Tourism

Only about 90km from Hanoi, Ninh Binh has many picturesque landscapes and historical and cultural relics. In addition, with a favourable geographical position and a relatively good transportation system, Ninh Binh can develop tourism to speed up economic restructuring.

Two resorts which are invested in by real estate giant Sun Group were honoured with top prizes at the 24th World Travel Awards (WTA) 2017 gala night, held in Phu Quoc Island on December 10.

Ninh Binh is home to numerous stunning landscape, historical and relic sites. Popular destinations like Tam Coc- Bich Dong, Trang An, Van Long, Hoa Lu, Bai Dinh, Phat Diem, Kenh Ga and Cuc Phuong have attracted large crowds of local and foreign visitors over the past years

Vietnam has been selected as the best golf destination in the Asia-Pacific region in the 2017 Asia Golf Awards on-line poll conducted by the Asia Golf Magazine.

Citizens of additional six countries can now apply for and receive Vietnamese e-visas.

The PM has signed a decision to recognize Sapa in Sapa district, the Northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, as a national tourism site.

Vietnam welcomed more than 11.6 million international tourists in 2017, not yet counting December, a year-on-year rise of 27.8%, according to Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The Government will spend over VND30 trillion on tourism infrastructure development through 2020, according to the Government's latest target program on tourism infrastructure development for period 2016-2020.

The Green Heritage Culture and Tourism Week is being held in Hanoi on November 21-23 with a focus on honouring Vietnam's natural heritages and raising public awareness on preserving the country's biological diversity and environment.

With numerous beautiful and alluring tourismsites,Ninh Binh is becoming a popular destination to visitors. The increasing number of visitors year - on -year poses a challenge to local authority and managers in protecting the environment in these spots to achieve sustainable development for the tourism sector.

On 11 November, the 25th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting officially ended in the coastal city of Da Nang and adopted Da Nang Declaration which included sustainable tourism development.

A series of projects worth a total 61 trillion VND (2.7 billion USD) will be built in the Van Don Special Administrative - Economic Unit, the northern province of Quang Ninh in 2018, according to Deputy Head of the management board of Quang Ninh economic zone Hoang Trung Kien.

The '2018 National Tourism Year - Ha Long - Quang Ninh' programme, with around 50 cultural and art activities which promises to attract 16 million visitors.

Oxalis tour operator, the only travel company allowed to organise tours to the well-known Son Doong Cave, in the central province of Quang Binh, officially opened its ticket sales to explore the world's largest cave for 2018, with a route of four days and three nights.

The number of foreign arrivals to Viet Nam hit 1.02 million in October, representing a month-on-month growth of 5%. This was the seventh consecutive month, Viet Nam welcomed over 1 million foreign visitors.

Home to numerous historical and cultural relic sites and breathtaking landscapes plus developed infrastructure and convenient transport system, Ninh Binh is seen to have huge potentials of MICE tourism.

The third Ooc-Om-Bok Festival (moon worship festival) of the Mekong Delta will take place from October 28-November 3, according to the event's organising board.

As from 2018, visitors can conduct the Son Dong Cave expedition by overcoming the Vietnam's Great Wall (high stalactite wall) to shorten the time exploring the incredible cave to four days and three nights.

The Ninh Binh provincial People's Committee on August 14, 2017issued a plan to develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector.