As winter's cold grip loosens on Hanoi, the city has been named one of the ideal travel destinations for March by American-based Business Insider.

Businesses from 43 provinces and cities across Vietnam will participate in the sixth Vietnam International Travel Mart – VITM 2018 – from March 29 to April 1, seeking to learn about tourism trends in the fourth industrial revolution.

The current weak infrastructure system is hindering the development of domestic waterway tourism in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ban Flower Festival 2018 will take place in Dien Bien from March 17-19, with many new activities to attract visitors to the northern mountainous province, said the organising board.

At the side of a local hydroelectric reservoir, a group of Thai youngsters are unleashing the economic potential of the northwest mountainous province of Son La.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is set to launch a summer promotional programme from March 15 to 28.

Sustainable tourism development in the world natural heritage sites was the focus of discussion at a talk with the media in Hanoi on March 12.

Maps of Vietnam are on show along with tourism products at Vietnam’s booths at the 2018 International Tourism Exchange Berlin (ITB) in Germany from March 7-11.

Si Ma Cai district in Lao Cai is often called the twin sister of Sa Pa.

Authorities of Can Tho gathered on March 9 to discuss measures to boost local tourism, especially Cai Rang Floating Market which will be built into a strong tourism brand of the Mekong Delta city.

Arena Cam Ranh will be the first Travelodge hotel in Vietnam and the first Skype by Travelodge, which is the upper midscale brand of Travelodge Asia, a leading hotel chains in the region.

More than 40 leading Vietnamese tourism companies have introduced their products at ITB 2018, the world’s largest tourism trade fair that opened in Germany’s Berlin on March 7.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will open a new air route connecting Nha Trang city in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa with Seoul capital city of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 25.

The US’s Cable News Network (CNN) has announced the broadcast schedule for three 30-second promotion clips focusing on Hanoi.