Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism authorities will focus on marketing and promotion campaigns to attract more foreign tourists this year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Giam Pagoda in Cam Giang district, Hai Duong province currently preserves a wooden tower called Cuu Pham Lien Hoa (nine-storey lotus tower).

Vietnam Airlines on February 1 rolled out its new domestic route connecting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the central city of Da Nang.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Public Security to investigate and strictly handle the organisations and individuals who illegally traffic Vietnamese people abroad via tourism routes.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved a planning scheme to build Moc Chau national tourist site in the northern mountainous province of Son La until 2030.

Vietnamese Tourism Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Ly Xuong Can signed an agreement in Hanoi on January 30 with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to establish an office to promote Vietnamese tourism in the host nation.

The central coastal city of Da Nang expects to welcome nearly 332,500 visitors during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year), a year-on-year increase of 11.9 percent.

Vietnam has received more than 1.5 million international tourists in January, a year-on-year increase of 5 percent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on January 29.

Vietnam aims to receive about 18 million foreign visitors and 85 million domestic ones in 2019, and earn more than 700 trillion VND (30.2 billion USD) from tourism, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Luxury cruiser Celebrity Constellation docked in Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on January 28, bringing the first cruise tourists from the US, Canada, UK and France to the locality in 2019.

The central coastal city of Da Nang has set the target of welcoming 8.19 million visitors in 2019, including 3.19 million foreigners, a year-on-year rise of 6.9 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project on passenger transport quality supervision and safe traffic.

Vietnam’s southern city Ho Chi Minh City has claimed a place on UK travel website Culture Trip’s list of the 12 best cities for culture in the world in 2019.

The ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam was among the 10 stunning holidays ideas for 2019 offered by Elle, the worldwide lifestyle magazine of French origin.