The northern province of Ninh Binh will promote homestay service, a form of tourism allowing visitors to stay and live with a local family to better learn the local lifestyle, to attract tourists, the provincial tourism department said.
Russia is an important market for Vietnamese tourism and has high expectations, said Vu The Binh, Chairman of the Vietnam Travel Association.
Vietnam is one of the five fastest growing markets for international air travelers, report the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
KPVI News 6, the local NBC (National Broadcasting Company) affiliated television station for Idaho, has advised Americans to tour Vietnam to get to know “Southeast Asia's rising star".
On February 10, 2011 (the 8th day of the 1st lunar month), Thua Thien - Hue Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Vietnam Buddhism Managing Committee in Thua Thien - Hue Province coordinated with Huyen Tran Culture Center to hold the opening ceremony of great festival to pray for “peace country – happy people†in Huong Van Zen Monastery of Huyen Tran Culture Center…
The Lim Festival officially opened in the northern province of Bac Ninh on February 14 (the 12th day of the first lunar month) drawing around 30,000 visitors.
Tourists will be shown around the site which legend says is the birth place of the Vietnamese ancestors and enjoy the legend through an art programme which kicked off in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on February 14.
More than 400 rare antique items dating back to the Tay Son Dynasty (1778-1802) are on display at an exhibition in HCMC.
The community of Vietnamese students in France has held a series of activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan beat the drum, opening the Yen Tu Pagoda Spring Festival in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on February 12, the tenth day of the first lunar month.
Spanish writer Mark Jenkin has extolled the wonderful beauty of Son Doong Cave (Mountain River Cave) in the world natural heritage site Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh Province.
A “Vietnam’s lifestyle†photograph exhibition has been held in Virginia, USA. All these in black and white showing his strong feelings for the homeland are highly appreciated.