Free walking tours to be offered to international travelers from late September

From late September this year, international visitors to Vietnam will be able to enjoy free walking tours in Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Da Nang, Hanoi, Hoi An and Ha Long.

Viet Nam focuses on sustainable tourism development

Developing sustainable tourism in combination with preserving and promoting national cultural values, and protecting landscapes and the environment is among targets set in Viet Nam’s master plan on tourism development by 2020, with vision to 2030.

Promoting tourism – Lever to develop Vietnam tourism industry

At the second Vietnam Private Sector Forum (VPSF), according to experts, promoting tourism was identified as one of the three "bottlenecks" of Vietnam's tourism sector that affirms that focusing on improving the effectiveness of tourism promotion is the urgent and long-term solution for tourism development.

Road show promotes Vietnam’s tourism in Indonesia

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) held a road show, on September 25, to introduce tourist products, the land, people and culture of Vietnam to the Indonesians.

The Can Tho City Journalists' Association visits and works with the People's Committee of Con Dao district

In the afternoon of September 11, 2017, at the People's Committee of Con Dao district, Mr. Nguyen Anh Nhut, Deputy Chairman of the People's Committee of the district, met and worked with the Can Tho City Journalist Association.

The revolutionary life of General Secretary Le Hong Phong

Comrade Le Hong Phong, who made great contributions to the restoration of the Party's system in the 1930s of the XX century. His name is attached to the challenging and drastic phase of the Vietnamese revolution. He became a creditable symbol in Con Dao prison. "Live to strive for revolutionary ideals but be ready to die for revolutionary cause."

People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province deploys Decision No. 1481/QÐ-UBND on establishment of the management board of Con Dao national tourist zone

People’s Committee of Con Dao district effectuate Decision No. 1481/QÐ-UBND at 02/6/2017 People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province on establishment of the management board of Con Dao national tourist zone by reorganizing the management board of tourist zone of Con Dao district.

Viet Nam-Japan cultural space to open in Hoi An in November

A Vietnamese-Japanese cultural space is set to open in the UNESCO-recognised town of Hoi An in November to honour the fine relationship that exists between the two countries.

Over 500 Khmer race boats at Ooc Om Boc Festival

The traditional Ngo (Khmer boat) race will close the six-day Ooc Om Boc Festival in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang tonight.

Nearly 10.5 million int’l visitor arrivals to Viet Nam in 10 months

n October 2017, Viet Nam received 1,024,899 international visitor arrivals, up 5.0% over last month and 24.7% compared to the same period last year, the General Statistic Office reported.

Delta caDelta calls for VND150 trillion investment in tourism and infrastructurells for VND150 trillion investment in tourism and infrastructure

Localities in the Mekong Delta region have called for investment in 33 projects in the groups of real estate and tourism, with a total investment of nearly VND7.8 trillion (US$343.2 million), along with 45 other projects related to industry, agriculture, processing and logistics infrastructure development with a total capital of VND150 trillion (US$6.6 billion).

Hanoi among world’s top 10 fastest growing tourism cities

Hanoi has been ranked seventh on a new list of the world’s fastest-growing tourism cities, with a 16.4% average annual growth rate in the 2009 - 2016 period, according to the MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index 2017.

Da Nang calls for tourism investment during APEC 2017 week

The central city of Da Nang has called for investment in nine projects in tourism and entertainment worth an estimated 500 million USD during the APEC Economic Leaders' Week.

Viet Nam, Czech Republic bolster tourism cooperation

Measures to boost tourism between Viet Nam and the Czech Republic were have been discussed at a recent talk jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy and Eurovina Travel in Prague.

Seoul tourism to be promoted in Ho Chi Minh city

An event to promote Seoul tourism, namely “I Seoul U - Seoul Beauty & Festival Gallery”, will be organized for the first time in Ho Chi Minh city, from November 10th to 12th.

Conference on investment promotion in Con Dao

On the morning of September 22, 2017 at the Imperial Hotel, Thuy Van, Vung Tau City Investment Promotion Conference in Con Dao district took place.Attending the conference were Mr. Nguyen Van Trinh, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Thanh Long, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Tran Van Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, representatives of departments, committees, leaders of Con Dao district and 60 enterprises who are investors, tour operators and press agencies attended, coverage of the conference.

Inviting investors to 13 projects in Con Dao

On September 22, Ba Ria - Vung Tau People's Committee held a conference to promote investment in Con Dao. 13 projects and preferential policies were introduced by Ba Ria - Vung Tau province in order to call on domestic and foreign investors to invest in Con Dao.

Tourism programme promotes heritage sites in Viet Bac region

A ceremony was held at Ba Be Lake in the mountainous northern province of Bac Kan on November 18, to open the ninth tourism programme entitled ‘Through Viet Bac Heritage Sites’ and Ba Be – Bac Kan tourism week.

Conference on state management of tourism 9/2017

In the morning of 23 September, Comrade Trinh Hang - Director of the Department of Tourism of BRVT province chaired the conference on state management of tourism in September 2017 in Con Dao district.Attending the conference were representatives of specialized departments under the Department; leaders of Districts Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, Fatherland Front Committee; together with a number of related agencies and agencies and representatives of tourist business establishments in Con Dao.