(VOV) - An international sea tourism fair entitled “Seas, islands, and tourism development” will take place in Nha Trang city this June.

(VOV) - HCM City on January 1 welcomed 465 air passengers travelling from Germany and Hong Kong.

(VOV) - O Quy Ho Hill in the northern mountain town of Sapa has been entirely coated in a thick layer of frost after a strong cold spell hit the region. 

(VOV) - The Hue Relics Preservation Centre welcomed UK citizen Sandra Noel, its two millionth visitor, on December 30.

(VOV) - Tourist sites, entertainment venues, trade centres, hotels, and restaurants nationwide have been decorated in anticipation of welcoming 2013, while many cultural exchange programmes have been organised to serve international and domestic visitors.

The number of Vietnamese tourists to Thailand has jumped 10-fold in the past 12 years, rewarding the efforts of the Thai Government to attract more Vietnamese visitors. 

(VOV) -Despite facing a lot of difficulties Vietnam has received more than 6.8 million foreign visitors in 2012, up 14 percent over 2011.

(VOV) -Viettravel has cooperated with international and domestic airlines in organizing 300 tours for travelers to book in advance.

(VOV) - Vietnam ranked second in the list of attractive destinations for foreign tourists in 2013, according to a recent survey conducted by the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA).

The central province of Thua Thien–Hue has adopted a programme on developing new services in the ancient imperial city of Hue, aiming to attract more tourists to the world heritage site.

(VOV) - The southern province of Kien Giang has welcomed more than 3.8 million of tourirsts so far this year, up 3.25 percent compared to last year’s figure.

(VOV) - Danang International Airport, one of the world’s most busiest airports, has welcomed more than 3.2 million tourists to Vietnam this year.

Hanoi has been rated as the best destination for city life in Vietnam by Lonely Planet Traveller, the world’s leading tourist magazine.

Three hotels in Vietnam have been named in the 2012 T+L 500 list following the selection of readers of the Travel+Leisure magazine, the biggest tourism publication published globally. 

(VOV) - The Celebrity Millennium cruise ship carrying more than 2,000 foreign tourists docked at Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 18.

VietJetAir officially inaugurated its Ho Chi Minh City - Phu Quoc island route on December 15.

(VOV) - Six provinces in the north central region (spanning from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien-Hue) have so far recorded 10.3 million tourist arrivals in 2012, up 12 percent against last year. 

(VOV) - The National Flag Carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 14 launched the Hanoi- Phu Quoc direct air route in the presence of Primer Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and other senior officials.

(VOV) -The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it will launch 11 new routes from Can Tho City and other Mekong Delta provinces to Taiwan to mark the upcoming New Year.

(VOV) - The northern border province of Quang Ninh has so far this year welcomed 6.4 million holidaymakers, including 2.2 foreigners, up 9 percent and 6 percent respectively.

(VOV) - The capital city will be developing six typical traditional craft villages till 2015 closely linked with the tourism sector in the hope of exploiting its cultural and economic advantages.

(VOV) -Since November 2012 the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan has attracted more than 550 Russian tourists who stayed between 10-13 days.

(VOV) - Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) is a famous destination in the central city of Danang that tourists should put it in their itinerary.

Thirty six hotels in Vietnam are among 494 outstanding hotels worldwide selected to win the Gold Circle Award 2012 presented by leading Asian hotel booking site, Agoda.com. 

(VOV) - Vietnam Airlines’ first flight carrying 143 passengers landed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 2.

(VOV) -The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will begin patroning Duong To commune’s new Phu Quoc Island airport from December 2, ending its use of Duong Dong town’s older facility.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s leading low-cost carrier VietJet Air has annouced that it will launch a new route from Ho Chi Minh City to Thailand’s Bangkok capital in early 2013.

(VOV) - The number of the Republic of Korean tourists to Vietnam in November showed the highest year-on-year increase of 31.5 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). 

(VOV) - Vietnamese tourists topped the list of foreign visitors to Cambodia during the past ten months with 638,000 arrivals, showing a year-on-year increase of 24 percent. 

(VOV) - The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has hosted almost 2.4 million tourists so far in 2012, up 25 percent against the same period last year.