(TITC) - On Oct. 29th, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) held a working session with representatives of Japanese Association Travel Agents (JATA), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Organizing board of Vietnam Festival in Japan, Culture, Sports and Tourism departments of Ha Noi City, Ninh Binh, Quang Ninh provinces on assessing the outcomes of Japanese businesses' famtrip in the Northern Viet Nam and the plan to attract Japanese tourists to Viet Nam in 2013.
The Saigontourist Travel Service Company welcomed 2,150 foreign passengers and crew members on board the cruise ship SuperStar Aquarius that docked at Halong harbour on November 3.
The Ho Chi Minh City Cultural Heritage Association, in co-ordination with Vietnam Heritage Magazine, is displaying 100 photographs selected from the 2,890 entries for the Vietnam Heritage 2012 photography in…
Developing responsible tourism closely linked to environmental and social issues was at the centre of a conference in Hanoi on November 2.
An old stele dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 - 1945) was recently uncovered near a hot spring in the Duong Hoa Commune, Huong Thuy Town, central Thua Thien Hue Province.
A farmtrip group of ten Russian businesses is expected to visit Vietnam in the fourth quarter of 2012. During the eight-day visit, the group will survey the trans-Viet route to Hanoi, Halong, Hue, Hoi An, Danang, My Tho and Ho Chi Minh City.
According to the management board of President Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, the mausoleum will open again on November 7th, 2012 after closing for periodical maintenance.
Vietnam welcomed around 5.35 million international visitors in the first ten months of this year, up 11.2 percent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.
The central province of Thua Thien Hue saw a large increase in the number of Thai tourists in the first ten months of this year, accounting for 16 percent of all foreign arrivals in the locality.
Northern Quang Ninh province has welcomed nearly six million holiday-makers over the past ten months, up 10 percent over the same period last year.
The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long will host the "Dan ca tai tu" (amateur music) festival from November 15-22.
Five -star cruise liner Voyager of the Seas of Bahamas owner Royal Caribean brought 3,200 tourists to the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on October 28.
A culture and food festival, which feature the specialties of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will take place in Hanoi from November 2-4.
Nearly 230 handicraft businesses from across the country are displaying their wares at the Hanoi Gift Show 2012, which opened in Hanoi on October 26.
Cam Ranh International Airport in central Khanh Hoa province will see the daily arrival of three direct flights carrying tourists from Russia's Far Eastern region to central Khanh Hoa province from now until April 2013.
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