Tourism

Users of US travel site TripAdvisor have voted the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City among the world’s top 10 museums.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the firm VnTrip recently signed an agreement on building a database of 360 degree pictures of tourism destinations.

The US’s Cable News Network (CNN) has listed Vietnam among the Top 5 Asia-Pacific destinations to visit this autumn.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has presented ASEAN Clean Tourist City Awards to Hue, Hoi An and Da Lat.

Aiming to renew the ecosystem and ensure safety for tourists in the rainy season, Son Doong cave in the central coastal province of Quang Binh will suspend tourism exploitation from September to the end of December 2018.

The Vietnam national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has marked 25 years of services to Russia, on the occasion of the official visit of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the country.

Vietnam ranks third among the 10 fastest-growing foreign tourist destinations in 2017 and 2016, according to Tourism Highlights Report 2018 recently released by United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

A delegation of international reporters has surveyed tourism in the central province of Quang Binh as part of activities at International Travel Expo 2018.

Member cities of the Council for the Promotion of Tourism in Asia (CPTA) are promoting their potentials at a tourism exhibition, which opened at the Ly Thai To flower garden in Hanoi’s downtown on September 8th.

The two-day Vietnam festival was started on September 8th in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture, drawing large crowds of spectators as it is one of the most expected in the country.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are among the 15 best destinations in Asia as ranked by the US News newspaper.

The 14th International Travel Expo-Ho Chi Minh city (ITE HCMC), the largest of its kind in the Mekong sub-region, kicked off in Vietnam’s largest economic hub on September 5th evening with the “Vietnamese Culinary Delights” Gala Dinner.

Vietnam was honored among “Asia’s Leading Destinations” at the 25th World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony, held on September 3rd in Hong Kong (China), reported Vietnam Television.

During the national holiday (from September 1st to 3rd), Hanoi greeted more than 249,000 tourist arrivals, a year-on-year rise of nearly 9%; in which over 36,700 were foreign tourists, a 16% rise over a year earlier, according to the city Department of Tourism.

Readers of global travel website TripAdvisor have ranked Vietnam third in their top 10 global adventure destinations.

A festival featuring the “thanh tra pomelo”, a specialty of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, opened in Hue city on August 31st to promote the trademark of the product as well as tourism in the former royal capital city.

Number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in August reached more than 1.32 million, an 11.3% rise from the previous month; bringing the total number in Jan-Aug to 10.4 million, a 22.8% increase from the same period last year, according to General Statistics Office (GSO).

The launch of the 2019 National Tourism Year is scheduled to take place on December 31st, 2018 while the opening ceremony of the event in combination with 2019 Nha Trang Sea Festival is expected to be held in May, according to Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

The number of tourists to Da Nang is expected to hit more than 158,000 during the National Day holiday (from 1st to 3rd September), a year-on-year rise of 10.4%; in which foreign arrivals will be 48,700, up 12.1%, according to the city Department of Tourism.

Quang Ninh greeted 9.2 million tourists in Jan-Aug 2018, a 25% rise over a year earlier and 77% of the year’s plan, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

The UK’s Roughguides website has posted the list of Top Places for Gap Year, as voted by the Association of British Travel Agents ABTA), including Vietnam.

Several domestic airlines have announced plans to add more flights to serve surging travel demand during the National Day holiday which falls on the weekend from September 1st-3rd.

The Da Nang city People’s Committee has agreed with the realization of Son Tra night market in combination with the pedestrian zone from Ly Nam De to Mai Hac De streets in An Hai Tay precinct, Son Tra district.

(CPV) - Vietjet Air is offering 2.5 million tickets priced only from USD0 on August 22nd, 23rd, and 24th to welcome the new route connecting Hanoi with Tokyo.

Lan Ha Bay in the port city of Hai Phong has been named among the most beautiful places to visit in Southeast Asia by the US’s website tourism Thrillist.

The Prime Minister has approved the tasks for the planning of construction of the Hoa Binh Lake national tourism site in the northern province of Hoa Binh to 2035.

The low-cost carrier AirAsia will operate four flights a week from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang from November 2nd.

Pho in Vietnam continues to be honored on a new ranking of Lonely Planet.

(CPV) - The Da Nang International Marathon (DNIM) 2018 will be attended by 7,000 people from 52 countries and territories, mainly from the Republic of Korea, China, Hong Kong (China) and Japan.

Ho Chi Minh city greeted 4.45 million foreign tourists in Jan-July 2018, increasing by 37.7% over a year earlier or fulfilling 59.47% of the year’s plan, reported the city People’s Committee.