• Festivals of Con Son Pagoda honour ‘Great Man of Culture”

    03/12/2010 05:00

    Two festival seasons have been held annually in Con Son Pagoda in the Chi Linh District of the northern province of Hai Duong. Repository : Con Son Pagoda is known for its historic relics...

  • Mekong Delta to greet 19 million visitors

    02/12/2010 05:00

    The Mekong River Delta expects to receive 19 million visitors this year, 200,000 more than last year, according to the regional tourism agency, the Mekong Delta Tourism Association. Of this figure, the number of foreign visitors is estimated to increase by 20 percent...

  • Tourism sector surpasses yearly goal

    02/12/2010 05:00

    After welcoming over 4.6 million foreign arrivals in the first 11 months of this year, the tourism sector has overtaken its yearly target by 400,000 visitors. The figures showed a year-on-year increase of 36.5 percent, reported the General Statistics Office. In the...

  • TRAVEL IN BRIEF 3/12

    02/12/2010 05:00

    HCM City unveils seven-day Lunar New Year celebration plans HCM City authorities have announced a seven-day celebration of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival beginning on January 31. The celebration will have six programmes including the usual...

  • Southeast Asian girls in Vietnamese ao dai

    01/12/2010 05:00

    Wearing the Vietnamese ao dai, 25 girls from many countries posed on the Southeast Asian Youth Ship. They were selected from hundreds of youth representatives on the ship to participate in the Miss Ao Dai competition, held by Vietnamese representatives. Fifteen of...

  • Thua Thien-Hue among top tourism provinces

    01/12/2010 05:00

    Thua Thien- Hue city ranks among the provinces most popular with tourists an about-to-be-published report reveals. Thua Thien-Hue is known for its historic royal sites. (Photo: Internet)...

  • Vietnam names six new hosts for ‘Tourism Year’ 

    01/12/2010 05:00

    A fishing village in Phu Yen Province, which will host the National Tourism Year in 2011 The Vietnamese government has agreed, in principle, to a plan outlining the next six destination sites for National Tourism Years 2012-2017....

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