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The central city of Hoi An will promote the use of bicycles this year as part of a plan to build the city into the first eco-city in Vietnam.

Thousands of sea and air travellers have visited the central coastal city of Danang and Khanh Hoa during the past few days, heralding a bonanza year for the local tourism industry in the Year of the Horse.

Tourism authorities have approved the Vietnam Tourism Occupational Skills Standards, the first of 10 job standards for the tourism sector.

The General Statistics Office released a list of nations and territories having more than 100,000 visitors travelling to Viet Nam.

Vietnam’s tourism potential was introduced to international tour operators at a workshop in Belgium.

The central Quang Nam province’s Hoi An ancient town hosted a ceremony to welcome its first foreign visitors on the first day of 2014.

The southern island district of Con Dao received 19,000 foreign visitors in 2013, representing a year-on-year increase of 49% and making up 20% of the total number of visitors to the locality known as Poulo Condor.

In 2013, Russian tourist arrivals to Viet Nam numbered 250,000, ranking first in tourist arrivals in the country for the second consecutive year.

The southern province of Binh Dinh aims to welcome over two millions tourists in 2014 and increase tourism revenue by 32% to VND780,000 billion.

The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam has risen sharply during the 2014 New Year holiday as many provinces and cities across the country have offered attractive tourism services and incentives.

Vietnam’s Danang city and China’s Guangdong province signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation on December 11, paving the way for tourism promotion in their localities.

Winners of the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2012, the most prestigious in the sector, were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 5.

Ho Chi Minh City has so far this year welcomed 3.6 million foreign visitors, posting a year-on-year increase of 5% and achieving 89% of the year’s plan.

The number of international visitors to Vietnam over the last eleven months is estimated at 6.85 million, a year-on-year rise of 10.2%, according to the General Statistics Office.

An International Conference on Spiritual Tourism for Sustainable Development was held at Bai Dinh Temple, northern Ninh Binh Province on November 21.

Da Lat city is on its last- minute preparation work to celebrate a long-awaited tourism week which is scheduled from December 27 to 31.

The PM has given a green light to the 2013-20 National tourism promotion program which was tailored to accelerate advertisement of Viet Nam`s special tourism destinations, localities, products and services in foreign countries.

To promote business and support their loyal passengers, Vietnam Airlines have announced their new schedule with more flights daily during the Traditional Tet Festival 2013 with various ticket prices offering to different passengers travel to different places include international and domestic flights. 

The European Union (EU) will provide assistance to Vietnam to help design plans for sustainable development of tourism in Ha Long Bay in the future.

The Spanish government will provide 400,000 euros in non-refundable aid for a project to help Vietnam raise the capacity of its tourism sector from now until 2020, with a vision for 2030.