The Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Tourism has just launched a new bilingual magazine in Vietnamese and English for tourists.

 Established in Hanoi last week, the Vietnam Association of Tour Guides will protect tour guides’ rights and reputations - and the country’s status as a growing international tourism destination.

 Time Out reporter explores how Vietnam is maximising its venue capacity to become the fastest-growing luxury MICE destination in Asia.

 By applying technology to tourism, it is hoped that in the future, Vietnam will have systems in place to enable tourists to book hotels and tickets to enter attractions without support from travel agencies.

 The National Tourism 2018 – Ha Long-Quang Ninh was launched by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a press conference in Hanoi on November 6.

 The Viet Nam Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Khanh Hoa Tourism Department organised site inspections at several hotels in the central province in the immediate aftermath of typhoon Damrey.

 Legend has it that in a cataclysmic year, a gold bell on a raft floated down the river to the alluvial ground of Nhan Duc Hamlet.

 Chatbot Danang FanstatiCity is an all-in-one application providing tourists to the central coastal city of Da Nang with full travel information, local weather and road directions for free.

The ethnic Thai in Nghe An belong to an old branch of the original Thai people settled in the mountains of northern Vietnam. Some villagers are now turning to home-stay tourism to earn extra income and preserve their ancient culture.

Vietnam set a target of receiving 10 million international tourists in 2017. In less than 9 months, the tourism sector had already served more than 9.5 million foreign visitors.

 Vietnam will attend the World Travel Market scheduled for November 6-8 in London, the UK.

Lak Lake in Dak Lak is where travellers can take a glimpse into the unique cultural life of local ethnic communities, find appetising specialties and experience the fantastic gong culture.

 Bon Café on Nguyen Cong Tru Street in District 1, HCMC is growing crowded as local youths and foreign expatriates come to the coffee shop every Thursday night for a language exchange event.

 The number of international visitors to Viet Nam in the first 10 months of 2017 was estimated at 10.47 million, marking a year-on-year surge of 28.1 per cent.

In HCMC, the nation’s fastest growing city, there still exists a century-old bronze incense burner casting village called An Hoi where only five households are holding on to the traditional craft.

 National Assembly deputy Tran Cong Thuat of Quang Binh Province has suggested building a cable car system in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the province to attract more tourists to Vietnam, though similar proposals have been rejected earlier.

 A variety of cultural activities will be organised at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, in Son Tay district on the outskirts of Hanoi, throughout this November.

 Oxalis tour operator, the only travel company allowed to organise tours to the well-known Son Doong Cave officially opened its ticket sales to explore the world’s largest cave for 2018, with a route of four days and three nights.

 All tourist destinations in Da Nang will offer free admission to delegates attending the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017.

 The Green Transport Company Limited officially opened a new bus tour on October 31 in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau to meet travel demands.