Provincial authorities expect to develop cruise tours, eco-tourism, cuisine and entertainment activities as well as casino services along the expressway.

Van Don-Mong Cai Expressway as part of the expressway system connecting Hanoi and Mong Cai town at China border.

Quang Ninh People's Committee has ordered tourism officials to work with relevant agencies and travel firms to launch products that create a big hit for the local tourism industry.

Van Don – Mong Cai Expressway, which covers more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) and connects Van Don Economic Zone and Mong Cai Town bordering China, opened to traffic on Sept. 1 and helps reduce the travel time from Hanoi to Mong Cai to three hours instead of 5.5 hours as before.

It connects with two other existing expressway sections: Bach Dang - Dai Yen (25 kilometers) and Ha Long - Van Don (71.2 kilometers) to create the 176-kilometer expressway section running through Quang Ninh to link Ha Long Bay with the Chinese border at Mong Cai.

Quang Ninh, which used to be a favored tourist destination among Chinese tourists before the pandemic, is home to UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay and high-end resorts.

It hopes to attract 10 million tourists, including 1.6 million foreigners, this year.

Bac Giang urges collaboration to develop tourism in Am Vai pagoda

(BGO) – A symposium themed “Am Vai pagoda tourism – Potential and solution for development” was co-hosted on September 21 in Am Vai pagoda (Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province) by Institute of Ethnology (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences), Department of Science and Technology, Vingroup Innovation Foundation.

Vietnamese fans foot big bills for football World Cup tours

Travel agencies say tours to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup at prices ranging from VND170 to 320 million ($7,260-13,500) per person have nearly sold out.

Fashion shows to promote Vietnam’s tourism and heritage

A series of fashion shows, entitled ‘Buoc Chan Di San’ (Walking through Heritages) will be staged in famous tourist attractions across Vietnam to promote the country’s tourism potential and heritage.

Promoting brand of Ven village OCOP tourism product

(BGO) - In the first round of OCOP product evaluation and classification in 2022, the Ven village eco-cultural tourism product of Than Truong Cooperative in Yen The district, Bac Giang province was rated three stars, becoming the first community-based tourism product with star rating. This information not only brings joy to cooperative members but also opens up opportunities to increase income for locals.

Luc Ngan improves citrus quality in associated with tourism development

(BGO) – Recently, the owners of orange and pomelo gardens in Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) have actively cared for the trees and beautified the gardens to welcome visitors. Promoting the results of previous years, Luc Ngan district continues cooperating with competent sectors to connect and launch trade and tourism promotion event toward product introduction and consumption.

Source: VnExpress