Pho Hanoi, now a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, will be the centerpiece of a year-end festival celebrating its timeless inheritance and cultural significance.

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.

Sustainable tourism is both a target of and a solution to tourism development, contributing to providing more jobs and alleviating poverty at tourism destinations, Head of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan said at the conference in Hanoi on October 7.

The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang said 45 free wifi hotspots will be installed in 21 major tourist destinations in Ha Giang city and four mountainous districts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van and Meo Vac, which lie within the Dong Van Karst Plateau Global Geopark.

According to the report of the Hanoi Tourism Department, in the first 9 months of this year, the city welcomed more than 2.8 million international tourists, up 25% over the same period last year.

The 2016 Hanoi traditional craft village tourism festival will be kicked off at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long on September 29. This year`s event is expected to bring much exciting experience to local residents and visitors

"VTVTrip - Travel together with VTV" projcet that was launched in Hanoi on September 27, will offer TV audience a multifaceted view on Vietnamese tourism.

Vietnam received over 7.2 million international tourists in the first nine months of 2016, a yearly growth of 25.7 percent, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Philipp Abresch, head of the the German television ARD Office Southeast Asia in Singapore said the ARD has been completing a programme to discover Vietnam and its people.

The combination of tourism and sports is considered to be a "highway" for nations to get closer, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at the International Conference on Tourism and Sports held in the central city of Da Nang on September 24 within the framework of the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5).

A conference to hand over 21 sets of technical documents from the EU-funded project “Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Progamme” (EU-ESRT) to three Mekong Delta localities of An Giang, Can Tho and Kien Giang was held Can Tho city on September 22.

According to the recent information released by the Office of the Government on Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue’s decision at a meeting to discuss a draft project on developing the tourism sector, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was required to submit the draft project to Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc before September 24, 2016.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the People`s Committee of Lao Cai province held a conference to announce the 13th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of ethnic groups in the northwestern region.

KTĐT - Son Doong in the central province of Quang Binh has been recognised as the largest natural cave in the world by three international organisations, including Guinness (based in the UK), the Association World Record (based in Hong Kong) and WorldKings (based in the US and India).

The paragliding festival, themed "Flying over ripening rice fields", opened a culture and tourism week held at Khau Pha pass in Mu Cang Chai district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on September 18.

Con Son-Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2016 has been taking place with a wide range of activities in the northern province of Hai Duong.

HNP - The 2016 Ha Noi - Viet Nam Traditional Craft Village Tourism Festival is scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 2 at Thang Long Imperial Citadel (No. 19C Hoang Dieu Street, Ba Dinh District).

Deputy Prime Ministers Vuong Dinh Hue and Vu Duc Dam attended a meeting held on September 14 to discuss a draft master plan to develop the tourism sector by 2020.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has set the target to transform the country’s tourism industry and draw more foreign tourists from the North American markets.

Tourism ministers from ACMECS member nations adopted an statement on responsible tourism, which reiterates the ACMECS tourism industry’s commitment to responsible, sustainable, inclusive and balance tourism development.

The 12th International Travel Expo HCM City (ITE HCMC), entitled “The Gateway to Asia”, kicked off in the southern city in the night of September 7.

Chairman of Ha Long City People’s Committee Pham Hong Ha proposed on September 8 the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province to continue dining services in caves in Ha Long Bay through October 30.