Tourism

The Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival 2018 will be held in Ninh Binh province by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to introduce and popularize the area's potential and strength in culture, sports and tourism development and national cultural heritage.

According to the latest statistics released by the Ninh Binh Department of Tourism, the number of tourist arrivals to the province hit an estimated 6.3 million between January and September, up 4.9% compared with the same period last year.

The number of international tourist arrivals to Vietnam in the third quarter of this year increased 14.9 percent against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A cultural and tourism festival promoting the beauty of Hoang Su Phi's terraced fields and ethnic culture is due to kick off in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on September 28.

The Fund for Cultural Preservation of the US Embassy in Vietnam has decided to assist 92,500 USD for conserving the Ho Dynasty Citadel, a UNESCO-recognised World Cultural Heritage site, in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

CNN has selected the top five up-and-coming Asia Pacific destinations to visit this fall, including Phu Quoc Island off Vietnam's southern province of Kien Giang.

The northern province of Ninh Binh is striving to become one of the tourism hubs of Vietnam by 2020 and to turn tourism into a spearhead industry of the local economy by 2030.

The Ninh Binh People's Committee on August 30 issued Decision No. 1124 on approving the Master plan of developing the locality's tourism section till 2025, with orientations towards 2030.

Vietnam was named among the destinations with the biggest year-over-year increase in international tourist arrivals, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)'s report.

Sa Pa district in the northwestern province of Lao Cai welcomed 47,000 visitors from August 30 to September 2 during the National Day holiday, 15,000 more than the same period last year.

Viet Nam was honored as Asia's Leading Destination in 2018 at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony 2018 held on September 3 in Hong Kong (China).

Though home to such renowed destinations as Trang An landscape, Van Long natural reserve, and Tam Coc - Bich Dong, the northern province of Ninh Binh also has a new hot spot that draws a large number of visitors, which is Mua Cave, the site that is listed among top five must see destinations in the locality by TripAdvisor.

Vietnam welcomed over 10.4 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of 2018, up 22.8% against the same period of last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Prime Minister has approved the tasks for the planning of construction of the Hoa Binh Lake national tourism site in the northern province of Hoa Binh to 2035.

Ninh Binh province has rencently launched a portal on tourism and a smart tourism app used for mobile devices, aiming to provide official information and best experiences to visitors to the locality.

The Cau Vang (Golden Bridge) in the central coastal city of Da Nang held up by a colossal pair of hands has caught media attention worldwide due to its dazzling design.

The ancient village of Truong Yen, in Hoa Lu district of the northern province of Ninh Binh, is famous not only for housing the Hoa Lu ancient capital, but also hundreds of intact ancient houses.

The northern province of Ninh Binh welcomed around 5.3 million tourists in the first half of this year, up nearly 5.3 percent year-on-year, and earned a tourism revenue of 1.8 trillionVND.

Additional 44 caves have been discovered in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, raising the total caves found so far in this area to 405, according to the park's management board.