Biggest Mong festival set to begin; Son Tra festival brings Thai guests; Quang Nam to open new tourism site; Ninh Binh opens National Tourism Year 2015; Japanese cruise ship with 650 passengers arrives in HCMC

 Two guesthouses in Sam Son fined for insulting travellers; Vietnamese visitors to Singapore record double-digit growth in Q1; Thanh Hoa to host National Tourism Year 2015; Can Tho asks VietJetAir to ensure quality of new air route

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will launch a tourism campaign touting Vietnam as an astonishingly safe, hospitable and fascinating international travel destination.

 Oldest silk craft village recognized in Hanoi; Russian pianists to perform at Hennessy Concert; HCM City lends Hindu sculptures for Met exhibition in NYC; Vietnamese black-white photos exhibited in France

 The Red River Delta-Hai Phong National Tourism Year 2013 ended in the northern port city on December 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The mountains and forests of the Central Highlands will come into sharp focus at the year-long National Tourism Year 2014 event, organisers said last Friday.