Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced that Hanoi will organize seven special tours to celebrate the millennial birthday of the capital city in 2010. Those tours aim to provide visitors with an insight into the history of the capital city, as well as the new developments of Hanoi. In particular, the “Journey [...]
Vietnam welcomes 2.17 million foreign visitors
The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam in the first seven months of this year reached 2.17 million, a fall of 18.7 percent year on year, according to data from the Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VNAT). The number of visitors to the country for business dropped by 22.3 percent, for vacation by 21.4 percent, and [...]
Mekong Delta- linking to develop tourism.
Tourism is a greatly potential market of Mekong Delta region in Vietnam. Four provinces in this region including Ca Mau, Kien Giang, An Giang and Can Tho have been cooperating on a program to develop tourism industry in the next five years and through 2020. This plan aims to form a tourist quadrangle in the [...]
Visiting Hoi An ancient town
Located along the Thu Bon River, the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam province is an ideal destination for both domestic and foreign visitors. In the 17th centuries, the town was famous for an prosperous city port familiar to merchants from Japan, China and Portugal. Hoi An Port was soon a major trade [...]
Statues to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi.
The Hanoi People’s Committee has fulfilled a field research for the erection of statues of the late president Ho Chi Minh and Ton Duc Thang in Thong Nhat Park. The statues are a present from Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee to Hanoi on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. [...]