The newly established food street in the inner district of Ba Dinh brings fascinating cultural, tourist, and culinary experiences to travelers at home and abroad.

To make Quoc Oai District a magnet for visitors, the local government planned to improve service quality and work with travel agencies to include its destinations in tour itineraries.

Locals look forward to the holiday season, and Hanoi's Old Quarter is a hive of activity as Christmas preparations get underway.

Vietnam’s tourism industry needs detailed itineraries and concrete action plans in tourism promotion to make the activity more effectively, experts have said.

Since the beginning of the year, Hanoi`s tourism industry has experienced a breakthrough, which has contributed significantly to the promotion of tourism to the international market.

Hanoi’s Department of Tourism estimated that by the end of 2017, the capital city will have welcomed more than 23.8 million visitors for earnings of roughly 71 trillion VND (3.1 billion USD), an increase of 15 percent from the same period last year.

According to report from Hanoi People Committee office, Chairman of Hanoi People Committee Nguyen Duc Chung conclusion to unanimous with France experts on tourism signboard system design on Hanoi Connect Project.

On December 7, in Hanoi, Hanoi Tourism Association (Hanta) has held the 5th congress for the period 2017 - 2022.

On December 14, Hanoi Goethe Institute will hold a series activities for the Christmas season at Cua Bac Church, Hanoi.

Vietnam’s eight northwestern mountainous provinces will boost links and lure more investment in tourism and road infrastructure to reach target of welcoming 2.3 million foreign visitors and 14 million local tourists by 2020.

Accordingly, Japanese experts have shared with local enterprises and those working in the service sector in Hanoi on their well-known Japanese customer service, aimed at promoting the services towards customers in Hanoi.

Joyous celebrations for New Year 2018 are being held this December at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, in the Dong Mo tourism area of Son Tay town, Hanoi.

Switzerland’s leisure airline Edelweiss will open seasonal direct flights from Zurich to Ho Chi Minh City, which is expected to boost the number of European tourists to Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Tourism-Culture Festival will be held in South Korea on December 14 as part of activities celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam-Korea diplomatic relations, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Tourism sectors of the seven northern and central provinces have gained significant growth rates this year, Nghiem Thi Thanh Nguyet, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Emulation and Commendation Department, said.

According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnamese Tourism - Culture Festival will be held in South Korea as part of activities celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam – South Korea diplomatic relations (December 22).

Ho Chi Minh City`s Nguyen Hue Street will be decorated with flowers for the week around Tet holiday.

Ho Chi Minh City will invest to build a number of waterway tours from now to 2020 as the city’s natural conditions are good to develop such kind of tourism products.

From December 11 to 17, Quang Nam Province’s first-ever South Korean Day Festival and South Korean Film Week will be held in Tam Ky City to mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and South Korea.

The 2nd Food Fest 2017 is set to transpire on December 8 - 10 in Ho Chi Minh City where guests can indulge their palates with as many as 1,500 types of food and drinks prepared by leading cuisine experts.

Accordingly, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently signed a decision recognising the resort town of Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai as a national tourism site.

China and South Korea remained the two largest source markets for Vietnam’s tourism with 348,000 and 224,000 visitors this month, taking their total to over 5.72 million in January-November, half of all international arrivals in Vietnam.

The demand for travel is popular with many people including the disabled. Nonetheless, tourism service for them still remains undeveloped in Vietnam.