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The third National Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival kicked off in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on December 24.

The northern province of Bac Giang is striving to develop tourism into a pillar economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two famous tourist attractions in Tam Duong district in the northern province of Lai Chau – O Quy Ho Mountain Pass and Rong May Glass Bridge ecological tourism sites – have been closed as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 epidemic within the province.

The Hoang Lien National Park in the northern province of Lao Cai is home to great ecological diversity and also many scenic landscapes, promising to become an eco-tourism site.

The Sun Gate Group on November 16 inaugurated the first stage of Rong May (Cloud Dragon) Bridge ecological tourism site, as part of Thac Trang (White Falls) tourism project in Son Binh commune.

The Central Highlands holds great potential for cultural and ecological tourism, but local provinces still need to work harder to develop these types of tourism effectively and sustainably, heard a national workshop on November 15.

A culture, tourism and trade week opened in the northern province of Bac Giang on October 5, attracting the participation of more than 500 businesses.

Vietnam’s new budget carrier Bamboo Airways will launch construction of an aviation training institute at Nhon Hoi ecological tourism area in the south central province of Binh Dinh on July 28.

Two elephants have been released back to the wild in the Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak will host a cuisine contest for chefs from the region at Ko Tam Community Cultural Ecological Tourism from March 13-16 in Buon Ma Thuot city.

2018 was considered a successful year for Cao Bang’s tourism sector, as the northern mountainous province welcomed a record 1.2 million tourists, a year-on-year rise of 30 percent.

Representatives from 65 Japanese and Hanoi firms joined a programme to promote tourism in the capital Vietnamese city on August 24.

Da Nang city has made a “spectacular” leap forward in tourism development over the past decade, said Chairman of Da Nang Tourism Association Huynh Tan Vinh.

Ho Chi Minh City has been asked to diversify tourist products and attractions to lure visitors at home and abroad.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak targets serving 810,000 visitors this year, earning 750 billion VND (33.3 million USD), according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Located 1,000m above sea level, Ho Thau commune in the northern mountains has cool weather all year round and breathtaking landscapes.

The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang aims to preserve 350 long-tailed macaques monkeys living in a mangrove forest and develop eco-tourism as part of its tourism development plan by 2020.

The central coastal city of Da Nang has become a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists in recent years.

The summer-autumn rice crop in the Mekong Delta province of Long An is estimated to give a record yield of more than 1 million tonnes this year.

With unique potential in marine, cultural-historical and ecological tourism, the south central coastal province of Ninh Thuan is expected to become a top tourist destination.