Tourism

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has given the nod to Ninh Binh province's plan of building Kenh Ga hot spring - Van Trinh cave tourism site.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has issued an official dispatch to ask accommodation providers and travel and service businesses to assist farmers to sell their agricultural products.

Tourists travelling to Vietnam from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand will no longer have to pay excessively high visa fees if the recommendations of a working group are adopted.

The Ninh Binh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has reported that tourist arrivals to the province numbered 533,800 in May, expanding 63.9 percent compared to the same period last year.

SmarterTravel, one of the largest travel online source of the US, has revealed the world's top 27 amazing natural wonders in Asia, including 3 destinations in Vietnam.

Many world-famous websites such as National Geographic and Telegraph have published stunning pictures of Vietnam's Son Doong, the world's largest cave.

The proportion of international visitors who have returned to Vietnam twice or more has reached 32.98%, announced the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Vietnam ranked the 75th out of 141 countries in the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), five grades higher than 2013.

Located behind a range of limestone mountains in Gia Sinh Commune, Gia Vien District, northern Ninh Binh Province, Bai Dinh pagoda is about 15 kilometers from Ninh Binh province and 95 kilometers from Hanoi.

Vacationers, at home and abroad, swarmed tourist attractions across Vietnam during the six-day long holiday, which started on April 28 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of southern liberation and national reunification on April 30.

A delegation from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and 15 leading tourism agents are showcasing their products at the Global Exhibition on Services GES-2015, which is taking place in India from April 23-25.

From April 3 to 6, 2015. Tourism Promotion Information Center in conjunction with Ninh Binh Tourism Association and 12 tourism enterprises to organized promoting Ninh Binh tourism in VITM Hanoi 2015.

The total number of foreign visitors to Vietnam in the first three months of this year has been estimated at over two millions, a drop of 13.7% compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

The Ninh BinhPeople's Committee has decided to set up a tourist support center that will be managed by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam's National Tourism Year of 2015 themed 'Connecting world heritage' will be launched in the central province of Thanh Hoa on April 3, the provincial People's Committee announced at a March 12 press conference.

The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam grew by 7.9% month-on-month in February to 756,000, announced by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on February 27.

Several new tourism services will be launched by central Thanh Hoa province this year in response to the 2015 National Tourism Year, including 11 new tours linked with a variety of local tourist attractions.

According to the Ninh Binh provincial Deparment of Culture, Sport and Tourism, the northern province welcomed over 156,2000 tourist arrivals in the first month of this year, a year-on-year increase of 30.7%.

Travel agencies across the countries have made numerous recommendations to the northern province of Ninh Binh on how to make the most of the province's rich tourism potential, including the Trang An complex which is a UNESCO-recognised world heritage site.