Numerous visitors and pilgrims flocked to the opening ceremony of the 2018 Tay Thien Festival, one of the largest festivals in the northern region, on March 31 (the fifteenth day of the second lunar month) in Dai Dinh Commune, Tam Dao District, Vinh Phuc Province.
An exhibition is underway in Ha Noi, displaying over 50 photos, documents and items reflecting the old Vietnamese education and examinations.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho wants to establish a strategic partnership with the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)’s Viet Nam office to attract more Japanese tourists to the city, said an official of the city.
The Gia Lai provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has organized a seminar to strengthen tourism cooperation with businesses of Ho Chi Minh city.
The Da Nang Tourism Department and Coco Bay resort have launched the Danang FantastiCity, a competition that offers both domestic and international players a chance to experience the central coastal city.
The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa welcomed more than 2.6 million tourists in the first half of 2017, up 22 percent from the same period last year, earning more than 7.5 trillion VND (330 million USD) in revenue.
Ho Chi Minh City set a target of welcoming seven million international visitors in 2017, announced the Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Thanh Phong, at a conference between the City’s leaders and travel businesses on April 13.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has taken measures to develop sustainable tourism, focusing on cultural resources of the local ethnic minority groups of J’rai and Bahnar.
The southern province of Binh Duong wants to attract more foreign direct investment for tourism development, aiming to achieve an annual growth of 20 percent in the next four years.
At the 2016 Mekong Tourism Alliance Awards (MTAA) announced last week, Vietnam Airlines shared Best Airlines of the Year with Cambodia’s Angkor Air, Lao Airlines, Myanmar Airways International and Thai Airways.
The ‘Phu Quoc Green Tourism’ campaign was launched in the southern province of Kien Giang on August 6 with a wide range of activities seeking to develop sustainable and eco-friendly tourism in the island district.
Central Ha Tinh province has planned different solutions to preserve and promote the Phuc Giang School’s woodblocks, following their recognition in May as UNESCO World Heritage at the seventh Memory of the World Committee for Asia and Pacific summit.