Travel firms have launched inbound and outbound tours as well as promotion programmes to meet demand for the upcoming New Year holiday and Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.

The southern province of Tây Ninh has unveiled plans to turn the Bà Đen national tourist site into a competitive tourism destination.

Local authorities and travel companies are determined to work together to build non-smoking tourist destinations, restaurants and hotels in Hà Nội.

Non-profit Craft Link will organise a handicrafts bazaar at the Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology in Hà Nội on November 17.

Việt Nam received nearly 13 million foreign visitors in the first ten months of the year, up 22 per cent from the same period last year.  

Thai sweet soup typically features aromatic fruits and roots like durian, longan, taro and sweet potato, though durian is the biggest draw.

 The resort town of Đà Lạt is well-known at home and abroad thanks to its year-round cool climate, green pine forests, misty landscape, and resplendent architectural gems dating back to the colonial era.

A travel piece in British newspaper The Telegraph on 10 beaches in Southeast Asia unspoilt by tourism lists two in Việt Nam: An Thới Islet off Phú Quốc Island and Bình Lập Island in Khánh Hoà Province.

Malaysia’s World of Buzz newspaper has written about Việt Nam’s largest island, Phú Quốc, saying it would one day become one of the top destinations in Southeast Asia.