From mid-March, the central coastal city of Danang will receive around 36,000 Russian tourists this year, according to the HCM City-based Anh Duong Tourism Company and Russian travel agency Pegas Touristik.
Saigontourist welcomed two international luxury cruise ships carrying more than 4,000 passengers and crew in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Feb. 9.
A programme entitled ‘Spring Honours National Culture’ was held at the Sui Pagoda historical and cultural site in Gia Lam district, Hanoi on February 6, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam started offering free wireless internet (wifi) access at the beginning of the Lunar New Year, becoming the first city in Asia to provide such service.
The Huong (Perfume) pagoda in Hanoi’s suburban district of My Đuc opened on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year (January 28), attracting tens of thousands of people from across the country.
Saigontourist Travel Service Co 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 Jan. 12.
Photos, documents and objects featuring gong heritage of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are on display at an exhibition that opened in the Gia Lai provincial Museum on Jan. 11.
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 second ‘Ho Chi Minh City – 100 Interesting Facts’ programme was launched by the Ho Chi Minh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, aiming to introduce and promote the city’s culture and tourist attractions and improve the quality of its tourism services.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has permitted the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, the Vietnam Cultural Center in France in coordination with Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism to popularize quan ho folklore in France.
The Hue City People's Committee launched a pedestrian-only night market along Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street from Truong Tien Bridge to Phu Xuan Bridge on January 2.
More than 6,000 flowers, 3,000 bonsais, nearly 3,500 wood and rock products and about 725 calligraphy works are on display at the Da Lat international bonsai and flower festival from December 30-January 3
In December 2011, more than 593,000 foreign tourists visited Vietnam, bringing the total arrivals to the country in the whole year to more than 6 million, a 19.1 percent increase from 2010.
