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.

A Singaporean enterprise offered to install free wireless internet (WiFi) throughout HCM City to serve tourists and local residents, according to Deputy Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen.

Travel will now be easier for customers of the low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacfic after the airline officially launched its services on Hanoi-Quy Nhon and Hanoi-Chu Lai routes on June 1.

Located in Cao Phong district, Hoa Binh province, just about 110km north-east of Hanoi center, Thung Nai is a popular destination for weekend retreat.

The HCM City tourism sector has made good preparations this year to attract international visitors but more new attractions are needed for them to succeed.

Since 2014, foreign visitors to the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi have received free tours from a group of Vietnamese youngsters, who help them explore the sites as well as the land and culture of Vietnam.

Visiting the city of flowers, travelers will not only see beautiful flower fields, but many famous sights, including strange motels.

The General Statistics Office said on May 26 that the number of international visitors to Vietnam in May was estimated at 757,244 arrivals, up 30.2% compared to the same period last year.

On the occasion the on-going 11th Asia-Pacific Week Forum held in Berlin from May 23 to June 3, the Embassy of Vietnam in Germany organised a workshop in Berlin on May 24 to introduce Vietnamese food culture and promote tourism in the country.

Hanoi`s tourism sector are trying best efforts to take full of potentials and advantages with the aims to attracting more tourists from the Russia, which has been considered as the key market of Vietnam in the coming years.

Three central coastal localities, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Da Nang recently signed an agreement on a new shared destination “The Essence of Vietnam”.

Pho (Vietnamese noodle), bun rieu cua (crab soup with vermicelli), and bun cha (grilled pork & noodle) are street food dishes that captivate thousands of international visitors. Here are the seven dishes and drinks that have made Vietnam an attractive spot on the culinary world map.

A total of 33 Vietnamese tourists visited Son Doong cave in the central province of Quang Binh in the first few months of 2016.

Lang Sen Festival 2016, which celebrates late President Ho Chi Minh’s 126th birthday, May 19, will take place from May 16-19 in Vinh City and Kim Lien Commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province with an array of meaningful activities.

The Con Son relic site in Chi Linh district, Hai Duong province is closely associated with many well-known Vietnamese figures such as Tran Nguyen Dan, Huyen Quang and Nguyen Trai, a national hero and world cultural figure.

From May 11-17, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in coordination with People`s Committee of the central province of Quang Binh held the journey "Conquering Son Doong cave" for the delegation of foreign ambassadors to Vietnam, an UNESCO representative and US Assistant Secretary of State.

According to the report on the economic impact of tourism in 184 nations of the World Travel and Tourism Council, in 2015, Vietnam`s tourism sector created 2,783,000 direct jobs, accounting for 5.2% of total employment.

According to the report of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the total number of travellers from five Western European countries reached 554,000 arrivals in the last nine months, up 13.91% from 2014 and 2015.

Cambodia’s Angkor Air will launch a direct route connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Preah Sihanoukville from June 17, according to the State Secretariat on Civil Aviation of Cambodia.

People’s Committee of the northern province of Quang Ninh organised a ceremony to announce the establishment of the provincial Tourism Department on May 9.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc participated in a groundbreaking ceremony of the Hon Dau luxury resort in Do Son district, the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 7.