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Tour offers new views of Hanoi

New tours highlighting the remarkable museums, theatres and relics in the capital will be launched by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
Tour offers new views of Hanoi ảnh 1Tourists visit Bach Ma Temple in Hanoi Old Quarter, a part of the tour History of Vietnam – Discovering of the Earth. (Photo cinet.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - New tourshighlighting the remarkable museums, theatres and relics in the capital will belaunched by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

The VNAT cooperated with travel agents toorganise pilot tours to connect tourists with some attractions of the capitalon January 18 and 19.

The activity aims to realise the directionof Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien on plans toorganise high-quality art programmes and build cultural products to servetourists, according to Nguyen Dao Dung, vice chairman of the Travel Department(under the VNAT).

Following the direction, the VNAT coordinatedwith the Vietnam National Museum of History, the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, the VietnamNational Puppetry Theatre, the Centre for Research, Preservation and Promotionof Vietnamese Traditional Culture and travel agencies to build tours to connectmuseums and theatres with tourism products.

Tours entitled “History of Vietnam –Discovering of the Earth”, "History of Vietnam - Dawn on the Rivers","Vietnamese Fine Arts - Treasures in Hanoi" and "VietnamCountryside - a View" have been carried out.

“We want to bring more visitors to theseplaces to give them a panoramic view of the culture and history of Vietnam ingeneral and Hanoi in particular,” said Dung.

“Now foreign tourists to Hanoi have moreoptions to visit.” - VNA
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