Travel

A Culture and Development Week of UNESCO in Vietnam
26/09/2012 10:02
In collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and a number of national and sub-national partners, the week will include discussions and illustrations about the relationship between culture and development. Government authorities, policy makers, international donors,...
Opened an office in Tokyo to promote tourism
26/09/2012 10:02
The plan is aimed at helping ratchet up Japanese tourist arrivals in Vietnam from half a million last year to one million by 2015. Hoang Thi Diep, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), said this would be the first overseas representative office of...
Tay Thien Festival opens in Vinh Phuc province
26/09/2012 10:02
The three-day festival features traditional rituals, a folk singing contest, a rice cooking competition, and folk games including tug of war, cock fighting, wrestling, volleyball and football. The festival is held annually to worship Mother Lang Thi Tieu, a Hung King’s Queen, who helped the...
Cruise tourism expected to grow in 2012
26/09/2012 10:02
According to Mr.Vu Duy Vu, deputy director of Saigontourist Travel Services Company, a leading cruise tourism company in Vietnam, in 2011, the cruise tourism began to get off the ground by welcoming many international cruise ships to Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Ha Long. In 2011,...
“Heritage Tourism” helps to highlight Vietnamese traditional culture
26/09/2012 10:02
“Heritage Tourism ” has been selected as the official theme of the National Tourism Year of the North-Central - Hue city 2012. The National Tourism Year 2012 and Festival Hue will bring a colorful cultural event to domestic and international tourists. However, how to promote Viet Nam’s...
VNAT plans to open rep office to promote tourism in Japan
26/09/2012 10:02
Japan has long been among the top five markets of Vietnam’s tourism sector with 481,519 Japanese coming to Vietnam in 2011, up 8.9% from the previous year. According to Mr. Aoyaki, Chief of the Secretariat (organising board of the Vietnam Festival in Japan), Japan has 83 tourism related...
Vietnam takes part in tourism expo in Canada
26/09/2012 10:02
The two-day event saw the participation of around 200 travel agencies from nearly 60 countries and territories across the world and thousands of visitors. Speaking at the event, Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa city said the expo will provide Canadian people with latest and direct information...