People have flocked to the Red River and lakes in Hanoi to release carp fish that are traditionally said to convey the Kitchen Gods to heaven on February 8.
New boat tours to recently-studied routes deep inside the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh will be open to tourists during Tet to meet higher travel demand.
With up to 40,000 mentions among 1.8 million Instagram posts tagged from ships and ports around the world, Vietnam ranks in the global Top 15 of the most Instagrammed cruise destinations on SeaHub, a cruise deal site.
The former imperial city of Hue has been recognised as an ASEAN Clean Tourist City, while the Pilgrimage Village has been named as an ASEAN Green Hotel.
Foreign arrivals to Vietnam in the first month of the year have surpassed 1.43 million, up 42% against the same period last year and 12.1% more than December 2017, according to figures released by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia in Southeast Asia ranked ninth in the Top 10 destinations for Americans who are 55 years or older, according to Alan E. Lewis, Chairman of Overseas Adventure Travel.
Authorities in the southern province of Dong Thap and the Australian Government on Friday officially launched the “Australia – Vietnam Mural Village” in Tan Tich Ward, Cao Lanh City.
Hanoi was ranked in seventh place and Ho Chi Minh City in ninth place in the Cost of Living Index 2018 conducted by Numero, a global database providing indexes on living standards in major cities around the world.