Viet Nam will facilitate visa processing for foreign tourists, open new
direct international flights and improve its tourism environment in
order to attract more tourists in 2015, said Nguyen Van Tuan, general
director of the Viet Nam National Administration for Tourism (VNAT), at...
Though the number of foreign tourists to HCM City is increasing year
after year, there are not enough quality guidebooks and maps listing
interesting tourism spots, services, and amusement places.
It is the peak time for holiday-makers in Viet Nam
and this year the number of foreign tourists visiting the country has
increased beyond previous expectations, according to local travel
agencies.
It is not common for Vietnamese to explore Cho Lon, HCM City''s
Chinatown, in District 5, but I decided to do so because many foreign
tourists put it at the bottom of their travel lists. Although I have
briefly visited the area, this...
As of May 2013, 11 months after a VAT refund progamme was launched, just
3,700 foreign tourists had availed themselves of VAT refunds worth
VND12 billion (US$571,000) on their purchases as they left the country
via Ha Noi''s Noi Bai and HCM City''s...
A recent survey conducted by the Ha Noi Department
of Culture, Sports and Tourism found that more than 93 per cent of
respondents liked the city for its gastronomy, landscapes, services and
people.
Tourists are being asked to send holiday videos and
their feelings about their trip to the country to the Green Viet Nam
Video Contest, which aims to promote tourism and raise people''s
awareness of sustainable tourism.
