Tourism

The UNESCO Office in Hanoi and Vietnam Cultural Heritage Conservation Support Fund has held a round-table meeting to discuss a new approach to study Vietnam's heritage.

The Centre for Scientific and Cultural Activities of Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature - National University) in Hanoi has put into operation an automatic multi-language guide system to serve domestic and foreign tourists.

Tours to Ho (Tiger), Over and Pygmy Caves in the central province of Quang Binh have been launched by Jungle Boss, a local tour operator.

2017 is considered a successful year for the tourism sector, with 13 million international tourists arriving in Vietnam, up by three million against the previous year.

U.S. travel site Insider has named Viet Nam's northern province of Ninh Binh as one of the 50 best spots to visit in 2018.

About 13 million foreigners chose Vietnam as their holiday destination in 2017, which is considered a record of the tourism sector and marked a year-on-year rise of nearly 3 million in the number of foreign visitors for the first time.

A range of activities have been carried out by Vietnam tourism sector and other related authorities to realise the single ASEAN visa policy.

The National Tourism Year 2017 themed Lao Cao and Northwestern provinces officially closed in Lao Cai city of the same name province on the night of December 16.

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.