Tourism

The ancient capital Hoa Luin the northern province of Ninh Binh, the backdrop for the upcoming Hollywood movie Kong: Skull Island, has enchanted visitors with its picturesque landscape, temples and pagodas for years now. Two of its more memorable sites are Am Tien Pagoda and Cave.

he Con Dao Islands in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have been listed among the best secret islands on Earth, according to a recent article by Travel + Leisure magazine.

The Government Office has issued the Prime Minister's Decision recognizing Tuyen Lam Lake in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, as a national tourist area.

According to Hue Relics Preservation Centre, Hue Imperial Citadel will open to tourists from 19:00 to 22:00 from April 22nd.

The northern province of Ninh Binh welcomed nearly 750,000 visitors during the 2017 Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays from January 27-February 5.

Cities and provinces nationwide were bustling during the Lunar New Year, the most important festival of Vietnam, running from January 26 to February 2.

Vietnam is promoting the "Northwestern Tourism Year" in 10 ASEAN member states to introduce ethnic culture, adventure and eco-tourism attractions, said Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Khanh Hai.

The northern province of Ninh Binh has put forth a number of measures to welcome 6.7 million tourists in 2017.

Vietnam is expected to enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 9.5 percent between 2016 and 2021 for outbound travel among Asia Pacific's emerging markets, according to the "Future of Outbound Travel in Asia Pacific 2016 to 2021" report by MasterCard.

The Discovery Channel has named Vietnam among the Top 10 destinations to visit in 2017 for its scenery and attractive cuisine.

Foreign tourist arrivals to Vietnam in December reached an estimated 879,000, a year-on-year increase of 18%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Ninh Binh province has received around 6.5million visitors this year, a year-on-year rise of 7.3%.

The Trang An landscape complex was officially recognised as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 2014 and the first mixed natural and cultural heritage in Vietnam and Southeast Asia area. The title has helped to improve the image and tourism brand name of Ninh Binh province in particular and Vietnam in general, contributing to the development of the province into a large tourism centre of the Red River Delta and the country.

Ninh Binh's tousim industry has so far attracted a large number of visitors, however, it has yet fully exploited untapped potentials possessed by the locality.

More than 9 million foreign tourists have come to Vietnam so far this year—a 25.4% year-on-year increase exceeding the target of 8.5 million for 2016, the General Statistics Office has announced.

The protection of Trang An landscape complex, which covers a wide land area and features diverse socio-economic activities, has been involved enthusiastically by not only the Trang An complex landscape management board itself, but also by local agencies, units and residents.

The Department of Tourism, Sports and Culture of northern Ninh Binh province held a conference on tourism management on November 8 to discuss making Ninh Binh a safe and friendly destination.

With a quintessential harmony between Buddhism and Catholicism and a combination of Eastern and Western cultural features, it can be said the Phat Diem Cathedral in the northern province of Ninh Binh is the most unique piece of religious architecture in Vietnam.

The tourism promotion information center under the Ninh Binh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with Nam Thanh travel tourist JSC to offer a new tour: "Exploring Bai Dinh pagoda at night and Thien Ha cave".