Nhan Dan – The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will offer passengers 20 additional domestic flights from September 1 to 5 on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).

Nhan Dan Online- Indonesia Culinary Week in Hanoi will be held from September 3 to 7 at the Melia Hotel to mark the Indonesia National Day which falls on September 7.

Nhan Dan Online- The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has just been named the winner of the top award in the Heritage category of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Awards 2010.

Nhan Dan – The training of the tourism workforce should follow the market’s demand, emphasised Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan at the National Conference on Tourism Training held on August 17 in Hanoi.

Nhan Dan – Poland’s LOT Airlines yesterday announced its plan to launch a new direct air route from Hanoi to Warsaw from November 15.

Fifteen tour guides have gathered to compete in the final round of the second National Tour Guide Competition held in Hanoi on August 15.

Nhan Dan Online – Eight northeastern provinces signed a plan to develop products and a tourism brand for the region yesterday in Sapa, Lao Cai province.

Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay has earned the second largest number of international votes in the past four weeks of the campaign to vote for the world’s seven new natural wonders.

Nhan Dan – Vietnam Airlines officially launched its online check-in programme (Web check-in) via its website http://www.vietnamairlines.com on August 16.

A doorman protects the entrance to your home, but four deities take care of that job for the city of Hanoi.

Nhan Dan - A ground-breaking ceremony of the An Thinh Hotel, the first four-star hotel in Hoa Binh City was held by An Thinh - Hoa Binh Real Estate Joint Stock Company yesterday.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines will officially re-open a direct air route from Ho Chi Minh City to Nagoya city in Japan on August 13.

The northern port city of Hai Phong will organise the first Culture, Sports and Tourism Week from September 28 to October 2 in response to the grand ceremony of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

China wants to boost co-operation in tourism with Vietnam, Chairman of the China National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei told Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

The Vietnamese tourism authority said it expected about one million Chinese holidaymakers to visit the country this year, double last year's number.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to develop tourism as a key economic sector in the Mekong Delta.

A fireworks festival will be held at My Dinh national stadium on October 10 as part of the cultural and artistic night to mark the Thang Long-Hanoi millennium anniversary.

Vietnam welcomed around 410,000 foreign tourists in July, bringing the total number of foreign visitors to the country in the first seven months of the country to more than 2.9 million, a year-on-year rise of almost 35%.

Nhan Dan – A series of events for National Tourism Year 2011 will take place in the southern central coastal provinces, announced the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Nhan Dan – A group of Australian journalists from the Sun Herald Magazine of Sydney, a monthly publication that includes a tourism column, recently visited Da Nang city to conduct a tourism survey.

Hanoi has welcomed 551,600 foreign tourists so far this year, a year-on-year rise of 12%, reported the city’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Department.

The 2010 Vietnam Culture Week will be held in Germany and Belgium in August and September, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Nhan Dan Online – The number of visitors to the Mekong River Delta in the first six months of this year has reached 10 million, including 730,000 foreigners, increasing 8.7% over the same period of 2009.

Air tickets to the central city of Da Nang have become scarce recently as increasing numbers of people opt to enjoy the local fun and sunshine.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a programme to promote Vietnam’s tourism industry on the US cable channel CNN this year.

Right in the heart of Hanoi, tourists can see and touch the simple life of the Vietnamese countryside several centuries ago by visiting the Museum of Farming Tools and Daily Life of Northern Farmers.

Occupancy rates of 3-5 star hotels in Hanoi rose to 54.52% in the second quarter of the year, a year-on-year increase of 10.26%.

Vietnam’s tourism industry has helped promote the country’s image and position in the world, said a government official at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 6 to mark the 50th anniversary of the tourism industry (July 9).