More than 805,000 visits were made to Vietnam by international tourists in January, a 5.8 percent increase from last month and 12.3 percent surge from the same month last year, said the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, some 200km from Ho Chi Minh City, has many interesting places to visit and things to do.

 Admission prices at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park will remain unchanged until end-2017, the management of the park said at a tourism promotion conference in HCMC on Monday.

 More than 10,000 visitors are estimated to have descended on the northern resort town of Sapa on January 24 to catch a glimpse of the snowfall - a rare occurrence in a tropical country like Vietnam.

 Some 124 tourists have been stranded on Ly Son Island, 30km off central Quang Ngai Province, as passenger boat services have been suspended due to rough seas.

 Despite the cold winter, Moc Chau Plateau in Son La northern province maintains its stunning beauty with colourful flowers.

Director of the Hoang Lien National Park has asked travel agencies to cancel mountaineering tours, including the tour to Fansipan – the roof of Indochina - from January 23 through 27 because of bad weather.

 Deciduous season is the best time to visit rubber forests in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. It usually falls around the end of December.

 La Siesta Hotel in Hanoi has been listed among top 10 world's best hotels by TripAdvisor – the world’s largest tourism website.

 More than 100 domestic and foreign travel agents are expected to attend the first ever MICE (business) tourism expo set for June 24-26 at the at the Tien Son Sports Centre in central Danang city, officials have announced.

 An eight-minute film featuring Vietnam’s beautiful landscapes, unique culture and 30-year reform achievements, began a seminar held in Panama on January 20, to popularise Vietnam’s people and tourism potentials.

 The Hanoi Department of Tourism will coordinate with the municipal police and relevant agencies to clarify the case regarding 59 Vietnamese visitors who ran away during their trip to Jeju Island in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has called on travel firms to carefully screen guests joining their outbound tours after several dozen Vietnamese tourists went missing shortly after their visa-free arrival on Jeju Island.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on January 15 announced it’s list of the top 10 tourism activities and events in 2015.

Vietravel Company has been granted a one-year monopoly on handling air routes connecting Can Tho City to Da Lat and Nha Trang City.

 A programme on tourism promotion of the central city of Da Nang was launched in Hanoi on January 16.

 Northern Hai Phong city has recently recognised two routes and six destinations as local notable tourist attractions, which will receive priority in investment to develop relevant tourism products and services.

 Wanderlust Tips, a bilingual tourism publication for travellers, will be presented to readers on January 15.

Vietnamese travel firms and service providers for Russian visitors have been rattled by the Russian tourism authority’s decision to stop renewing licenses for a number of Russian travel agencies.

 Vietnam Airlines will launch a sales promotion for its flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to various destinations across Southeast Asia.