Around 80,000 tourists in Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring provinces went abroad through Tan Son Nhat International Airport Minh City to enjoy their lunar New Year holiday, representing a year-on-year increase of 20 per cent. According to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the number of people traveled by road to Cambodia [...]
The Yen Tu Pagoda Spring Festival opened in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on February 1, the tenth day of the first lunar month, in the presence of Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan. Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns, followers and visitors joined in a procession and a ceremony to offer incense to King [...]
As many as 120 Russian tourists from tourist company Lanta Tur Voyage are getting stranded in the southern province of Binh Thuan as the company has ceased operating since January 27. Hoang Van Toan, an official from the provincial department of culture, sports and tourism, said the provincial People’s Committee and the Russian consulate met [...]
The famous citadel in the former imperial capital of Hue drew more than 50,000 tourists, including 30,000 foreigners, during the recent Lunar New Year festival (Tet). The number of holidaymakers represented an increase of 40 percent against the same period last year and brought VND23 billion into the provincial coffers. As host of the 2012 [...]
Central Thua Thien – Hue province has been selected to host the National Tourism Year – Northern Central Coastal Area 2012. It will host a series of activities throughout the year to promote national tourism and lure international tourists. Starting the National Tourism Year 2012, the province has organised some cultural and artistic programmes such [...]
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 [...]
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