The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho enjoyed strong growth in tourism last year due to a series of international political and cultural events and traditional festivals, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

App launched to support visitors of Thang Long imperial citadel

The Thang Long – Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre will launch an automatic guiding system for smart phone users in late January 2018 to support visitors of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel relic.

Vietnamese tourism showcased in Thailand

Vietnam is participating in an ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from January 22-26 by hosting artistic performance to promote Vietnam's tourism.

The lauch of the spiritual tour and experience boating of Hoa Binh Lake.

(HBO) - Hoa Binh Tourism Investment joint Stock Company has launched a spiritual tour and experience boating of Hoa Binh Lake.

Princess Cruises increases high-class tours to Vietnam

Princess Cruises, a five-star premium cruise line, has announced that it will increase the number of cruise tours to Vietnam in 2018.

Cua Van among most beautiful villages around the world

Cua Van, a small floating fishing village in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has been listed among the world’s 16 most beautiful villages by Journeyetc.com, a travel advisory website.

Kim Boi district looks to develop high-quality tourism

(HBO) – Kim Boi district in northern Hoa Binh province is endowed with beautiful natural scenery with majestic caves, mountains and forests. It is also famous for folk culture and traditional festivals of Muong ethnic minority group. To promote its potential, the district has focused investment on improving the quality of tourism services, striving to become a high-quality tourism centre in the province.

A visit to Langbiang Mountain

Visitors to the resort city of Da Lat can take a tour of the Langbiang plateau and sample ruou can (wine stored in a big jar and drunk with a long bamboo pipe), a specialty of ethnic minorities living in the Central Highlands.

Mekong delta Kien Giang names three tourist zones

The People’s Committee in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has recognised the Nam Du Archipelago and Lai Son Island in Kien Hai District and Hai Tac Archipelago in Ha Tien Town as local tourist zones.

The valley of Ai village shines with Muong cultural space.

(HBO)- Ai Village, Phong Phu commune (Tan Lac) is a small valley with hills, cliffs surrounding with cloud, mountainous wind through the trees. The village has Ai stream, which is fresh and pure flowing around Ai village. There are a lot of caves in the mountain sides surrounding Ai village.

Ba Ria- Vung Tau develops high-quality tourism

The Politburo has issued a resolution on developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector by 2020, with the aim of contributing 10% to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), up from the current 6.8%. Accordingly, over the past few years, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province has deployed many solutions to support enterprises to "renew" their tours; and diversify and improve the quality of tourist products.

Homestay tourism in Sa Pa attracts holidaymakers

Among the crowds of visitors in Sa Pa district in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai in the early days of 2018, many chose to stay at the homes of local ethnic minority people to experience the unique culture first-hand.

The impression of community tourism in Tu Do commune

(HBO) – The highland commune of Tu Do (Lac Son) has many advantages of tourism development thanks to the endowed nature, the cultural identities and traditional customs preserved. Since 2011, homestay form has appeared and made an impression for community tourism.

Dien Bien hosts first cherry blossom festival

A cherry blossom festival opened for the first time in the north-western province of Dien Bien on January 6.

Cao Phong taps waterway potential for tourism development

(HBO) – Cao Phong – Muong Thang is known as the beautiful and well-off land where special cultural values and charming natural landscapes remain, with many tourism destinations leaving deep impressions on visitors. The district has two communes surrounding Hoa Binh lake, namely Binh Thanh and Thung Nai, with lakeside hamlets and villages embracing picturesque landscapes, creating the attractiveness of Cao Phong’s tourism.

PM approves master plans for Xuan Dai Bay and Phong Nha – Ke Bang Park

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved master plans to 2030 for the development of Xuan Dai Bay in Phu Yen province and Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province.

Message from the "land of flowers"

Despite not being the origin of the plantation for flowers, with its own advantages, Da Lat city (Lam Dong province) has changed from a land of mountains and hills into the ‘kingdom of flowers’ in Vietnam. 

Measures sought to develop tourism products on Da River

(HBO) – Da River, which runs along imposing mountains and primeval forests and connects Hoa Binh, Son La, Lai Chau and Dien Bien provinces, boasts huge potential to develop cultural, eco and spiritual tourism, thus helping improve local livelihoods. Building tourist attractions along the river is seen as a key task in tourism development.

Hoa Binh lake defined as focus of Tan Lac’s tourism development plan


(HBO) - Tan Lac, the land of Muong Bi, known as the cradle of Hoa Binh culture, has still preserved unique cultural values of the Muong ethnic minority people through daily activities, stilt houses, traditional costumes, and cradlesong, as well as "De dat de nuoc" (The Making of the Nation) epic with deep contents.

Quang Ninh to host 100 events during National Tourism Year

Up to 100 events will be held throughout 2018 in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh as part of the National Tourism Year.

Exploit the potential of developing tourism

(HBO) - Tan Lac District is well- known as the ancient land of Muong Bi, "the cradle” of the famous Hoa Binh culture. The land is rich in ethnic cultural identities, natural tourism resources and diverse human resources, which create highlighted spot to attract tourists near and far to visit the ancient land and bring a new look for the district tourism.

Mai Chau has 146 tourist accommodation establishments.

(HBO) – In 2017, Mai Chau District kept implementing the action program No.06 of the District Deputy Committee about the implementation of Resolution No. 06 – NQ/TU on 30th August, 2016 of the provincial Deputy Committee about making Mai Chau District become a national tourist destination in 2020 with a vision to 2030.

Tu Ne commune develops community-based ecotourism

HBO – Community-based ecotourism was officially formed in Tu Ne commune in Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province when the Center for Environment and Community Assets Development (CECAD) under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations carried out a project to restore and preserve Muong culture and a programme to improve the capacity of local poor people in 2008.

Hoa Binh strives to develop modern tourism

(HBO) – The northern province of Hoa Binh is currently home to four natural reserves, 102 protected cultural and historical relic sites, including 41 national and 39 provincial ones, contributing to the province’s tourism development.

Exhibition promoting Indonesia’s tourism opens in Hanoi

An exhibition hosted by the Embassy of Indonesia in Vietnam opened at the Umah Indo exhibition house in Hanoi on December 13.