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.

 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.

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

 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.

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.

  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.

 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.

 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 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).

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

 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.

2015 was the first year in the past six years the number of international visitors to Vietnam fell. Besides economic factors, we can say that Vietnam's tourism needs a judicious investment and development plan.

 The 2016 National Tourism Year was launched in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on February 22 under the theme: “Discovering the Southern Land”.

 Travel companies have urged HCM City to simplify visa procedures and create new tourism products to attract more visitors, according to Do Quoc Thong, deputy general director of Ben Thanh Tourist Service Company.

 Tourists from Russia will be honourable guests at Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2016, Vietnam’s leading tourism show in Hanoi from April 14-17, according to the organising board.

 The city of Hoi An will host a festival to honour maize – a farm produce grown in Cam Nam commune – for the third year on February 23.

 The Lang Biang Biosphere Reserve is home to an array of species, making it ideal for research and eco-tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The "Kong: Skull Island" film crew arrived in Vietnam on February 18 to shoot some scenes in Ninh Binh, Ha Long Bay and Son Doong Cave.

 Tourists visiting Sin Suoi Ho village in mountainous Lai Chau Province's Phong Tho District will see beautiful cymbidium orchids in nearly 100 ethnic Mong households.

 A Vietnam tourism promotion programme in the Czech Republic was launched on February 19 by the Vietnamese Embassy.