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The northeastern province of Quang Ninh is striving to promote green growth at its world natural heritage site Ha Long Bay, according to a local official.

Hanoi has welcomed more than 5.3 million foreign arrivals so far this year, up 10.8 percent from the same period in 2018.

A leader of Phnom Penh capital city of Cambodia asked Ba Ria – Vung Tau to open a tourism bus route linking the two sides while meeting with visiting officials of the southern province of Vietnam on October 21.

The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) will launch a tourism promotion programme in Japan and join the Tourism Expo Japan (JATA) 2019 in Osaka later this month, aiming to further exploit the nearly 127 million-strong market.

A Vietnamese Cuisine Day in France will be held in Perpignan, France this week.

The European Union Delegation to Vietnam and the environmental group Keep Hanoi Clean (KHC) are jointly holding a clean-up in Red River area and underneath Hanoi’s iconic Long Bien Bridge on October 12-13.

Hanoi has been ranked fifth among the seven best places in Asia for solo travellers by Bigseventravel.

The first-ever folk festival honouring Hanoi’s traditional and contemporary culture as well as cultural heritages will be held at the Ly Thai To Statue Square beside Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the capital city on November 15-17, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.

Ha Long city in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh is striving to develop sustainable tourism, especially promoting the world natural heritage site of Ha Long Bay.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is calling for investment in six eco-tourism and culture tourism projects with a total capital of 2.78 trillion VND (nearly 119.5 million USD).

Unique performing arts of ethnic minority people in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh started the Tay Ninh Day in Hanoi.

More tourists have come to the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, a wonderland of diverse destinations that deliver big on excellent architecture, history and beauty.

Hanoi welcomed more than 4.7 million foreign tourists in the first nine months of 2019, a year-on-year increase of 10.1 percent, announced the municipal Department of Tourism on September 24.

Measures to preserve and uphold Quang Nam culture values were debated at a workshop held in the central province of the same name by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on September 20.

Tourism promotion campaigns have shown efficiency as they help Vietnam get one step closer to its set target of hosting 17.5-18 million international tourists and 85 million domestic visitors in 2019.

The Con Son-Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2018 kicked off in the northern province of Hai Duong on September 15 or the 17th day of the eighth lunar month.

Thanh Tuyen Festival and National intangible cultural heritage performance festival 2019 are one of many activities to preserve and honor values of cultural heritages.

A workshop titled “Heritage Preservation & Economic Development” was held by the Consulate General of Italy in Ho Chi Minh City and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (ICHAM) on September 11 in the framework of the Italian Design Day 2019.

Vietnamese fashion designers Do Trinh Hoai Nam and Nguyen Cong Tri have impressed foreign audience with their Asian-style collections at two New York fashion events.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the central province of Quang Nam for its efforts to preserve the world heritage sites of Hoi An ancient town and My Son Sanctuary in the 20 years since their recognition by the UNESCO.