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Magnificent cloud-covered scenery of Da Lat

 Coming to Da Lat in spring, you will have a chance to enjoy the cold weather and being on a fairy land among drifting and bobbing clouds.

Foreign visitors to Viet Nam increase by 3.5% in February

 More than 833,000 foreign visitors entered Viet Nam in February, a 3.5 per cent increase from the previous month and 20 per cent surge year-on-year.

Guinness cable car offers services to over 40,000 tourists

 The world’s longest three-rope cable car connecting Muong Hoa Valley and Fansipan Mountain in the northern province of Lao Cai has helped some 40,000 tourists conquer the so-called “Roof of Indochina” in one month of operation.

Lam Dong: Drastic moves taken following tourists’ accidents

 The People’s Committee of Lam Dong has ordered local departments and sectors to inspect all tourism activities and services to ensure safety for tourists in the wake of two recent accidents that claimed the lives offour foreign visitors.

Ministry orders prompt overhaul of adventure tourism management

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has demanded immediate overhaul of adventure tourism management and operation nationwide, a move following two recent accidents that killed four foreign tourists.

Ho Tram's top tee-time

There has never been a better time for golfers to book themselves a trip to Ho Tram  than right now, as The Grand and The Bluffs tee-up promotional rates starting at just VND2.9 million per person.

Scaling the Great Wall of Vietnam

 One of central Vietnam’s most interesting tourist destinations – The Great Wall of Vietnam – was discovered by archaeologists in 2011 in the remote countryside of the central part of the country.

Ba Om Pond - famous tourist site in Tra Vinh dries up

 Ba Om Pond, a famous tourist attraction in the southern Tra Vinh Province, has run dry for the first time because of the worst drought in 90 years.

HCM City develops street food into tourist attraction

 Ho Chi Minh City is developing street food as a unique culture to draw more domestic and foreign visitors.

Sofitel Metropole Hanoi named among World’s top hotels

 The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has been named as one of the world’s most favourite hotels in Conde Nast Traveller’s 2016 Gold List.

A house that features Vietnamese craft villages

 Vietnam House has been launched recently in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2 to preserve and promote the quintessence of domestic crafts to locals and foreigners.

Phong Nha - Ke Bang, the background for blockbuster film King Kong

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Kong: Skull Island film crew arrived in Phong Nha in Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam, to prepare for shooting some scenes.

Promotion programmes for tourists to Nha Trang

 The 2016 Nha Trang tourism promotion programme promises to bring enormous benefits for domestic and international vacationers in the resort city in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

Preparations for 2017 National Tourism Year discussed

Leaders and authorities from eight localities in the northwestern region gathered at a meeting on February 25 to discuss co-operation plans for the 2017 National Tourism Year to be held in Lao Cai and across the region next year.

Da Nang hosts beach-leisure and large group tourism event

  The Beach-Leisure and M.I.C.E Travel Mart, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, will take place from June 24 to 26 at the Tien Son Sports Centre.

VN aims to lure 1 million Russian tourists by 2020

 Vietnam’s tourism sector aims to welcome one million Russian visitors by 2020, said Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration Nguyen Quoc Hung.

Int’l arrivals to Vietnam continue to rise in 2016

 Vietnam welcomed over 1.63 million foreign tourists in the first two months of 2016, up16 percent compared to the same period last year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on February 24.

Responsible tourism is national priority: official

 Responsible tourism is everyone’s business and the industry has the potential to become the cornerstone of the nation’s economy, says the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Movie shoots offer tourism marketing potential

 Vietnam will grasp the opportunity to promote the country through famous movies, a tourism official has said.

Hanoi to host International Travel Mart 2016

 The Vietnam International Travel Mart – VITM 2016 themed “Vietnam – The paradise of sea and island tourism” is set to take place in Hanoi from April 14-17.