Vietnam Tourism

The Vietnamese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (Photo: VNA) The delegation, led by Director of the Vietnam Sports Administration Dang Ha Viet, comprises more than 500 members, including 90 coaches and 337 athletes of 31 sports. The Vietnamese male and female football teams' squads have yet to be revealed. The Vietnam sports delegation to the 19th ASIAD is divided into three groups. The first group includes players in Chinese chess, sepak takraw, shooting, karate, cycling, weightlifting, and archery. The second one are athletes in swimming, athletics, rowing, canoeing, table tennis, chess, tennis, gymnastics,...

PRESS RELEASEPublished September 16, 2023Now discover Vietnam with ease using the streamlined Vietnam Visa Online system, granting 30-day stays for business or leisure. Traveling and tourism are some of the best ways of exploring the world and learning exciting facts and features of different countries and continents across the globe. Especially, in countries like Vietnam, which are rich in culture and natural sceneries, tourism has become even better.  Travelling and tourism to foreign countries require the foreigner to gain a visa on their passport which must have a specific amount of validity. For travelling to Vietnam too, individuals must have...

Tourists at the Chu Dong Tu temple in Hung Yen. (Photo: baohungyen.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Over the recent years, many localities in the northern province of Hung Yen have been actively developing rural tourism with a focus on promoting trade-investment linked to harnessing the potential and advantages of local agriculture, craft villages, culture, and the ecological environment.Through the ups and downs of time, the land and its people still keep intact communal and ancient houses as well as the customs and traditions deeply rooted in Vietnamese culture.In Hung Yen, rural tourism primarily involves visiting craft villages and exploring historical and...

Suoi Tien Theme Park is a popular tourist destination in HCM City during the National Day holiday. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Around 960,000 tourists visited the southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City during the National Day holiday on September 1-4, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%, reported the municipal Department of Tourism.Of them, domestic holidaymakers are estimated at 420,000, up 15% from the same period last year and international visitors 37,600 arrivals, up 14.5%. The hotel occupancy rate reached around 80%, a 6.7 percentage point rise from 2022.Revenues from tourism are estimated at 2.89 trillion VND (120.1 million),...

Industry insiders said the delta possesses everything needed to become the country's leading tourism hub, most notably eco-tourism.But it is anything but.Nguyen Cong Hoan, general director of Hanoi-based Flamingo Redtours, said the delta still faces many difficulties in developing tourism.The main reason is poor transport infrastructure with traffic congestion becoming a nightmare for visitors from HCMC during holidays, he said at a tourism fair last week.HCMC-Trung Luong, the only expressway between the two places, has become increasingly overloaded, especially during holidays such as Lunar New Year when people travel en masse to their hometowns.The distance between provinces in the delta...

Kien Le, general director of Panhou Resort & Whale Island Resort, said businesses should offer more unique medical tourism products based on available resources and local culture. Other participants pointed out the fact that Vietnam boasts diverse natural resources and traditional medicine. However, such potential has yet been fully tapped to serve medical tourism. They suggested tourist sites coordinate with authorities and educational institutions in this regard, saying tourism students should learn more about traditional medicine, and vice versa. Rafi Kot, founder and CEO of Family Medical Practice Vietnam, also suggested Vietnam study culture and work style to better serve...

Xuyen Moc district is the largest longan growing area in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, covering over 1,500 hectares and accounting for more than 80% of the province’s longan-growing area. The application of scientific and technical advances in cultivation has resulted in high yields of up to 14 tonnes per hectare, enabling farmers to enjoy stable incomes.  The “cabbage longan” variety, in particular, has been well-received by the market. Even in adjacent districts such as Dat Do, longan-growing households with just a few hectares of land can earn substantial incomes, ranging from a few hundred million to nearly a billion VND (over...

On the afternoon of July 20, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a welcome ceremony for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the high-level delegation of the Malaysian delegation. The trip on July 20 - 21 is the first official visit to Vietnam by PM Anwar Ibrahim since he took office in December 2022. Talks between the two Prime Ministers took place right after the welcoming ceremony. At the talks, the two Prime Ministers expressed satisfaction about the sound development of bilateral relations over the past time, and pledged to strengthen the ties in all fields in the coming time. They...

Phan Dinh Hue, a consultant on tourism development in the Mekong Delta, said from 8 p.m. until 2 a.m. was the "peak time" for parties and many people are ready to spend their money on food and entertainment activities.However, most establishments and eateries in major cities close by 10 p.m.In Thailand's Bangkok or Pattaya, there are art performances every night and shopping streets while entertainment venues are open until 4 a.m.Singapore is famous for its Marina Bay Sands that covers an area of 15 hectares and houses a five-star hotel, museum, casino, food court and shopping areas to lure tourists.Building...