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Endowed with pristine beauty, Binh Thuan province has worked to make tourism a economic spearhead.

Ho Chi Minh City is diversifying tourism products and services to realise its goal of welcoming 8.5 million international tourists in 2019, a year-on-year rise of 14 percent.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuan, the country’s largest grape producer, plans to expand cultivation of grapes grown under Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGap) and link tourism to sustainable development.

Ho Chi Minh City is diversifying tourism products and services to realise its goal of welcoming 8.5 million international tourists in 2019, a year-on-year rise of 14 percent.

The central city of Da Nang has awarded the “Da Nang Value 2018” certificate to six locally-made products in a move to encourage the production of unique local goods serving tourists.

The expanded northwestern region welcomed more than 20 million tourists in 2018, including nearly 2 million foreigners, heard a conference in Dien Bien province’s Dien Bien Phu city on March 17.

A wedding party by an Indian billionaire couple, which lasts for seven days, is being held at JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa in Phu Quoc Island district, Kien Giang province.

Representatives of over 50 tour operators, accommodation establishments and localities of Vietnam are joining the ITB international tourism fair in Berlin from March 6-10.

The first ever Vietnam Travel Fest 2019 will take place at Aeon Mall in Long Bien district, Hanoi, from March 15 to 17, offering travel enthusiasts with abundant promotions.

Fifty-eight leading travel and resort companies from Vietnam are participating in the 2019 International Tourism Exchange Berlin (ITB), the world’s leading travel trade show, in Germany from March 6-10.

The south central coastal province of Binh Thuan has optimised its potential and advantages to develop tourism sustainably, aiming to turn tourism into an economic spearhead in the time ahead.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) introduced a diverse range of activities from the tourism sector on the occasion of the upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam at a press conference in Hanoi on February 25.

The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long is developing standout tourism products to lure more visitors, said Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Thanh Tuan.

The Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) landscape in the central coastal city of Da Nang received the national special relic certificate at a ceremony held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and competent authorities in the city on January 20.

Mui Ne beach in the south central province of Binh Thuan is set to become one of the most-visited destinations in the Asia-Pacific by 2030 under a master plan for the development of Mui Ne National Tourism Site to 2025 with a vision for 2030 recently approved by the Prime Minister.

The Ban Flower Festival will be held from March 13-18 this year in the northwest province of Dien Bien and featuring a wide range of activities, heard a press conference in Dien Bien Phu city on January 7.

The arrival of the 15 millionth foreign visitor of 2018 in Ha Long city, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, marks a successful year for the tourism industry.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently issued Decision 1771/QD-TTg on the master plan for Dankia Lake-Golden River tourism site in Lam Dong province by 2025 with a vision towards 2030.

Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang has been chosen by Australian travel website Finder as one of the best travel destinations in 2019.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) recently revealed the programme for the 2019 National Tourism Year themed “Nha Trang, colour of the sea.”