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Ba Om Pond - famous tourist site in Tra Vinh dries up

 Ba Om Pond, a famous tourist attraction in the southern Tra Vinh Province, has run dry for the first time because of the worst drought in 90 years.

HCM City develops street food into tourist attraction

 Ho Chi Minh City is developing street food as a unique culture to draw more domestic and foreign visitors.

Sofitel Metropole Hanoi named among World’s top hotels

 The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has been named as one of the world’s most favourite hotels in Conde Nast Traveller’s 2016 Gold List.

A house that features Vietnamese craft villages

 Vietnam House has been launched recently in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2 to preserve and promote the quintessence of domestic crafts to locals and foreigners.

Phong Nha - Ke Bang, the background for blockbuster film King Kong

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Kong: Skull Island film crew arrived in Phong Nha in Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam, to prepare for shooting some scenes.

Promotion programmes for tourists to Nha Trang

 The 2016 Nha Trang tourism promotion programme promises to bring enormous benefits for domestic and international vacationers in the resort city in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

Preparations for 2017 National Tourism Year discussed

Leaders and authorities from eight localities in the northwestern region gathered at a meeting on February 25 to discuss co-operation plans for the 2017 National Tourism Year to be held in Lao Cai and across the region next year.

Da Nang hosts beach-leisure and large group tourism event

  The Beach-Leisure and M.I.C.E Travel Mart, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, will take place from June 24 to 26 at the Tien Son Sports Centre.

VN aims to lure 1 million Russian tourists by 2020

 Vietnam’s tourism sector aims to welcome one million Russian visitors by 2020, said Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration Nguyen Quoc Hung.

Int’l arrivals to Vietnam continue to rise in 2016

 Vietnam welcomed over 1.63 million foreign tourists in the first two months of 2016, up16 percent compared to the same period last year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on February 24.

Responsible tourism is national priority: official

 Responsible tourism is everyone’s business and the industry has the potential to become the cornerstone of the nation’s economy, says the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

9th HCMC Book Festival to open in March

 The 9th Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival will be held at the Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from March 21-27.

Movie shoots offer tourism marketing potential

 Vietnam will grasp the opportunity to promote the country through famous movies, a tourism official has said.

Hanoi to host International Travel Mart 2016

 The Vietnam International Travel Mart – VITM 2016 themed “Vietnam – The paradise of sea and island tourism” is set to take place in Hanoi from April 14-17.

How should the gold mine of Vietnam tourism be explored?

2015 was the first year in the past six years the number of international visitors to Vietnam fell. Besides economic factors, we can say that Vietnam's tourism needs a judicious investment and development plan.

National Tourism Year 2016 announced

 The 2016 National Tourism Year was launched in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on February 22 under the theme: “Discovering the Southern Land”.

Tough visa process hurts VN tourism

 Travel companies have urged HCM City to simplify visa procedures and create new tourism products to attract more visitors, according to Do Quoc Thong, deputy general director of Ben Thanh Tourist Service Company.

Russians become honourable guests of Vietnam int’l travel mart

 Tourists from Russia will be honourable guests at Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2016, Vietnam’s leading tourism show in Hanoi from April 14-17, according to the organising board.

Hoi An festival promotes farm produce and craft

 The city of Hoi An will host a festival to honour maize – a farm produce grown in Cam Nam commune – for the third year on February 23.

Lang Biang reserve a hot spot for biodiversity

 The Lang Biang Biosphere Reserve is home to an array of species, making it ideal for research and eco-tourism.