The Vietnamese Culture and Tourism Week opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 25 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the founding of Vietnam-Argentina diplomatic relations (October 25, 1973-2018).
Vietnam and Hong Kong are places where travellers should get their first Asia experience, Canadian travel news site Mapped said.
The annual Sa Pa international mountain marathon 2018, the sixth of its kind, took place in Sa Pa district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on September 21-23, as part of the Sa Pa autumn festival 2018.
Some 3,400 runners from around the world will compete in the Vietnam Mountain Marathon which is about to return to Sa Pa, Lao Cai this September.
Sa Pa district in the northwestern province of Lao Cai welcomed 47,000 visitors from August 30 to September 2 during the National Day holiday, 15,000 more than the same period last year.
The 2018 Sa Pa Autumn Festival opened in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on September 1 with a wide range of activities.
The central province of Quang Binh awarded investment licences and cooperation deals for 66 projects worth nearly 169 trillion VND (over 7.34 billion USD) at an investment promotion conference on August 27.
The Lao Cai People’s Committee and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam held a workshop in the northern mountainous province on August 21 to launch the Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) project.
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is home to 35 agrotourism sites, a figure expected to rapidly increase in the years to come.
Despite his tight schedule with new film projects in the US, the director of Hollywood blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island”, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has still managed to contribute to Vietnam’s film industry.
The resort town of Sa Pa has topped the list of six cool weather holiday destinations in Southeast Asia through the year selected by Channel News Asia.
Bac Ha district has become another draw to tourists, besides Sa Pa, in the northern province of Lao Cai.
Tam Dao, a small mountainous town in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, just 70km from Hanoi, has made it an attractive destination for visitors on weekends and holidays thanks to its cool weather throughout the year like Da Lat and Sa Pa.
The first ever Hanoi International Marathon will take place on April 14 next year, its organising board announced during a press conference in the capital city on June 14.
Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has become increasingly attractive to visitors in recent years, making it important for those who love the pristine beauty of the town to find a place where they can breathe in the fresh air, dive into the green jungle, gaze over the vast paddy fields and experience ethnic culture.
Vietnam welcomed more than 5.54 million foreign visitors in the first four months of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 29.5 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho welcomed nearly 120,000 tourists during the four-day holidays celebrating the country’s National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1).
The annual Sa Pa Summer Tourism Festival 2018, the third of its kind, kicked off at Sa Pa resort town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on April 28.
