More than one million people have flocked to the Hung Kings Temple in northern Phu Tho province since the start of the Lunar New Year to pay homage to the nation’s legendary founders.
The first Mong Ethnic Culture Festival was kicked off in Meo Vac District, the northernmost province of Ha Giang on February 28.
An additional eight historical, architectural and archaeological relics nationwide have been listed as national relic sites under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s decision.
Da Nang has long been viewed as the place travellers pass through in order to get to historic Hoi An, but has now earned its place as a top travel destination for 2015, says leading entertainment website TheRichest.
Ha Noi welcomed 270,000 domestic tourists and 70,083 foreign tourists during the nine-day lunar New Year holiday (February 15-23), up 8 percent from the same period last year.
The central city of Da Nang received nearly 200,000 tourists, including 76,000 foreign visitors, during the 9-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Viet Nam Railways has launched the first five-star express train after upgrading its service and the skills of the staff to meet the growing numbers of domestic and international passengers.
Bach Dang Spring Flower Street, themed ‘Da Nang - Brilliant Colours of Spring’, is taking place along the western bank of the Han River in Da Nang City from February 9 to 27 for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Phu My Hung Flower Fair 2015 themed ‘Mua gat’ (Harvest season) for the coming Lunar New Year, or Tet, will reproduce paddy fields in the harvest season and the particular scenes of the Vietnamese countryside in Phu My Hung Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7.
A dragon ship will now carry tourists along the Han River at night.
The central city of Da Nang, one of Viet Nam’s popular tourist destinations, saw a jump in the number of tourist arrivals in January.
A conference to review the tourism development cooperation programme implemented by eight North-western provinces was held in Moc Chau District, Son La Province on January 30.