in Nepal.

Ho Chi Minh City will host the Southern Land Cuisine Festival and the Southern Fruit Festival as part of its strategy to stimulate tourism demand in 2013, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

The number of customers booking tours to popular destinations in the central and southern regions increased by 20-25 percent against the same period last year. 

(VOV) -Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Deborah Chatsis has congratulated Don’s Tay Ho in Hanoi for being listed among Asia's 50 Best Restaurants in 2013 as well as for winning last March’s San Pellegrino Award in Singapore for Vietnam’s Best Restaurant.

(VOV) - More than 120 international Sofitel Luxury Hotel branches, including those in Vietnam, will play host to the French multi-genre musical celebration La Fête de la Musique on June 21. 

(VOV) - The fifth Quang Nam Heritage Festival, scheduled for June 21–26, will honour local and national cultural values with the ultimate goal of boosting tourism development.

Eight Italian couples are participating in a game show organised by the European country’s RAI Television (RAI TV) which introduces various localities in Vietnam.

(VOV) - More than 33,000 visitors, including 1,503 foreigners, have gathered for a week-long festival in Sapa district, Lao Cai province.

The 2013 Khau Vai Love Market Culture-Tourism Week is being held in Meo Vac district, northern mountainous province of Ha Giang from May 4-6.

(VOV) - The number of tourist arrivals increased sharply during the past five-day holiday in celebration of National Reunification Day and May Day.

(VOV) -An increasing number of Russian visitors are selecting Vietnam’s famous tourist attractions in the central region as ideal destinations for this year’s holiday season.

(VOV) - "Do Son-The Call of the Sea" festival was launched in Haiphong city on April 30 as part of the National Tourism Year 2013 in the Red River Delta.

(VOV) -Dr Ho Quang Minh from the Vietnam Central Hospital for Acupuncture has participated in an international tourism training conference in Zacatecas, Mexico.

(VOV) - Vietnam welcomed nearly 614,000 foreign visitors in April, bringing the total number of foreign arrivals to more than 2.4 million in the first four months, according to the General Statistics Office.

Banyan Tree Group of Singapore on April 27 put into service the integrated resort complex of Laguna Lang Co located in Lang Co town, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

A seminar was held in Can Tho city on April 26 to discuss ways to promote tourism in the Mekong Delta region, as part of Mekong Expo 2013’s framework.

(VOV) -A seminar was held in Phnom Penh on April 24 by the Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA), a joint venture between Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and the Cambodian Royal Government.

(VOV) - Malaysia is a key market Vietnam’s tourism industry should focus on in order to broaden its customer base.

(VOV) -The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will operate 434 more flights than scheduled on April 30 and May Day.

Northwestern region attracted over 10 million visitors in 2012 thanks to a tourism development cooperation programme by eight provinces.

(VOV) - The Hanoi and HCM City Tourism Associations signed an official cooperative agreement in Hanoi on 20 April to implement a program to stimulate tourism in 2013.

The first Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM)—featuring more than 100 foreign and 260 domestic stalls representing six airlines, 134 travel operators, and 105 hotels and resorts—opened in Hanoi on April 18.

(VOV) -More than 60 percent of foreign tourists visiting Khanh Hoa province have said they would love to return thanks to its high-quality services, reasonable prices, and beautiful landscapes.

A system of lava caves including one considered as the longest lava cave of Southeast Asia has been discovered in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to researcher Truong Ba Vuong of the Vietnam's Institute of Tropical Biology.