The Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Celebrity Millennium cruise ship carrying about 2,200 foreign visitors docked at Hon Gai port in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province on November 12.

After docking, the holidaymakers, mainly from the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, joined tours to discover landscapes in Ha Long Bay, Yen Tu Mountain, and Hai Phong city and Hanoi in the north.

As scheduled, they will leave for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue province on November 13 and then Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in the south on November 16.

The visit was arranged by Vietnam’s leading tour operator Saigontourist.

In the first ten months of this year, Saigontourist welcomed over 171 cruise ships with about 194,600 international tourists to Vietnam.

Celebrity Millennium is one of the world’s leading luxury cruise ships, equipped with modern facilities including dining room, bar, movie theatre, swimming pool, spa, shopping mall and ballroom.-VNA