A 20,000 seat stage has been set up along the Han River bank along Tran Hung Dao Street, the central road of the city, in preparation for the sixth Danang International Fireworks Competition. 

A heritage festival will be held in Quang Nam province from June 22-26 in a bid to boost tourism in the central region and the country as a whole. 

The 2013 Ha Long Carnival will spotlight tourism potential of the northern province of Quang Ninh.

(VOV) -The launch of different overseas tours during the 2013 summer holiday has attracted a large number of tourists.

Performers, artists and craftsmen form 16 provinces will bring their traditional cultures and arts to the ASEAN- Vietnam Heritage Space Programme at the Hoi An Statue Garden form June 18-23. 

The capital city of Hanoi received 5.12 million tourists, including 615,000 foreigners, in the first quarter of 2013, representing a year-on-year increase of 17 percent. 

The 2013 Sapa in the Cloud Festival will take place from April 26 to May 5, said the district People’s Committee. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s leading low-cost carrier, VietJetAir, will officially open its Hanoi-Bangkok air route on June 1, starting with one flight a day. 

(VOV) - A sea tourism festival will be held in Do Son District of the northern port city of Haiphong from April 28 to May 6. 

HCM City’s 2013 Tourism Day Festival opened at 23/9 Park on April 4. 

Vietnam fetched VND53.5 trillion (US$ 2.5 billion) from tourism services in the first quarter of this year, equal to third of the sector’s total revenue in 2012.

(VOV) -Russia currently ranks first in the world, in terms of its visitors to Vietnam as they are granted visa exemption for their less than 15-day stay in the country.

The People's Committee of the central province of Quang Binh has approved an experimental adventure tour of Son Doong Cave suggested by Howard Limbert, expert of the British Cave Research Association.

Hilton Worldwide on April 2 announced the opening of Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi, the first such property in Southeast Asia . 

Mai Chau, a small town in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, was named one of the top ten "fresh" Asian destinations by hotel booking site Agoda.com.

(VOV) - The Cat Ba Tourism 2013 opened on March 31 with an art performance in Cat Hai island district of northern Hai Phong port city.

About 70,000 visitors attended the Quan The Am (Avalokitecvara) Boddhisattva Festival that took place in the central city of Danang from March 28-30. 

(VOV) -Vietnam’s leading low-cost carrier VietJetAir will officially open its air route linking Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Buon Ma Thuot on May 25.

(VOV) - Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (Dragonair) launched a direct air route between Danang and Hong Kong on March 28.

Mekong Delta region attracted more than 19.4 million visitors in 2012 and earned about VND4.3 trillion from tourism-related activities, an increase of 23.2 percent compared with the previous year, according to newly-released statistics. 

(VOV) - Three golden tourism weeks will be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 21-27, September 2-8 and December 24-30. 

(VOV) - The south central Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee has approved a project to teach Russian to tourism staff in the 2013-2015 period.

(VOV) -Some Vietnamese tour operators, including Vietland Discovery, Images Travel and Tourism Hanoi, have taken part in the 38th Paris International Tourism Show in France.

The Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo 2013 (ITE-HCMC 2013) will be held in the city on September 12-14, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

(VOV) - More than 80 percent of foreign tourists to Hanoi said they want to return to the capital city after their first visit, according to a municipal survey.

(VOV) -The Vietnam General Department of Tourism, Vietnam Airlines, Viettravel  and over 10 Vietnamese tour operators have attended the 20th Moscow International Exhibition for Travel and Tourism (MITT) which opened on March 20.

Malaysian AirAsia Bhd announced it will terminate its weekly flights to Vietnam’s central city of Danang from June 10 as part of its route network re-alignment. 

(VOV) - CNN has judged Vietnam boasts five of the top nine most beautiful paradise resorts in the East Sea.

Vietnam Airlines has completed preparations for the official launch of a direct service between Cam Ranh International Airport in the central coastal Khanh Hoa province and Moscow.

My Son Community-based Tourism Village in Duy Phu commune, central Quang Nam province, was opened on March 14 by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).