Vietnam welcomed 4.3 million international visitors in the first nine months of this year, a surge of 15.5 per cent compared to the same period last year. According to the General Statistics Office, almost all foreign sources of Vietnamese tourism saw year-on-year increases during the perio. Visitors from China rose by a huge 45 per [...]
Halong Bay has received a certificate to participate in the final round of voting for the honour of being named as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Bernard Weber, chairman of the New Open World organisation, which is hosting the vote, handed over the certificate to Quang Ninh province on September 27. [...]
Vietnam’s tourism sector is always willing to offer the best services and products to Russian tourists. Head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Nguyen Van Tuan made this statement at a recent working session with Aleksei Trichkanov, Chairman of the Committee for Investment and Strategic Projects of Saint Petersburg, on the sidelines of a [...]
More than 30 travel agencies from central provinces have set up their club with the aim to better serve Thai visitors who arrive through international border gates in the region. According to Le Hung Phi, Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Department of Quang Binh province, the number of Thai visitors to central provinces [...]
The Hanoi Flower Festival 2012 will open in the capital city of Hanoi from December 30, 2011 to January 2, 2012. According to deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Khac Loi, the festival aims to honor the cultural heritage sites and values that were recognised by the United Nations [...]
The Mekong Delta is emerging as a tourism investment hotspot. A Saigontourist representative just unveiled the holding company would kick-off the construction of its four-star Saigon-Vinh Long hotel in Vinh Long city in the Mekong Delta at a cost of VND157 billion ($7.58 million) in the first quarter of 2012. The prospective hotel, consisting of [...]
Local authorities are urging Swiss-backed Trustee Suisse Group to get a move on with its mega tourism project on Phu Quoc Island. Kien Giang People’s Committee recently announced it had set deadlines for Trustee Suisse and its local partner – Vinaconex R&D Corporation – to sign off on a detailed master plan of their Asia [...]
A seminar will be held in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province, in December to strengthen cooperation in tourism development among central coastal provinces and cities. The deputy head of Ho Chi Minh City’s National Assembly delegation, Dr. Tran Du Lich, who is also head of a consultative group on developing tourism in central coastal [...]
Representatives from four regional countries are determined to co-operate to enhance their tourism sectors in order to improve socio-economic development. The International Tourism Investment Promotion Conference “Four Countries – One Destination” 2011 to enhance regional tourism development in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam kicked off this morning in Ho Chi Minh City. Attendees included Thong [...]
The Saigontourist Travel Service received 2,700 foreign tourists on the five-star SuperStar Virgo cruise ship that docked in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13. The travellers, who come from Singapore, Malaysia and Australia, toured historical sites in HCM City, went shopping in Ben Thanh market, enjoyed a water puppetry show in the city centre, [...]
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