Culture, beautiful landscapes and reasonable prices have made Vietnam one of the top destinations for tourists from several Asian countries, a recent survey revealed. The Visa Global Travel Intentions Survey 2011 showed that as many as 24 per cent of future tourists to Vietnam would be from Singapore and Thailand, followed by Australian tourists with [...]
The Vietnamese Embassy, in coordination with the France-Vietnam Friendship Organisation, on January 13 held a conference on tourism promotion in Paris to strengthen Vietnam-France cooperation in the sector. The conference saw the participation of flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, Air France and many tourism businesses. At the conference, reports of tourism potential and achievements were delivered. [...]
Saigontourist Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) fetched more than VND 11,000 billion in revenue and made a profit of nearly VND 3,500 billion. The information was released at a conference reviewing the company’s tourism activities in 2011 and setting key tasks for 2012 in Hanoi on January 11. Tran Hung Viet, general director of Saigontourist said [...]
As many as 287 passengers came from Germany and 256 others from the UK on Vietnam Airlines’ flights were the honoured guests of Ho Chi Minh City at a ceremony to welcome first foreign visitors on the New Year Day. In 2011, the city received over 3.5 million foreign tourists and plans to welcome about [...]
Under the Vietnam’s tourism development strategy to 2020 and vision till 2030 approved by the prime minister recently, Vietnam expects to welcome 7-7.5 million international tourists and 36-37 million local tourists with total revenues from tourists at $10-11 billion, contributing 5.5-6 percent to the country’s GDP (gross domestic product) growth by 2015. By 2020, Vietnam [...]
The largest tourism development project in Vietnam will start in eight northwestern mountain provinces next year. Local authorities, officials from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), tourism operators and training institutions in the region gathered in Lao Cai City on December 27 to discuss the plan. One of the first steps to be taken [...]
“Vietnam – Timeless Charm” and the five petal lotus have been selected as the slogan and symbol of Vietnamese tourism in 2012-2015 term. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said on December 27 in Hanoi that the new slogan and symbol were approved by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and [...]
Vietnam welcomed the six millionth foreign visitor in 2011 in the northern province of Quang Ninh on the morning of December 26. The French visitor, Curvalle Bernard Francois, travelled aboard the MV Super Star Aquarius cruise ship, which departed from Hainan , China , for a journey to Vietnam . The ship docked at Ha [...]
The Vietnam-China tourism and trade fair 2011 opened on Dec. 16 in the border city of Mong Cai , in Quang Ninh province. The fair, titled “Integration and development” features around 300 booths, with many of the two countries’ typical products and services on display. There are also booths from Indonesia and the Republic of [...]
The five-star Hotel Nikko Saigon opened on December 18 as the second hotel of JAL Hotels Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Japan Airlines operating in Vietnam, after Hotel Nikko Hanoi took shape in 1998. Taiwanese-invested company Fei Yueh Vietnam said it has invested some US$100 million in building a luxury 23-floor hotel with 334 rooms [...]
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