On Nov 16, 2015, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) coordinated with Kien Giang Province to hold a press conference on “Visit Viet Nam 2016 - Phu Quoc - Mekong River Delta” in Ha Noi.
Viet Nam left a strong impression at the 10th Global Gathering Festival recently held at the Songsanghyeon Square in Busan city, the Republic of Korea.
The southern province of Kien Giang should develop tourism as its local economic spearhead, while cooperating with other localities in the Mekong Delta in socio-economic development.
Thanks to numerous advantages in policy and market, the tourism sector was forecast to rebound in the rest of the year after constant declines in Q3, said Director General of Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan.
The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is to launch a 30-second video clip popularising Viet Nam’s tourism on foreign TV channels, according to VNAT Director General Nguyen Van Tuan.
An exhibition on “Viet Nam’s cultural space” will take place from October 25 to November 7 in Germany marking 40 years of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and the Federal Republic of Germany.
On 29 Sept 2015, in Ha Noi, New Zealand Embassy in Viet Nam in coordination with several New Zealand’s leading tourism businesses held a seminar introducing about their culture and tourism.
Low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific on September 28 announced the operation of three more domestic air routes using the 180-seat Airbus A320 plane, which is expected to boost socio-economic and tourism development in southern and central areas.
A seminar on prospects for industrial, investment, trade and tourism cooperation between Ha Noi and Moscow has recently held at the Incentra centre in Moscow.
Under the theme “One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities”, this year’s world tourism day (Sept. 27th) aims to honor tourism industry as well as its benefits, growth opportunities from the billions of tourists traveling over the world.
International visitors to Viet Nam in August estimated 664,985 arrivals, increasing 12% over last month and 7.5% over the same period last year. Total international arrivals in 8 months reached 5,063,187 arrivals, decrease 7.5% over the same period last year.
Phu Quoc Island in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang in recent years has attracted a huge number of tourism projects, with 136 projects now being implemented at a total registered capital of VND144 trillion (US$6.6 billion).
Phu Quoc Island has been ranked eighth in a list of 20 best honeymoon destinations by Rough Guides, a leading British publisher of travel and reference information.
For those desperate to escape Britain's miserable weather – growing numbers of those over 50 are seeking brighter shores in farflung destinations across the globe such as Vietnam.
The UK daily Telegraph has cited the Mekong river cruise from Siem Reap in Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City as one of the top five river cruises in Asia.
Like many countries around the world, Vietnam has already celebrated the New Year on January 1. The much more anticipated and much bigger event will upstage everything else, when we start a nine-day holiday to celebrate the Lunar Tet Festival, which this year starts on February 15. And yes, nine days.
Vietnamese tourist arrivals in Tokyo and Japan as a whole have grown steadily. Last year, 124,000 Vietnamese visited Japan, up a staggering 50% against the previous year. Japan looks to lure 200,000 Vietnamese tourists by 2017.
Vietnamese tourist arrivals in Tokyo and Japan as a whole have grown steadily. Last year, 124,000 Vietnamese visited Japan, up a staggering 50% against the previous year. Japan looks to lure 200,000 Vietnamese tourists by 2017.
It takes five hours to reach the Nam Du Islands, 52 miles off the coast of Rach Gia, capital of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. The archipelago’s 21 islands, which can be reached only by boat, take up a total area of only 40 square kilometers.
The contest in honour of the 20th anniversary of Ha Long Bay’s recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site has been organized by the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists and Quang Ninh provincial Association of Literature and Arts.
