A cruise ship called Hanna with a capacity of some 1,500 passengers will arrive in Halong Bay on January 27 on the opening of the route from China's Sanya to Halong and Danang.
The Hanoi Municipal People's Committee has instructed its districts to organise 65 spring flower markets to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
In 2013, the provincial tourism sector continues trying to fulfill tasks, maintain the growth, and further develop in comparison with 2012.
(TITC) - Sa Pa Stone Church and Muong Hoa Valley in Sa Pa District (Lao Cai Province) have been introduced to Viet Nam Record Organization to consider and recognize as one of Top 5 over 100-year-old churches known the most and Top 5 the most beautiful and largest valleys in Viet Nam.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has recognized the Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula as a five-star resort.
This year's flower display on Ho Chi Minh City's Nguyen Hue Street to mark the Lunar New Year will feature the country through stylized mountains, plains and islands.
Vietnam's the largest luxury beach resort in Vietnam - MGM Grand Ho Tram Beach - is expected to open soon.
The Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will organize a programme in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from January 22 - 26 to popularize Vietnam's intangible cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO from 2003 to 2011.
Da Nang is scheduled to welcome 48 cruise ships, with a total of approximately 44,000 passengers, to the city in the first quarter of 2013, a year-on-year increase of over 35.6%. There will be 16 cruise ship arrivals this month, and Saigontourist will offer services to most of them.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected two ethnic minority groups in the central highland province of Kon Tum for a culture preservation and development project in 2013.
Ho Chi Minh City's tourism sector expects to welcome 4.1 international visitors and earn VND81,970 billion in revenue.
This is a result of a survey on more than 1,400 foreign tourists to the capital city, carried out by the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism with the goal of researching and perfecting statistical methods on the number of foreign tourists to Hanoi.