Starting today, January 2, two historical landmarks in Hanoi's Old Quarter will charge admission to raise funds for the preservation of the city's cultural heritage.

Hanoi kicked off the 2025 New Year holiday with an impressive tourism boom.

As the New Year and Lunar New Year approach, the streets of Hanoi are adorned with vibrant decorations, including flags, flowers, and festive slogans, to celebrate the arrival of 2025 and the country’s major holidays.

Hanoi expects to welcome 5.5 million foreign arrivals in 2018, up 11% against the previous year.

Vietnam tourism still reveals many disadvantages such as lack of specific tourism products, lack of strong and professional tourism human resources.

The first prize of the contest of creating logos for Thua Thien Hue`s tourism belongs to Nguyen Thien Duc (Thua Thien Hue province) with logos image of the Meridian Gate, Truong Tien Bridge, Huong River and the sun.

Since 2018 January, Quang Binh Province has licensed to open expedition tours to Pygmy Cave, the world’s fourth largest cave in the territory of local Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province.

You can explore different kinds of murals in Vietnam at Tam Thanh Village, Tan Tich Hamlet, Phung Hung Street…

Perfect choices for those wishing to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, Sa Pa, Dien Bien, Moc Chau, Da Lat, Sa Dec, and Phu Quoc, are the eight most intriguing travel destinations in January.

The southern largest hub of Ho Chi Minh City hopes to receive 7.5 million international visitors in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent.

The central city of Da Nang plans to turn An Thuong quarter in coastal Ngu Hanh Son District into the first tourism area catering to late night shopping and entertainment.

Many travellers choose to venture off the beaten path as they make adventurous trips to conquer Mount Pha Luong, Datanla Waterfall, or trek through Mui Doi (the East Pole of Vietnam) to enjoy spectacular sunset. Followings are the most popular places for adventure tourists

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to build Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh into a national tourist site by 2030.

2017 is considered a successful year for Hanoi tourism sector, Vietnam’s capital honored by many travel website and international newspaper.

2017 is considered a successful year for the tourism sector, with 13 million international tourists arriving in Vietnam, up by three million against the previous year.

The Prime Minister has approved a master plan to develop the Sam Mountain national tourism site in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang into a special spiritual and cultural site by 2025 with a vision towards 2030.

In the three-day New Year holiday from 2017 December 30 to 2018 January 1, the site welcomed nearly 31,000 tourists, of which 80 percent were foreigners.

Eight more villages in Me Linh and Phu Xuyen districts in Hanoi have recently been recognized as craft villages by the municipal People’s Committee.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh, which hosts the National Tourism Year 2018, hopes to welcome 12 million visitors this year, including five million foreigners, and earn 22 trillion VND (968 million USD).

According to Hanoi Department of Tourism, during the New Year holiday 2018, from December 30 – January 1, up to 228,900 visitors arrived in Hanoi, up 11 percent annually,

New Airbnb data released earlier this month put two major cities of Vietnam – Hanoi, and Da Nang – among the world’s top 10 intriguing travel destinations in 2018.

Accordingly, the central province of Quang Binh received over 3.3 million visitors in 2017, up 70.9% over the same period last year, as reported by the provincial Department of Tourism.

On the morning of January 1, Lebreton Didier, a passenger on Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN18 which landed at Noi Bai International Airport, became the first foreign visitor setting foot in Hanoi in 2018.