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Information technology and digitalization have been seen as a solution to boost smart tourism in Vietnam, heard delegates at a conference held in Hanoi on October 6 under the theme ‘Smart tourism – Opportunities and Challenges to Vietnam.”

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been named among the top 50 safe destinations for solo travelers by US-based news website Business Insider.

To increase the attractiveness of tourism in the capital, Hanoi tourism has been and will continue to promote cooperation with major airlines. It is also considered as “the most important element” to attracting tourists in the smokeless industry of Hanoi’s tourism.

A Vietnamese Cultural Week began in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on October 4, aimed to bring the country’s beauty closer to international friends and deepen ties between the two countries.

The CNN Series Explore Parts Unkown will offer viewers with perfect dishes in eight Asian cities, including Hanoi.

From October 7 to 8, a waterfall festival will be held at the Ban Gioc Waterfall Tourism Complex in Dam Thuy Commune, Trung Khanh District, in the northern province of Cao Bang.

The low-cost carrier Air Asia and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will offer a huge quantity of ultimate cheap flights to welcome the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

From October 1 to 3, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Rome, Italy, held a tourism promotion programme in Milan and Rome.

From October 6 to 8, a festival gathering 14 typical community-based tourism villages across the northwest region will be held in Hoa Binh Province.

According to Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, deputy general director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam expects to welcome one million Japanese tourists in 2018.

Vietravel has been recognized as “Vietnam’s Best Travel Agency” at the TTG Travel Awards Ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Hanoi-Doha direct air route is on the way to be launched next year.

The third Buckwheat Flower Festival will take place from October 4 to December 31 in four districts of northern mountainous Ha Giang province - Dong Van, Quan Ba, Yen Minh and Meo Vac - and the provincial capital of Ha Giang city.

The ninth Thai Festival in Vietnam is being held on September 30 and October 1 at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi.

Hanoi made the top 10 on the world’s fastest travel destinations list with a 16.4% annual growth rate in the 2009 - 2016 period, according to the MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index 2017.

Domestic and foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh City will have exciting experience discovering the beauty of local scenery as state-owned tour operator Saigontourist launched seven new waterway tours.

Chinese tourists have continued to take the lead in the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam, up more than 47% to more than 2.9 million arrivals, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

A Vietnamese stall is offering a warm welcome to visitors at the Top Resa international tourism fair, which runs in Paris from September 26 to 29.

The 10th version of the Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will highlight the five local UNESCO-recognised World Heritage items, according to the festival’s organising board.

To have an “unique” picture on the cliffs in Phu Quy, Ba Den Mountain or Pha Luong, visitor must be both courage and careful.