(TITC) - According to General Statistics Office, international visitors to Viet Nam in August of 2015 estimated 664,985 arrivals, increasing 12.0% over last month and 7.5% over the same period last year, following the positive growth in July of 12.1% and 5.1% respectively.
Rough Guides - the UK leading publisher of travel and reference guides has cited Viet Nam as top 10 best-value destinations across the world.
French newspaper Le Figaro has cited Tra Que village in Hoi An ancient town and culture of ethnic minority groups in the northwestern mountainous areas equally as attractive as Ha Long Bay and Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral.
(TITC) – At 27th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference in Las Vegas recently, Luxury travel network Virtuoso has named list of top destinations for this fall including Viet Nam.
(TITC) – Recently, huffingtonpost.com website (US) has annouced list of 11 insanely beautiful small towns around the world including Cua Van floating fishing village (Viet Nam).
A Vietnamese contingent led by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh recently returned from a three-day working visit to Mexico where they sought to foster cooperation on a number of fronts.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has passed an overall plan to compose a national dossier to nominate “Then” singing of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups as intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Japanese singer Yuji Mori, the all-girl Japanese rock band, Prizmm, drum group from Otawara, calligraphy artist Sakamoto Koichi, art troupes and performers from Mitsuke, Nagasaki, Sakai will all take part in the annual Viet Nam-Japan Culture Exchange at central Da Nang city's Administrative Centre Park on August 28-30.
The Vietnamese Cultural Center in France in cooperation with Mediatheque company of the Paris Municipal administration and the Vietnamese Association in France has launched a creative writing contest entitled Viet Nam Aux 5 Saisons (Viet Nam-the 5th Season).
The Vietnamese Cultural Days in the US kicked off in Washington D.C. on August 8 to mark the 20th founding anniversary of Viet Nam-US diplomatic ties (1995-2015).
Homestay service has been popular in many Western countries. In Viet Nam, homestay is emerging as a new trend in rural areas as international visitors have strong demand for exploring daily indigenous life and culture in Viet Nam.
Singapore-based Jetstar Asia Airways introduced new direct services from Singapore to Da Nang City on Viet Nam’s central coast on August 4, the second low-cost flight from Singapore to Viet Nam after Ho Chi Minh City.