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Two tourism products in Vietnam have won at the ASEAN Tourism Awards Japan 2019 – an annual ceremony organised by the ASEAN-Japan Centre.

Bamboo Airways and resort operator Vinpearl on February 27 signed a strategic cooperation agreement in the field of air-tourism service.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia is participating in a multicultural festival that opened on February 21 in Canberra to promote beauty of Vietnamese land and people to Australians and international friends.

Ho Chi Minh City aims to become one of Asia’s leading metropolitan tourist destinations by 2030, where visitors can experience unique values of local cultural heritage and lifestyle.

Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has asked agencies to improve production of major industries and diversify tourism products, as well as speed up the capital disbursement rate of public investment projects in the city.

Hanoi still falls behind many major cities in the region and the world regarding foreign tourist arrivals, according to a survey of the municipal Department of Tourism which was revealed on January 16.

The US-ASEAN Business Council will help Cambodia in managing its tourism sector, diversifying and developing tourism products through investment projects.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities plan to focus on developing cultural tourism from now until 2030, speakers at a recent workshop held by the city's Department of Culture and Sports and the Institute for Development Studies.

The number of visitors to the northern port city of Hai Phong increased 16 percent year on year to nearly 9.1 million people, including 930,000 foreigners, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

The Cambodian government said it has mapped out a plan to address the decline in tourists at the world-famous Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap.

The sixth Vietnam-Laos-China ‘con’ festival, themed “Colour of friendship”, kicked off in Muong Te district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on December 29.

The Russian Embassy in Vietnam and the Federal Agency for Tourism of Russia jointly hosted an event in Hanoi on December 19 to introduce tourism products of the country.

The southern province of Kien Giang is studying the building of a new tourism product on the basis of swift raising so as to attract more tourists in close association with environment protection.

Tourism has become an economic spearhead of the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan, with diverse tourism products.

The fifth buckwheat flower festival has been in full bloom in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang since mid-November with various cultural activities to last through December.

The central coastal city of Da Nang is working with other provinces and cities in the central region to build itself into a world-class tourist destination.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is emerging as an agrotourism destination with its increasing adoption of advanced farming models to breed fish and grow rice, tropical fruits, vegetables and flowers.

A delegation of Vietnam led by Director of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism Bui Ta Hoang Vu attended a conference on tourism development of five cities of Mekong countries, which took place in Vientiane capital city of Laos on October 14.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) recently launched a photo contest called #VietnamNOW on Facebook to promote Vietnam’s tourism to the world.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is appealing for investment in key tourism regions including Ha Tien-Kien Luong, Rach Gia-Kien Hai and U Minh Thuong, which link Phu Quoc Island and the Mekong Delta.