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CNN Travel has named Da Lat city in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong and Lan Ha Bay on Cat Ba Island among its top 18 mysterious gems of Asia which are less-crowded, but just as rewarding.

PSNews - Many localities across the country are making every effort to promote their tourism potential to international markets while stimulating domestic demand in the coming time, with the aim of capitalising on the travel season at the year's end.

PSNews - The People’s Committees of northern Vinh Phuc province and Tam Dao district held a ceremony on December 2 to announce the award honouring Tam Dao as the world’s leading town destination in 2022. Thanks to its cool climate, Tam Dao town has long been a popular attraction in northern Vietnam for domestic and foreign visitors.

PSNews - Although in 2021, tourism in Hanoi as well as other provinces and cities in the country has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pademic, many international tourism organizations and press agencies still evaluate Hanoi among travellers’ wish lists globally.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam as of November 20 surged by 0.1% to US$26.46 billion against the same period from last year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

PSNews - On the occasion of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with cultural management agencies of many provinces and cities kicked of an exhibition themed "Vietnam cultural heritage space" in both in-person and virtual formats. 

PSNews - The Municipal Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City is anticipated to welcome the return of foreign visitors with vaccine passports this December instead of 2022 as planned.

Vietnam has been listed among the top 30 destinations to visit on holiday in October, announced by popular travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

Delicious local cuisine is the main reason for female Japanese travelers to choose Vietnam as their favourite post-pandemic destination, according to the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC).

Vietravel Airlines will launch its first flight in mid-December 2020 as opposed to the previous schedule of starting flights during the first half of 2021, according to Nguyen Quoc Ky, CEO of Vietravel, one of Vietnam’s leading tour operators.

PSNews - On May 16, British billionaire Joe Lewis, owner of the famous football team Tottenham Hotspur visited Halong Bay on his 150 million-USD super-yacht Aviva.

The central city of Da Nang has introduced a number of open-door policies to lure investors in 2018, which has been set by the city as a year of investment attraction.

Vietnam welcomed more than 5.54 million foreign visitors in the first four months of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 29.5%, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam’s total newly registered capital and share buying in 2017 has valued at nearly US$36 billion and implemented capital reached nearly US$20 billion. This is record growth for FDI capital in Vietnam in 10 years.

Over 90 travel photographs depicting the pristine beauty of the south central coast province of Phu Yen are on display in the province’s cultural centre until October 20.

The southern province of Binh Duong has set a target of attracting at least US$1.4 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2017, prioritising projects with high technology and large-scale ones on urban and service development.

PSNews – Tran Quoc pagoda was named as one of the 16 most fascinating pagodas in the world.