Vietnam Travel News in 2012

PM to considers proposal of lotus as national flower The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed Prime Minister to approve lotus as the national flower of Vietnam.

Bac Ninh hosts Kinh Duong Vuong Festival From 7 to 9 February, the northern province of Bac Ninh will host this year’s Kinh Duong Vuong festival whose scale is much larger than in previous years.

City to host first Hoi An day A program named ‘Hoi An Day’ for the first time will be held on February 10 and 11 in Dong Ho, Ky Hoa 1 at 16A Le Hong Phong Street in HCMC’s District 10.

Pilgrims flock to Tran temple’s seal opening ceremony The seal opening ceremony at the Tran temple in the northern province of Nam Dinh, took place on the 14th night of the first lunar month, which fell on February 5, attracting thousands of visitors.

In Lanta Tour’s case, Vietnam win’s international travelers’ hearts “The model of settling tourism crisis” The opportunity to advertise Vietnam’s tourism

In festival season, tourism still cools Small and medium carriers in Hanoi complain that the demand is too low in the first month of the Lunar New Year in comparison with the previous years, though it is now the festival season.

Ha Noi launches electric car service around West Lake Ha Noi launched an electric car service around the tourist favourite West Lake in Tay Ho district on Feb. 3 to mark the 82nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

Nham Thin Spring Newspaper Festival 2012 begins in Ha Giang The Spring Newspaper Festival 2012 and a photo exhibition entitled “Ha Giang – The City I love,” co-organized by the Ha Giang provincial Journalists’ Association and the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Department of Information and Communication, opened on February 2nd 2012.

Lanta Viet repays money to Vietnamese partners Lanta Viet, a subsidiary of Russia’s Lanta Tour, has resumed its operations in line with procedures related to Russian tourists stranded in Binh Thuan under contract to local service providers.

Dien Bien tourist numbers rise sharply The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has received more than 28,000 tourists since the beginning of 2012, including 6,500 during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Russian travel firm re-opens in Phan Thiet Lanta Viet Travel Company, the branch of Lanta Tour Voyage – one of the leading Russian tour operators, re-opened yesterday, Feb 3, in central Binh Thuan Province's Phan Thiet City.

Record number of foreigners visit Vietnam in January Vietnam welcomed some 630,000 foreign visitors in January, estimated the General Statistics Office (GSO) and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Russian tourists stuck in Binh Thuan supported to go home After Lanta-Tur Voyazh, one of the leading Russian tour operators, halted its operation on January 27, thousands of its customers were reported to be stuck in some countries including Viet Nam.

Vietnam's tourism industry has good start to 2012 Ha Noi-With a nation-wide theme of "Heritage Tourism" this year, Viet Nam's tourism industry is expected to experience an increase of tourists and strong competition with other countries in the region, said General Director of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan.

How to draw foreign tourists back to Vietnam Attractive destination Poor advertising Bad services

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