Việt Nam wins big at ASEAN Tourism Forum Three cities in Việt Nam have been presented with the ASEAN Clean Tourist Awards 2020 during the closing ceremony of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) held in Brunei.

Top 10 cultural events of the year

With the theme 'Visit Việt Nam Year 2019', Nha Trang - Khánh Hòa, the national tourism year staged more than 100 festivals and cultural activities to promote sea and island tourism.

HCM City eyes 8.5 million int’l visitors in 2019

HCM City tourism authorities will focus on marketing and promotion campaigns to attract more foreign tourists this year, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

Golf has a great future

Golf star Greg Norman has the nickname “Great White Shark”. He believes that Việt Nam has a bright future as a place where people will like to play golf.

Six Sense Con Dao wins ASEAN Spa Services Standard Award

Six Senses Con Dao has been awarded the ASEAN Spa Services Standard Award in Việt Nam. The award was presented to the resort by Việt Nam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện during the 2019 ASEAN Tourism Forum which was recently held in the Quảng Ninh Province city of Hạ Long.

ASEAN tourism people and services honoured at ATF

Trần Minh Hội, owner of a restaurant in the central highlands province of Pleiku is among 20 people featured in the book Tourism Stories - The Việt Nam Edition.

East Asian partners facilitate ASEAN travel

The Republic of Korea (RoK) will continue work on visas so that more people from ASEAN countries can easily visit, said Yu Byungchae, director general of the tourism industry policy bureau at the RoK’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

TRAVEX helps to boost ASEAN tourism

The Travel Exchange (TRAVEX) fair, a platform facilitating the trade of regional and individual tourism products from ASEAN member countries is under way, opening up various business opportunities for ASEAN members.

Technology should inspire people to protect heritage

ASEAN has so far a total of 38 World Heritage sites which have contributed significantly to tourism development of each country and offered socio-economic, cultural benefits to local communities. In the digital era, preservation of ASEAN heritage values plays a key role in maintaining tourism sustainability. Việt Nam News reporters Hồng Vân and Khánh Dương talk to delegates at ASEAN Tourism Forum which is taking place in Hạ Long, the city of a World Heritage site, in northern Quảng Ninh Province about how technology can be best used in tourism.

ASEAN Tourism Forum kicks off in Hạ Long

The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2019 themed ‘ASEAN-The Power of One’, the most important annual event in ASEAN tourism co-operation, began yesterday evening in the coastal city of Hạ Long in northern Quảng Ninh province.