Long Xuyen Floating market: River shopping in the Mekong Delta
06:00 | 05/12/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - The Long Xuyen Floating Market is located along the bank of the Hau River in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. It is in proximity to Long Xuyen City - the capital of An Giang, famous for its relaxing atmosphere and beautiful colonial houses.
Thai Nguyen, the cradle of Vietnamese green tea
06:00 | 15/11/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - Located about a two-hour-car-drive from or some 75km north of the capital Hanoi, the northeastern province of Thai Nguyen is the primary tea growing region of Vietnam and is famous for its high quality green tea products.
‘Why not Vietnam’? Major tourism campaign targets tourism comeback
06:00 | 14/11/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - The Vietnamese tourism sector has started to promote tourist sites in Vietnam on CNN television using a 30-second “Why not Vietnam” video to encourage foreign tourists to choose Vietnam as their first travel destination once the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control. The video was produced by the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB), the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and CNN.
Vietnam launches second domestic tourism stimulus program
06:00 | 09/11/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - Local authorities and tourism enterprises expect that with the experience of the first domestic tourism stimulus, along with success in controlling the recent virus outbreak in Da Nang, tourist confidence in domestic and foreign tourism will soon return.
Ha Nhi Hoa costumes commune with nature
06:00 | 08/11/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - The small Ha Nhi Hoa ethnic group in the northwestern provinces of Dien Bien and Lai Chau lives close to nature and its costumes reflect this habitat.
Unique Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival
06:00 | 24/10/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - The traditional Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival takes place annually on the 9th day of the 8th lunar month in the coastal town of Do Son in the northern coastal city of Hai Phong.
Vietnam eyes domestic demand to stimulate year-end tourism
13:00 | 13/10/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - Vietnamese localities are preparing to stimulate domestic tourism to salvage what little is left of tourism prospects for the rest of the year, but with the peak season over, expectations in the industry are not high.
Slashing VAT, delaying benefit fees: Proposals to save tourism sector
13:00 | 10/10/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has presented the Prime Minister with a list of urgent solutions to salvage Vietnam’s previously booming tourism sector.
Direct flights to Con Dao Archipelago expected to develop tourism
13:00 | 09/10/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - Inadequate transport infrastructure is greatly hampering tourism development in the Con Dao Archipelago off the coast of the southeastern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Direct flights that will soon service the islands are expected to greatly help economic and tourism development in the region.
A must visit to the traditional markets of northwest Vietnam
06:00 | 03/10/2020 Culture & Tourism
(VEN) - A visit to Vietnam is not complete without seeing the traditional markets in northwest Vietnam, including Bac Ha, Coc Ly, Can Cau, Cao Son, and Lung Khau Nhin markets in Lao Cai Province, and Dong Van Market in Ha Giang Province.
