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.

Vietnam has been named among top 10 must-visit countries in the world by the UK`s prestigious magazine Wanderlust.

A conference to review the tourism development cooperation programme implemented by eight northwestern provinces was held in Moc Chau district, Son La province on January 30.

The Mekong Delta Green Tourism Week in 2015, held from June 18-24, includes main events of meetings, conferences, fairs, investment promotion in green tourism, solutions for tourism connections and development between localities in the region.

Chan May seaport in central Thua Thien-Hue province welcomed its first liner of the year carrying more than 2,500 foreign travellers on January 29.

For a Vietnamese couple living overseas for many years, the Tea Festival in Dai Tu District in the northern province of Thai Nguyen was an unforgettable experience.

Vietnam’s top tourism destinations and preferential policies were presented to Indian representatives at a gala held by the Vietnamese Embassy on January 27 in the city of Kolkata in the West Bengal state.

On January 28, a workshop on cooperating the management of destinations in the Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Kien Giang and Can Tho was held in Phu Quoc island, Kien Giang province, aiming to promote tourism cooperation in the region.

The General Statistics Office has announced the number of international arrivals to Vietnam in January jumped 6.6% on-month to an estimated 700,692 tourists.

A workshop themed “Promoting Tokyo tourism in Hanoi” was held on the morning of January 26 in Hanoi to attract more Vietnamese tourists to its capital.

On the afternoon of January 26, the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism signed a memorandum of cooperation to promote tourism between Hanoi and Tokyo (Japan).

The Huffington Post website has run an article to explain why people should start eating Vietnamese food.

From January 26, the Vietnam Air Services Company ( VASCO ) replaced the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to offer flights on some domestic air routes. ​

A number of medical plant models have been developed together with ecological tourism initiatives in Moc Chau and Van Ho districts in the northern mountainous province of Son La by courtesy of its climate advantage.

Six tourist attractions and historical relics in the capital city of Hanoi will open, free of charge, during Tet holiday 2015 (from December 30th, 2014 to January 2nd, 2015 of the lunar year), according to a decision by the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee.

The city of Danang will be hosting a light festival, which is free to everyone, as a way of providing a cultural experience and an opportunity to connect with the culture and heritage of the region.

Representatives of travel agents from Hyderabad, India will begin a series of Familiarisation trips (FAM) to Hoi An, My Son and Da Nang, the first of which will take place from January 30 to February 2.

A grand ceremony was held at Bai Dinh Pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh on January 23 to receive the UNESCO’s certification recognising Trang An tourism complex as a world cultural and natural heritage site.

A tourism marketing workshop for the French Market was held in Paris on January 23 with the participation of French businesses well above expectations.

TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, has named five Vietnamese hotels among top 25 best hotels for service in the world.

The fifth Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival will take place in Central Highlands Dak Lak province’s Buon Ma Thuot City – the capital of Vietnamese coffee from March 9-12.