(VOV) -Vietnam has ranked second at the Go Asia Award-Most Popular Destination 2013 awards from the International Tourism Bourse (ITB).

Northern Quang Ninh province will develop three important heritage sites from next month until 2025 to promote their cultural values, contributing to the province's tourism and economy. 

(VOV) -The Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort in the central city of Danang will open its third cable car route on March 29 after 420 days of construction.

The four-star international cruise ship Columbus 2 of Germany with 900 tourists and crews on board, anchored at Saigon Port in Ho Chi Minh City on March 11 for the first time.

(VOV) - Over 200 international delegates took part in a friendship spring travel to Co Loa Relics in Hanoi on March 9.

Nearly 30 Vietnamese firms, led by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) are participating in the International Tourism Fair ITB, which opened in Berlin on March 6. 

(VOV) - Forty-six cruise ships carrying 50,000 arrivals are scheduled to dock at Tien Sa port in the central city of Danang over the first quarter of 2013.

A maritime tourist route between Beihai in the Chinese province of Guangxi and Ha Long Bay in Vietnam’s northern province of Quang Ninh is to start operating early this April.

(VOV) - The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is offering a 27 percent discount off ticket prices for a number of flights to selected European nations.

Located in the northern province of Quang Ninh, Bai Tu Long National Park comprises 40 islands, either earth or limestone, scattering across three communes, Ha Long, Van Yen and Minh Chau of Van Don district. 

The sustainable exploitation of natural resources, mineral resources in particular, has always been a hot issue and priority for developing countries. Among the potential solutions to this issue is the harmonisation of exploitation and conservation of the national natural and geological heritage to promote tourism. 

(VOV)- Air Astana officially launched its air route linking the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan and Ho Chi Minh City on March 1.

(VOV) -Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Deputy General Director Nguyen Manh Cuong has announced the launch of the agency’s 2013 stimulus programme, designed to increase the number of international tourists visiting Vietnam.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Center will restore ceremonial activities conducted during the Nguyen Dynasty, thus creating an attraction for tourists to royal sites in Hue city. 

(VOV) - Vietnam Airlines made a February 28 announcement that they are upgrading their aircraft on the Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)-Yangon (Myanmar) route to meet increasing travel demand between the two cities.

The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has planned to promote the capital city as a tourist destination in the foreign media.

Hanoi expects to serve 15.5 million tourists, including 2.25 million foreigners, in 2013, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Mai Tien Dung said on February 26. 

(VOV) - The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) will offer Vietnamese tourists 200 free tickets to watch the 2013 Formula 1 (F1) Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix, held at the Sepang International Circuit from March 22–24. 

Ha Long Bay of Vietnam has been included in the list of “100 trips you must take in your lifetime” recently released by the US magazine Business Insider. 

Vietnam is ranked seventh among the ten leading long-haul destinations selected by British tourists, according to the website easyvoyage.co.uk of the famous travel agency Hayes & Jarvis. 

Once established, the national trademark “the World’s Kitchen” will draw people from all the five continents to explore Vietnam’s culture through local cuisine.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s leading low-cost carrier VietJet Air has officially opened a new route from Ho Chi Minh City to Thailand’s Bangkok capital, and is expected to launch more international flights this year.

(VOV) -National carrier Vietnam Airlines carried nearly 1.1 million passengers in 25 peak days over the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival from January 25-February 18, a 5.4 percent increase over the same period last year.

(VOV) -An international Seven Seas Voyager cruise ship carrying 600 passengers docked at Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on February 20.

(VOV) -Commercial airline Air Mekong will temporarily stop its operations from March 1 to restructure its fleet and personnel.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s tourism sector plans to earn US$10-11 billion from 7-7.5 million international visitors and 36-37 million domestic tourists by 2015 and US$18-19 billion from 10-10.5 million foreign visitors and 47-48 million domestic tourists by 2020.

(VOV) - This year’s nine-day Lunar New Year holiday has helped drive large numbers of local and foreign visitors to tourist destinations across the country, raising hopes of a successful year for the tourism industry.

(VOV) - Hanoi’s Thang Long Royal Citadel welcomed nearly 20,000 visitors - mostly foreign tourists - in the first six days of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Tens of thousands of monks, nuns, Buddhists and tourists from Vietnam and abroad have flocked to pagodas and Spring festivals at the beginning of the Year of the Snake, wishing for peace, good weather, happiness and prosperity.

(VOV) - Vietnam has overtaken Thailand in travel agency Hayes & Jarvis’ rankings of the ten most popular destinations for UK tourists.