Vietnam Travel News

Viet Nam’s tourism industry is targeting 4.5 million international tourists in 2010, according to Nguyen Van Tuan, general director of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

"Be careful! Stay away from that direction, or else you will probably be hurt by pieces of thrown-out stones,

Tour operators in the country have received early bookings from overseas Vietnamese returning home for the Lunar New Year 2010 or Tet, with several firms reporting busier business this year.

Vietnam’s tourism industry has been relying on the domestic market as the number of foreign travelers has decreased dramatically due to the global financial crisis.

Vietnam is forecast to see an 11% decline in international tourist arrivals this year with the financial crisis and the H1N1 swine flu cited as the culprits, according to a report.

A documentary about the culture of ethnic groups in the nation’s northwest has been launched on Viet Nam Television.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has officially recognized Thai Phien flower village as the first traditional trade village in the province.

The professional cheo (traditional opera) festival 2009 raised hopes for performers that public awareness about the need to preserve the folk art genre has been improved.

Among the wildflowers and tea fields of the rugged northwestern mountains, you’ll find some of the best milk Southeast Asia has to offer.

The tourism sector sets a target of welcoming around 4.5 million foreign visitors in 2010,

 More than 40 representatives from Vietnamese associations in Germany meeting in the Vietnamese embassy in Berlin on December 26 discussed how to organize the upcoming “Vietnam Year in Germany - 2010”

A series of culture, economy and sport activities will be held throughout next year to celebrate the “Vietnam Year in Germany – 2010”, marking a new step of development in Vietnam-Germany relations.

The central coast city of Nha Trang takes pride in its bay.

Passengers have been made to wait longer hours this week at the Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports as Jetstar Pacific delayed and canceled its flight for technical reasons.