The annual Ponagar Festival, the biggest of its kind in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, opened in Nha Trang city on April 27, drawing a crowd of pilgrims from the surrounding provinces.

 Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee has allowed Cham Island Tourist Company Limited to launch a new and fascinating tour to explore the undersea world: walking tour under the sea.

 International arrivals to Vietnam increased 17.8 percent against the same period last year to reach 3,248,634 at the end of April, according to General Statistics Office (GSO) figures.

 A rope-swinging adventure tour at Datanla waterfalls, where three foreign tourists died in February, was under inspection on April 26.

 Different from other kinds of glutinous rice cake, Hai Duong’s Long cake has a light flavor, sweet-smelling, buttery and hot taste of puffed glutinous rice, ginger, roasted peanuts and sugar.

For $7.18, travel aficionados can now enjoy a one-day train tour to Thuy Chau tourist site in Di An town, the neibouring province of Binh Duong, from Ho Chi Minh City’s outskirts via Sai Gon Railways JSC’s new routes.

Thanh An island village in Can Gio district is seen as a right place for summer holidays where you can enjoy mild weather and beautiful landscapes while staying away from bustling cities.

Local authorities in Vung Tau City have decided to ban tourists from holding parties on the local beaches in an effort to keep them clean.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vinh Hy Bay is known for the blue sea, white sand and relatively unspoiled landscape, suitable for those who love adventure traveling and the sea world.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The lemon tea, draught beer, and coffee shops at the "international crossroads of Ta Hien” are increasingly and crowded on weekend evenings.

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 20 km from the center of Sa Pa town, Seo My Ty reservoir is at an altitude of over 1,600m, in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Buon Ma Thuot is the capital and also the most popular destination in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. It attracts visitors by the immense coffee forest, the unique gong culture, and spectacular natural scenery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Building marine tourism brand or selecting culinary art as the core values of the Vietnamese tourism is still a matter of controversy.

 Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific Airlines announced their partnership for the Lotusmiles programme on April 20.

 The Independence Palace in HCM City will open two more rooms for tourists starting April 28.

 The Vietnam Tourism Association named Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province, My Khe of Da Nang and Quan Lan in Quang Ninh as Vietnam’s three most beautiful beaches.

 The Cat Bi international airport in the northern port city of Hai Phong will extend its access to destinations at home and abroad in the near future, revealed a local conference on April 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tunnel of sculpture has become a must-see destination in the travel handbook of anyone who visits Da Lat.

 As many as 250 representatives from 220 German and Austrian travel agencies are participating in a conference on tourism which opened in the central coastal city of Da Nang on April 21.

To describe American tourism in short words, travelers would say “quality”, for Japanese tourism, it will be “respect, meticulous”, for Italy it will be “longing, romantic and luxury”. What words could be used to describe Vietnam’s tourism?