The event will run from October 15 to 30 as part of a communications strategy to promote Vietnam to international travellers.

Entries should focus on high-end experiences and world-class tourism products and services that Vietnam has to offer besides the country’s natural landscapes, UNESCO world heritage sites and traditional culture.

Trang An heritage site in Ninh Binh province.

Vietnam welcomed 12.9 million foreign visitors in the first nine months of 2019, a year-on-year rise of 10.8 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

In September alone, the number of foreign holidaymakers was estimated at 1.56 million.

The office said the number of foreign arrivals from Asian nations saw the highest increase of 12.5 percent, followed by those from Africa, America and Europe with respective rises of 10.8 percent, 6.8 percent and 5.3 percent.

Vietnam’s tourism sector aims to receive 17.5 – 18 million foreign tourists in 2019 and serve 85 million domestic visitors, raking in total revenue of 700 trillion VND (30.17 billion USD).

Ca Mau’s culture, tourism week slated for December

Ca Mau province will organise a culture and tourism week this December in an effort to attract more tourists to the southernmost land of Vietnam.

Tay Yen Tu Culture – Tourism Week 2020 scheduled on lunar January 5 – 19

(BGO) – The People’s Committee in Bac Giang province has issued the Plan to organize Tay Yen Tu Culture – Tourism Week 2020 (Culture – Tourism Week) themed “Bac Giang – the sacred land Tay Yen Tu” as a provincial level.

HCM City taps potential for medical tourism

International visitors who came to Ho Chi Minh City for health care make up 40 percent of the total number of foreign tourists to Vietnam for this purpose.

Culture-Tourism Trade and Entrepreneur Week in Bac Giang features wide range of activities

(BGO) – The Business Association in the northern province of Bac Giang on September 27 held a communication conference for the Culture-Tourism Trade and Entrepreneur Week in Bac Giang province under the integration era in 2019.

Vietnam promotes culture, tourism and cuisine in France

Vietnam’s culture, landscape, tourism and cuisine are being advertised to international friends through a “Vietnamese cultural space” covering nearly 3,000 sq. km at the ongoing 84th Metz International Fair in Metz, France from September 27 to October 7.

Source: VNA