Vietnam Travel News

The National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has launched a new tourism promotion program, “Vietnam: Your Destination.” Though VNAT has called on tour operators to cut prices, it isn’t giving them substantial support.

Tuy Hoa city in Phu Yen province is very peaceful at night. Phu Yen’s ancient Cham tower and the famous tourist site Ghenh Da Dia are revealed through the lens of Nguyen Trung.

The Government has approved a five-year training project on sustainable management, protection and development of coastal areas and islands nation-wide.

The Bac Ninh Province People’s Committee March 31 announced an upcoming festival from April 14-18 titled “Bac Ninh Literature – Gather and Shine.”

The airline said authorities in Macau revoked the carrier’s license for flights to Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne and Jakarta without any prior notice.

More investment from private agencies will see Vietnamese tourism post double-digit growth by 2012, leading global market research company RNCOS said in a report March 16.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is calling on local and foreign individual and organizations to make a new logo and slogan for marketing activities of the country’s tourism in the 2011-2015 period, an official said.

The 2010 Bac Ninh Festival will be held at the national level at the Kinh Bac cultural centre, said Nguyen Dang Tuc, Head of the Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on April 1.

The Bac Ninh Festival 2010, themed “Bac Ninh Culture – Convergence and Shining”, will be held in Bac Ninh city from April 14-18.

Vietnamese cuisine lovers and French-speaking chefs from around the globe gathered in Paris on March 31 for a four-day food festival dubbed “Cooks’ village in Paris”.

The Hanoi People’s Committee and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) have agreed to showcase a part of the relics at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel on the occasion of the capital city’s 1,000 th founding anniversary.

The Hue Tourism College and Thailand’s Ubon Rachathani Rajabhat University have signed an agreement to promote cooperation in education and training.

Fifty foreign art troupes from 25 countries registered to take part in Festival Hue 2010 as announced by the Hue Festival Centre on March 30.

International visitors to Vietnam in March estimated 473,509 arrivals, increasing by 6.1% and 56.0% over last month and the same period last year, respectively.

As of April 16, 2010, the US Embassy in Hanoi and the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City will require all non-immigrant visa applicants to complete a new, electronic, web-based form.