Hanoi should intensify its efforts to promote the value of its precious heritage and unlock its potential to drive economic growth and diversify local tourism offerings.

Artifacts and bronze sculptures are displayed at the Hanoi Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Center, offering visitors a glimpse of Vietnam's thousand-year-old tradition of casting bronze.

Hanoi, Vietnam's vibrant capital, remains a top choice for both domestic and international travelers.

Nestled in the Red River Delta, Thai Binh province is known for vast rice fields made fertile by the alluvium of the Red River and two other rivers, the Hoa and the Luoc.

Vietnam welcomed 846,311 international tourists in July this year, a growth of 41.2% year on year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

With the aims to develop Hanoi`s tourism industry into one of the key economic sector, the municipal Party Secretary Hoang Trung Hai has issued a resolution on tourism development for 2016 - 2020 period.

The central city of Da Nang, with long beautiful beaches and developed tourism infrastructure, is really a wonderful tourist city, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.

KTĐT - The municipal Department of Tourism held the meeting reviewing the results in the first 6 months of this year and tasks in the remaining 6 months on July 19.

Con Dao Island, an archipelago in the southern province of Ba Ria –Vung Tau, has been chosen in the top 10 best places to travel in Asia list of 2016 by Lonely Planet Magazine, the world’s largest travel guide book publisher.

General Director of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration (VNAT) Nguyen Van Tuan said at a meeting in Hanoi on July 9 that his agency will try its best efforts to create a breakthrough development and fix shortcomings towards a healthy tourism environment.

The travel website Rough Guides has revealed the world`s top 10 best backpacking destinations. Accordingly, Vietnam was ranked at 9th place.

The Ba Mun island is located in the core of Bai Tu Long Bay and is the only schist island having primeval forests. The Ba Mun island, the biggest wild life conservation site in Vietnam’s northeastern region, covers an area of about 1,800 ha.

The UK’s Daily Mail has revealed the top 15 most breathtaking sunsets on earth, of which Vietnam’s salt fields was named the 13th.

The northern province of Quang Ninh on July 7 launched a tourism programme to promote Ha Long Bay as a clean, beautiful and friendly destination in response to the Vietnam Tourism Day (July 9, 1960).

KTĐT - General Director of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration Nguyen Van Tuan highlighted both the good performances and limitations of the tourism industry in the first six months of this year in a conference in Hanoi on July 8.

A ceremony to present awards of the 7th national tourism photo contest themed "Vietnam Today" was held in Hanoi on July 5.

The Prime Minister has approved a proposal for Vietnam to host the 2019 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF), the largest tourism event in the region.

The Government on June 30 issued a resolution to extend the visa exemption for citizens from the five Western European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.

According to the Hanoi Statistics Office, the number of international visitors staying overnight in the city in the first 6 months of 2016 reached more than 1.5 million arrivals, up 39.3% over the same period last year.

According to the draft resolution on developing Hanoi` tourism sector by 2020, the city targets to welcome 30 million visitors, including 5.7 million international passengers, tourism growth rate will reach from 8-10% annually, and gaining 120,000 billion VND from tourism revennue.

3 destinations of Sapa, Hoi An and Ha Long Bay in Vietnam were ranked in the top 50 most beautiful places in Asia chosen by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine, one of the world`s premier luxury and lifestyle travel magazines.

The General Statistics Office said that foreign visitors to Vietnam have reached over 4 million arrivals so far this year, up 21.3% year on year, with an growth being witnessed in most tourist markets.

Vietnam’s Embassy in Chile joined the ASEAN Tourism Information Fair on June 22 in Santiago, Chile’s capital, which attracted hundreds of companies operating in the tourism sector in Chile and other countries.