7 Vietnam hotels named in International Hotel Awards

Recently, Andrea Nguyen - an overseas Vietnamese in the United States - has lately published a book named The Banh Mi Handbook. The Banh Mi Handbook is a good source for those who want to learn about Banh Mi Recipe and try making it themselves.

SkyScanner has released the list of Top Most Beautiful Beaches in Asia Pacific, including Mui Ne Beach in Vietnam. Apart from possessing wonderful seascapes, Mui Ne Beach is also a great venue for holding international windsurfing and sailing festivals.

At the end of December 2014, Vingroup officially launched Almaz Center in the urban ecology Vinhomes Riverside. Almaz consists of modern convention center, luxury bar and restaurants, classy wine lounge and other amusement parks.

On the morning of July 9th 2014, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a press conference of Exciting Vietnam Campaign to promote Vietnam tourism.

An Emirates promotion on flights from HCM to Paris has launched. In this program, passengers will receive 48 percent discount when buying tickets for flights departing from June 5 to November 11, 2015.

Recently, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, General Director of the Department of Tourism has had an official meeting with representatives of BBC on plans to promote Vietnam tourism on this channel in Hanoi.

BBC has already released the list of Top 15 Most Amazing Landscape and Rock Formations in the world. Halong Bay in Vietnam is also named in the list. The Natural World Heritage is also voted as one of the best destinations in the world 2015.

There is a new tourism service launched in Da Nang - tour to Hoi An and My Son from Da Nang by helicopters. This is a great chance for tourists to be more active in arranging their time and transportation from Da Nang to Hoi An and My Son.

According to Mr. Tran Duc Lam, Director of Department of Planning and Investment, Quang Ninh will complete the cable car in Halong Bay in 2015. The project is included in the investment of $ 300 billion of Sun Group.

Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex was recognized as the world cultural and natural heritage since June 2014. It is expected that two more weeks left, Ninh Binh will organize the welcome ceremony in 3 days to receive the World Natural Heritage Certificate.

Au Lac Company has recently provided modern Tuan Chau ferry to the tourist waterway from Tuan Chau Island (Halong Bay) to Cat Ba Island. Thanks to this waterway, tourists can transport easily between two famous tourist destinations.

Recently, Nguyen Hue Walking Street was officially opened to serve locals and tourists in Ho Chi Minh City. The new walking zone is the most beautiful and largest street in Ho Chi Minh City with colorful decoration and modern water foutain system.

Vietnamese street food has become so well known that CNNgo praises Vietnam as the heaven of food and Travel Jounal Lovelyplanet lists Vietnam as one of 10 culinary tours most worth-trying in the world.

Because of the tropical monsoon climate, the summer in Vietnam is rather hot. With cool climate and moderate temperature, following are 10 perfect summer destinations in Vietnam to enjoy fresh air and beautiful landscapes.

In the evening July 18, 2014, Sun Wheel in Da Nang was officially launched at Asia Park Da Nang. Sun Wheel in Da Nang is one of the top highest wheels in the world.

Famtrip, a German delegation consisting of 12 representatives of leading tourism companies in Germany with Mr. Peter Melchior as the delegation leader has visited Vietnam to research for tourism from May 13th to 18th 2014.

Non Nuoc Stone Carving Village located at the foot of Marble Mountains as recently been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage. It is one of the most well-known attractions in Da Nang.

Recently, there is a decision on upgrading Nguyen Hue Flower Street to become a walking square in Ho Chi Minh City. The project costs about 428 billion dong. Also, there is an underground station built here.

Trang An, honored as “Dry Halong Bay”, is becoming a favorite attraction appealing tourists from all over the world. Recently, Vietnam proposed UNESCO for recognizing Trang An ecological complex in Ninh Binh Province as a world heritage site.

The first official website of Lao Cai tourism has come into operation since March 27th. The website enables tourists and companies to upgrade tourism information in 3 languages: Vietnamese, English and Chinese.