The technical meeting of Regional Management Standing Committee and Working Group of the 8 Greater North-West Provinces
(TITC) - On July 25, 2013, the technical meeting between the European Union funded "Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme (ESRT)" and Working Group of the 8 Greater North-West Provinces took place in Phu Tho.
Deputy Director General of VNAT Nguyen Quoc Hung receives the representative of Aviareps Group
(TITC) - On July 26th 2013, in Ha Noi, Deputy Director General of VNAT Nguyen Quoc Hung had a meeting with Mr. Harry Betist, General Manager Tourism of the Netherlands…
(TITC) - This was the affirmation of VNAT's Director General Nguyen Van Tuan in an interview by the Japan Times on July 25. The interview was held on the occasion…
Lam Dong targets 4.3 mln tourists in 2013
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has designed numerous packages to lure more tourists to Da Lat city between now and the year-end, heading to the target of 4.3 million tourists in 2013.
The 2nd family temple in Hoi An opens
(TITC) - On July 13, 2013, the Center for Culture and Sports of Hoi An City coordinated with Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation to open the tourist spot of Nguyen Tuong family temple. This is the second family temple opening to the public in Hoi An in addition to Tran family temple.
250,000 int'l tourists come to HCM City in July
Ho Chi Minh City reports an estimated 250,000 international tourists in July, a year-on-year increase of nine percent. Among the tourists, nearly 210,000 arrived by air.
Museum of Ethnology ranks high
The TripAdvisor.com tourism website has ranked the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology as excellent.
Bac Giang tourism takes effort to attract tourists
(TITC) - Located 50km from Ha Noi Capital to the north, Bac Giang not only has long-standing historical - cultural tradition with nearly 2,300 relic sites, but also owns many beautiful natural landscapes, unique traditional craft villages, more than 500 festivals and many special folk cultural activities of ethnic minority groups. However, Bac Giang tourism has not developed due to lack of specific tourism products…
Tourism sector kept positive growth in the first 6 months of 2013
(TITC) - On July 19th, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) held an online conference simultaneously in Ha Noi, Da Nang City and Ho Chi Minh City under the chair of Minister Hoang Tuan Anh.
Workshop on training need assessment in tourism
(TITC) - On July 22nd 2013, in Ha Noi, the workshop on Training Need Assessment (TNA) in tourism was organized in order to report the outcomes of the survey implemented by international and local experts from April to July 2013.
Workshop on tourism business environment in Quang Nam
(TITC) - The Quang Nam's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently coordinated with "Strengthening the tourism activities in the inland districts" project of International Labour Organization (ILO) to hold a workshop on tourism business environment in Dong Giang Dist., Quang Nam Province.
Khanh Hoa - most favourite destination for Russians
The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa is becoming the most favourite destination in Vietnam for Russians as in the first half of the year, it welcomed 79,000 arrivals, accounting for 45.5 percent of the total number of Russians to Vietnam.
Phong Nha cave listed among top world destinations
Vietnam's world heritage Phong Nha cave in the central province of Quang Binh has been certificated as one of world's best destinations by the US famous tourism website TripAdvisor.
Over 2.1 million foreigners visit HCMC
Ho Chi Minh city greeted more than 246,000 foreign tourists in July 2013, a 9 percent rise against the same month last year, according to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Applying
(TITC) - On 16th July 2013, Ha Noi's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to hold a conference on "Applying Green Lotus label for tourist accommodations in Ha Noi".
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