Vietnam Travel News

The Central Highlands Gong Festival will be held in Pleiku, Gia Lai Province in March, according to the Institute of Art and Culture of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the tourism industry to focus on launching promotion campaigns in an effort to further cash in on the National Year of Tourism.

Ho chi minh (HCM) City greeted 1,487,000 foreign tourists in the first six months this year, an increase of 16 percent on year, reaching 49 percent of the yearly plan.

Most leisure tourists leave Dam Mon (Mon Lagoon) in Van Phong Bay after they have cruised to some of the attractions in the wonderful bay in Khanh Hoa Province.

Saigon and Hanoi Railway Companies will run more Trains and increase the frequency of trips from Saigon-Nha Trang, Sai Gon-Phan Thiet and from Hanoi to tourist sites to serve students during the university entrance exams and to serve the summer holidays.

The Mekong Delta is a major rice granary where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. As all deltas, it receives the bounty of silt from the upper Mekong, and as such is a very rich and lush area, covered with rice fields. It is the place for timeless sceneries of farmers planting or harvesting rice.

Hoi an Graffiti Festival 2008, whose slogan is “Blaze and Shine,” will be held on the Hoai River, Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam on June 24.

The National Administration of Viet nam Tourism is undertaking a massive staff training programme for tourist professionals across the Mekong River Delta this year.

Vietnam's tourism has plans to strongly promote the country's sea tourism in the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2009 (ATF 2009), which will take place in the capital city of Hanoi next year, the Culture, Sport, and Tourism Ministry said.

An exhibit of children’s film posters entitled “The World of Children” is being held at the Ho chi minh city Women’s Cultural House at 192-194 Ly Chinh Thang Street in District 3 from now until June 30.