Travelers are invited to experience the charm of Vietnam's ancient Tet celebrations in the picturesque village of Duong Lam on the outskirts of Hanoi.

The "Voice of Heritage" finale celebrated Hanoi's cultural soul as 14 student teams passionately brought the city's rich history to life.

The low-cost carrier Air Asia and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will offer a huge quantity of ultimate cheap flights to welcome the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

From October 1 to 3, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Rome, Italy, held a tourism promotion programme in Milan and Rome.

From October 6 to 8, a festival gathering 14 typical community-based tourism villages across the northwest region will be held in Hoa Binh Province.

According to Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, deputy general director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam expects to welcome one million Japanese tourists in 2018.

Vietravel has been recognized as “Vietnam’s Best Travel Agency” at the TTG Travel Awards Ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Hanoi-Doha direct air route is on the way to be launched next year.

The third Buckwheat Flower Festival will take place from October 4 to December 31 in four districts of northern mountainous Ha Giang province - Dong Van, Quan Ba, Yen Minh and Meo Vac - and the provincial capital of Ha Giang city.

The ninth Thai Festival in Vietnam is being held on September 30 and October 1 at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi.

Hanoi made the top 10 on the world’s fastest travel destinations list with a 16.4% annual growth rate in the 2009 - 2016 period, according to the MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index 2017.

Domestic and foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh City will have exciting experience discovering the beauty of local scenery as state-owned tour operator Saigontourist launched seven new waterway tours.

Chinese tourists have continued to take the lead in the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam, up more than 47% to more than 2.9 million arrivals, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

A Vietnamese stall is offering a warm welcome to visitors at the Top Resa international tourism fair, which runs in Paris from September 26 to 29.

The 10th version of the Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will highlight the five local UNESCO-recognised World Heritage items, according to the festival’s organising board.

To have an “unique” picture on the cliffs in Phu Quy, Ba Den Mountain or Pha Luong, visitor must be both courage and careful.

A large-scale festival to promote vegetarian culture, express gratitude to parents and mark Mother’s Day will be held in Hanoi on September 30.

Developing sustainable tourism in combination with preserving and promoting national cultural values, and protecting landscapes and the environment is among targets set in Vietnam’s master plan on tourism development by 2020, with the vision to 2030.

Trang An landscape complex has met the criteria of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisations (UNESCO) on outstanding universal values of World Heritage, for this reason, the complex has been officially recognized as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

The annual charity fair was attended by N.Chimguundari, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Acting Prime Minister, E.Sarantogos, Director of Asia-Pacific Department of Foreign Ministry and Yuensub Murray, the President of International Women’s Society of Mongolia.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on September 25 held a roadshow in Jakarta, aiming to introduce Vietnamese tourism products to Indonesians and promote the image of Vietnam to attract more Indonesian visitors.

According to a report of Hanoi Department of Tourism, in the first 9 months of 2017, tourist arrivals reached an estimated 17,971,963, a year-on-year rise of 9%. Meanwhile, foreign tourists to Hanoi reached an estimated 3,536,143, a year-on-year rise of 23.5%.