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In a surge of New Year popularity, the first four days of 2018 have seen Phu Quoc Island district welcome more than 8,300 foreign arrivals, an increase of 100% on the same period last year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved master plans to 2030 for the development of Xuan Dai Bay in Phu Yen province and Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province.

Hidden Smile, a photo by French photographer, Réhahn, based in Hội An ancient town in central Vietnam, has been purchased by a Vietnamese living overseas in Australia.

Based on booking data for the first half of 2018 Airbnb has announced a list of the world’s Top 10 destinations, in which Da Nang ranked fifth and Hanoi ninth.

Lebreton Didier, a passenger on Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN18 which landed at Noi Bai International Airport on the morning of January 1, became the first foreign visitor setting foot in Hanoi in 2018.

The tourism sector will take drastic and synchronous measures in 2018 to reach the target of receiving 15-17 million international tourists, the Government said at a recent online meeting with cities and provinces nationwide.

A string of cultural activities will be held in the capital city of Hanoi to welcome New Year 2018.

HCM City hopes to receive 7.5 million international visitors next year, a year-on-year increase of 25 per cent.

The People’s Committee of Hoan Kiem district has announced that some streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and in neighbouring areas will be pedestrianised until the New Year of 2018.

A cannon dated back 200 years ago was recently discovered in mid December during the implementation of a water supply project on Long Dinh lake, Son Hao hamlet, Quan Lan commune, Van Don district in the northern province of

Hue City in central Thua Thien-Hue Province and one of its hotel facilities have been listed among the awardees of the ASEAN Green Awards 2018.

Citizens of Hanoi and tourists alike will be entertained with dazzling firework displays at 30 sites across the city on the 2018 Lunar New Year’s Eve, according to the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration plan recently issued by Chairman

About 13 million foreigners chose Vietnam as their holiday destination in 2017, which is considered a record of the tourism sector and marked a year-on-year rise of nearly 3 million in the number of foreign visitors for the first time.

Tan Trao National Tourist Site in the northern province of Tuyen Quang aims to welcome 2 million visitors annually, including 35,000 foreigners, by 2030, under a Prime Minister-approved planning project for the site.

The Prime Minister has recently given the green light to a tourism development master plan for Dong Van Karst Plateau national tourism site in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang until 2025 with a vision towards 2030.

A catalogue comprising new photographs of the world’s leading collection of Cham sculpture has been launched in central Da Nang city.

Organized biannually, the 7th Da Lat Flower Festival is set to take place from December 23 to 27 in the central highlands city of Da Lat, Lam Dong province. The opening ceremony will be held at 8pm on December

Phuc Loc Tay 1 bronze casting village in the central province of Khanh Hoa is very busy as the Tet holiday nears.

A man in the northern province of Hung Yen has spent up to 40 years in breeding Dong Tao chicken which in the past was used as a delicacy offered to kings. He now owns two extremely valuable jars