One of the country’s largest festivals, the Quan The Am Festival in central Da Nang City, will be held on March 16 (the 19th day of the second lunar month) at the Quan The Am Pagoda in Ngu Hanh Son District.
The Central Coast Viet Nam Destination Marketing Organization has created www.centralcoastvietnam.com, a user- and mobile-friendly website, to raise awareness and promote tourism of Da Nang, Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue, which are major tourist destinations in the central region.
Ngoc Lang Vegetable Village in Binh Ngoc Commune, Tuy Hoa City, central Phu Yen Province is looking to develop community-based tourism to maximise its potential.
Numerous visitors embraced the deep freeze to attend the first Winter Festival that opened at Mau Son tourist site in the northern province of Lang Son on January 10.
A conference on the implementation of the revised Viet Nam Tourism Occupational Standards (VTOs) with the aim of upgrading the standard and quality of human resources in Viet Nam’s tourism industry in the line with the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement for Tourism Professionals will take place in Ha Noi on December 3rd.
A workshop was held in Ha Noi on October 2 to introduce a draft report on Viet Nam’s tourism in 2013, the first of its kind built following international practice.
Both foreign and local travellers involved in a EU-funded survey in Viet Nam say all the destinations they arrive at are environmentally friendly, and visitors respect local cultures and environments.