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China’s Taiwan is piloting a preferential visa policy for high-end tour groups from Vietnam as well as those from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and India...

A total of 65 programmes and events will be held throughout the National Tourism Year 2016 titled “Exploring the southern land”, the organising board said a news conference in Hanoi on November 16.

When planning your itinerary for your next backpacking trip to Vietnam, the following suggestions of Rough Guides will help ensure that you don’t miss discovering any of the highlights.

‘No trip to Vietnam would be complete without seeing it’, says the New York-based news website Business Insider in its article featuring Ha Long Bay in the Northeast of Vietnam.

Catching fish with your bare hands at The BCR tourism zone in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9 has become a popular activity among visitors, both local and foreign, where they have 20 minutes to catch a fish in a 150 sq m pool.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will host the 2016 National Tourism Year, offering opportunities for visitors at home and abroad to explore southern Vietnam.

The overseas ownership of Vietnam was back in the headlines this past week with the release of a tourism report showing that the industry is finally seeing a glimmer of hope.

The low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will launch two new air routes linking Nha Trang to Hai Phong and Vinh to Buon Ma Thuot, announced the company on October 30.

The UK’s travel guide Wanderlust has cited Vietnam as one of the hot travel tickets of South East Asia.

A group of holidaymakers, who are also staffers for a travel company, went to great pains to pick up litter on Ly Son Island – an emerging retreat off central Vietnam – during a trip earlier this month.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has designated Anoa Suzanne Dussol, President and CEO of An Hoa Tourism Company as Vietnam Tourism Ambassador to France.

On October 16, the Vietnam Tourism Association organized a workshop in Danang aimed at enhancing the nation’s image as a top European holiday destination to a large gathering of international guests and news media in attendance.