Vietnam Airlines offers 2012 Autumn Promotions
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines launched its autumn promotions yesterday, offering special discounts of up to 50% off normal prices on both international and domestic flights.
Int'l organisations help preserve Hue relics
Nearly 50 international organisations have joined hands to promote and preserve the cultural heritage in the central city of Hue, after UNESCO called for their support.
1,000-year-old Champa ruins discovered in Da Nang city
After over half of month of Champa archaeological excavation in Phong Le village, in the central city of Da Nang, a tower of Champa, dating about 1,000 years old, was…
Central Highlands cultural days in Hanoi
According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the second Central Highlands cultural days in Hanoi will take place at the Vietnam Exhibition Center for Culture and Arts in Hanoi, from August 28th to September 2nd.
Community-based tourism in Trang An Ecological Tourist Site
Tenfold increases in local incomes, reduced poverty, increased cultural and foreign language understanding, investment in infrastructure and increased skills and social understanding make Trang An Ecological Tourist Site, Vietnam's "Ha Long Bay on Land", a true example of best practice community-based tourism.
More than 2 million visitors to Kien Giang
Since early this year, southern Kien Giang province has received more than 2.3 million visitors, nearly 9 percent higher than the same period last year.
Russian tourists to Vietnam increase sharply
Russia is among countries having the highest numbers of tourists to Vietnam in the first half of this year, according to Voice of Russia (VOR).
Vietnamese consumer products introduced in Japan
A Vietnam Fair was held at the Lake Town Commercial Centre in Koshigaya City, Saitama prefecture, Japan from August 3-5.
National workshop on gap analysis on implementation of MRA on tourim professionals
(TITC)_On August 2, 2012, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in collaboration with ASEAN Secretariat held the national workshop "Gap analysis on implementation of Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on tourim professionals" in Bao Son Hotel, Ha Noi. This activity is in the framework of ASEAN - Australia development cooperation program (AADCP) phase II.
Hanoi plans park construction in 1,000 year-old Thang Long Citadel
The Hanoi City People's Committee has unveiled a master plan on preserving the site of the ancient Thang Long Imperial Citadel and developing part of the area into a culture and history park.
Thua Thien - Hue set to welcome more tourists
The central province of Thua Thien - Hue has set a target of welcoming between 2 and 2.5 million visitors during the National Tourism Year 2012 for the North Central Region, with a series of cultural activities, tourist products and new infrastructure.
Sea travelers to Vietnam increase dramatically
Despite the global economic downturn, the number of foreign tourists traveling to Vietnam by sea increased sharply in the first seven months of this year.
Welcomed over 3.8 million foreign arrivals in the January-July period, up 10.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
Lao Cai protects environment to develop tourism
(TITC)- Lao Cai is a province in the Northwestern mountainous region of Viet Nam where is home to 27 ethnic groups with special traditional characteristics. The province is also endowed with beautiful landscapes, impressive caves and ancient rocks of over hundreds of thousands of years... thus creating a huge tourism potential for provincial tourism development.
An exhibition of ancient Vietnamese artifacts and an Oc Eo-Phu Nam civilisation room were jointly opened in Hanoi on July 25 by the Vietnam National Museum of History and the Thang long Artifacts Association.
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