The total number of international tourist arrivals to Viet Nam in the first six months of 2025 is estimated at 10,664,608, an increase of 20.7% compared to the same period in 2024. Domestic tourism is estimated at 77.5 million arrivals. Total revenue from tourism is estimated at 518 trillion VND.
Foreign arrivals are estimated at 7.572 million this year, up 10.6% compared to a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).
Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Vu Trong Kim has extended season's greetings to Catholic dignitaries and followers in Phat Diem diocese, Kim Son district, northern Ninh Binh province.
2013 is set to be a bumper year for the tourism sector as it has already welcomed 6.8 million visitors in the first eleven months so far, which represents an increase of 10.2 percent over the same period last year, says Nhan Dan Online.
Hanoi has been voted Asia's third most up-and-coming travel destination by tourists around the world via TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website.
Vietnam's tourism industry will be promoted strongly on social networks, smart phones and the internet under the National Tourism Promotion Programme for 2013-2020 that has just been approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Scientists have warned that the negative impacts caused by the climate change and the human's unreasonable treatment have both put Vietnam's natural heritages at risk of getting damaged and polluted.
Ninh Binh province is lucky enough have been endowed with the culture heritage of an ancient thousand-year-old capital.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the master plan on developing tourism in the Red River delta and coastal northeast until 2020, with vision to 2030.
On the occasion of the International Conference on Spiritual Tourism for Sustainable Development which was held in Ninh Binh province on November 21, 22, 2013. Ninh Binh newspaper had interview with some foreign experts relating to opportunities, challenges of spiritual tourism in Ninh Binh province.
Spiritual tourism has development potential, especially in Asia-Pacific, according to the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
By drawing on its rich heritage of Buddhist pagodas and ancient sites, this picturesque northern province of Ninh Binh hopes to attract more tourists from both Vietnam and around the world.
The PM has given a green light to the 2013-20 National tourism promotion program which was tailored to accelerate advertisement of Viet Nam's special tourism destinations, localities, products and services in foreign countries.
The first international conference on spiritual tourism will take place in the northern province of Ninh Binh's Bai Dinh Pagoda on November 21- 22, said an official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a press conference in Hanoi last week.
Cuc Phuong, Vietnam's first national park, is a relaxing place to enjoy a few days exploring a tropical rainforest, providing the perfect backdrop for profound thoughts and existential reflection.
Located near the town of Ninh Binh, Hoa Lu is the site of a 10th-century capital of an ancient Vietnamese Kingdom called Dai Co Viet. This small Kingdom covered an area of only 300 hectares, and reigned from the 10th century, during the Dinh and Le dynasties, to the 11th century, during the Ly Dynasty. The Kingdom was enclosed by a citadel. The citadel and the Yen Ngua limestone hills provided good defence for this kingdom against the Chinese.
When the cold wind comes, it's time for tourists to visit hot mineral springs. Not only relaxing, bathing in these springs helps restore health, cure some skin, joint and heart diseases. Below are the seven hot springs for you in the northern Vietnam.
Established in 1962, Cuc Phuong National Park is the first and the largest national park of Vietnam. It lies along the borders of three provinces of North Vietnam including Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa, with 140 kilometers South of Hanoi.
Number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in October reached more than 628,000 arrivals, up 15.1 percent over a year previous, and bringing the total number over the past ten months to over 6.1 million, up 10.4 percent year on year, according the General Statistics Office.
In Vietnam, there are about 3,000 craft villages, of which 400 are traditional villages. However, craft village tourism is not really well developed. The Vietnam Business Forum reports.
Located in Ninh Hai Commune, Hoa Lu District of Ninh Binh Province, Van Lam embroidery-making village has a long history famous nationwide for this traditional craft.
