The northern central province of Thanh Hoa is famous for the mysterious Hang Ma (Ghost Cave).

Despite drizzle and cold weather, 31,000 visitors, including 7,200 foreigners, visited relics in the former imperial city of Hue during the first three days of the Lunar New Year (January 23-25).

Visitors to Sapa are enjoying adventure tours in the villages of Ta Giang Phinh in Sapa township and Nam Tam in neighbouring Lai Chau Province, where the local people fiercely cling to their traditions.

The central province of Thua Thien Hue will organize various activities to promote its image during the 2012 National Tourism Year of the Northern Central Coastal Area.

Nearly 27,500 passengers have entered and went out of Hanoi through Noi Bai International Airport from January 23-25, according to the Airport Customs Department.   

The central city of Danang is expected to receive nearly 10,000 foreign visitors by sea and air on the first 10 days of the lunar New Year festival (Tet).  

Two planes carrying 251 passengers from the Russia Far East landed at Cam Ranh airport in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on January 23 – the first day of the lunar New Year festival.

The travel company Vitours will welcome 32 Australian visitors on a two-week trans-Vietnam tour and the Vietravel company will welcome nearly 50 Chinese and Japanese tourists during the first days of Lunar New Year.

All domestic and foreign tourists will have the chance to visit Ha Long Bay without fees during the traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet) from January 23 to February 5.

Vietnam has emerged as one of the top destinations for travelers from Singapore, Thailand, Australia, the Republic of Korea, according to a recent Visa Global Travel Intentions Survey released in Hanoi last week.

About 1,500 Vietnamese, including overseas Vietnamese, have booked Lunar New Year or Tet tours with Saigontourist Travel Service Co. to enjoy pre-Tet activities around the country.  

Tickets for foreign tours during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) have been sold out as the number of visitors registering for these tours has increased by 20-40 percent, according to some travel agencies.

Located in a charming natural area in northern Ha Nam province, Nui Cam (Forbidden Mountain) with its beauty and legend has attracted a large number of visitors.

With its distinctive culture, beautiful natural landscape and affordability, Vietnam has emerged as one of the top destinations for travellers from Singapore, Thailand, Australia and the Republic of Korea (RoK).  

Vietnam’s tourism ambassador Ly Nha Ky has left for Taiwan, China, to advertise the national culture and call for foreign investment into the country.

Vietnam’s distinctive and high-quality tourism products are being showcased at an ASEAN international tourism fair in Indonesia.  

Every weekend, hundreds of people flock to the U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang to fish as a leisure activity. Here there are different kinds of huge fish far beyond their wildest dreams.

Saigontourist Travel Service Company provided on-shore services to around 2,000 passengers, mainly from Italy, Spain, and the UK, who arrived on board the five-star cruise ship Costa Classica at HCM City's Navi Oil Port, on January 12.

Many visitors to Vietnam have been impressed by the unique beauty of the scenery.

Vietnam is now at the top of the list of the world's emerging tourist attractions, as selected by international visitors in 2012, according to a recent report by the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA).

The tourism sector in Vietnam fetched VND205 trillion in 2011, accounting for 9.2 percent of the country’s GDP, while providing jobs for 402,000 local people, according to a report from the World Trade & Tourism Council.

Tam Giang Lagoon is where the Huong, Bo and O Lau Rivers meet before they flow into the sea through Thuan An estuary in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Entry to all relics of Hue ancient citadel will be free of charge during the first three days (January 23, 24 and 25) of the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which is on, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

Travel agencies in HCM City have been kept busy booking foreign tours as residents seek to take advantage of a nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

A popular saying goes: "Even after living 100 years of a virtuous religious life, you cannot be called a true religious person until you go to Yen Tu ".

The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony on January 1, 2012 to welcome the first international visitors to the city in the New Year.

Tourism will become a cutting-edge industry with high professionalism and consistent, modern infrastructure by 2020, under a strategy recently approved by the Prime Minister.

36,500 flights carrying more than 3.24 million passengers arrived and departed Hanoi in 2011, said the Hanoi Customs Department.

The Superstar Aquarius cruise ship with more than 2,000 visitors on board will arrive in the former imperial city of Hue on December 31 to welcome the New Year.

The number of international arrivals to Hanoi reached nearly 1.9 million in 2011, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, according to the capital city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.