Vietnamese cuisine has emerged as the country’s latest tourist attraction, luring a considerable number of Japanese youth to learn to make Vietnam’s unique dishes.
A week ago, the National Administration of Tourism carried out the second survey on new destinations in the Central Highlands to organise “The Central Highlands Green Road” programme, linking well-known eco-tourism sites with many recently-discovered sites. Nhan Dan Online’s reporter had an interview with Vu The Binh, Director of the Travel Department, the National Administration of Tourism.
A US-Vietnam joint venture has received the Vietnamese government’s green light for an 86 million resort in one of the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam, local media reported Saturday.
The recent 100th Anniversary of Sapa celebrations have wrapped up and left unforgettable memories in the hearts of more than 150,000 tourists that attended the festival. The Organisation Board hopes that the Festival will kick start more tourism potential for Sapa.
Agreements on visa exemptions for diplomatic passport holders Viet Nam has signed with France will come into effect on July 1st. A similar agreement, which will begin on June 25th, also includes official passport holders in the beneficiary list. The Foreign Ministry announced the information on June 1st.
The national tourism year “Quang Nam - Two world heritage sites at one destination" will be held by Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, ministries and Quang Nam People’s Committee.
International visitors to Vietnam in May estimated 282,500 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in the first five months of year 2006 reached 1,582,009 arrivals, 12.0% higher than those in the same period of year 2005.
Direct flights from Hanoi to Moscow and vice versa will resume on July 3 after an interval of one year, said the representative office of Aeroflot Russian International airline on May 26.
