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.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism held the second press conference of the “Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism” quiz on April 10 in Hanoi. According to the Organizing Board, about 32,115 students from 1,726 high schools nationwide have participated the first round of the competition.

Promoting domestic tourism has been defined a key contributor to the sector’s growth this year, heard a recent conference held by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Visiting the Dong Son village in the central province of Thanh Hoa provides visitors great insight into the characteristic architecture of old rural houses in Vietnam’s North Central Coast region.

Maintenance work at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City will start on April 10 as scheduled, and end before June 30, despite concerns that maintenance work will affect holiday-season passengers.

A seminar co-hosted by the Vietnam Administration of Tourism in cooperation with the EU-funded Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Program (ESRT) was held in Hanoi on April 4.

Culture, sports and tourism sectors and travel firms in the central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam launched a wide range of activities to promote their development of maritime-based tourism on March 30-31.

The opening ceremony of direct flights from Kenya to Vietnam was held at Noi Bai International Airport on March 31. This is the first African airline to connect to Vietnam.

La Stampa, Italy’s third most popular newspaper, called the ancient town of Hoi An in central coastal Quang Nam province an ideal Asian destination in 2015 in an article titled “Hoi An, a multinational Vietnam”.

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific on March 30 officially opened a direct air route between Hanoi and the Thai capital of Bangkok.

The central province of Thanh Hoa is actively completing its final preparations for the 2015 National Tourism Year themed “Connecting World Heritages”, which will commence in Thanh Hoa city on April 3.

KTĐT - According to the Hanoi Statistics Office, as of March 15, Huong Pagoda festival welcomed approximately 673,000 tourists, including 1,400 international visitors.

Tho Chu, an archipelago with eight islands, is a commune of Phu Quoc District, which is in turn an island off Kien Giang Province.

Vietnam’s holiday home market shows signs of recovery with the revival of delayed projects and investors ramping up investments in this segment.

A delegation of 20 Chinese travel agencies has visited the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa to survey tourism offerings and design tours for Chinese visitors.

Jetstar Pacific (JPA) will replace Vietnam Airlines and the Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO) to operate flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Tuy Hoa city, southern central province of Phu Yen from March 30, 2015.

Japan welcomed 21,800 Vietnamese visitors during the first two months of 2015, an annual surge of 54.3 percent, revealed the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) on March 18.

HCM city has become the first national tourism body to launch a free directory for tourism and hospitality businesses of any size or location.

Under the mossy old gate of the Son Tay Ancient Citadel, embraced by huge roots of 100-year-old trees, a group of teenagers were chatting and laughing and trying to take photos of each other. Not far from them, two young boys were fishing by the tranquil moat around the citadel. Their joyful laughter broke the calm surrounding the site.

The central province of Thua Thien Hue is set to join two major international tourism fairs- annual Korea World Travel Fair (KOTFA) and JATA Tourism Expo-Japan.

The Mekong Delta City of Can Tho targets to expand services, improve facilities, and enhance service quality to boost tourism development in 2015.