The French experts completed detailed designs for Sa Pa’s tourism resort and museum and helped print books and launch a website on Sa Pa trekking in both English and French.

The theme of the forum “ASEAN Tourism – Striving for a New Height” aims to boost the ASEAN tourism industry and promote ASEAN as a single tourism destination at a time of fierce global competition.

The figure is thanks to the effectiveness of Halong Bay’s image promotion to foreign friends and domestic tourists over the past time. In June alone, about 213,300 tourists have been come to Halong Bay, including nearly 130,500 foreigners, raising this figure for the first six months to 789,260, up 56% against the same period last year.

Nguyen Thanh Huong, deputy head of the Tourism Promotion Department, reveals ambitious plans for the industry this year.

The Mekong Delta Fruit Festival opened in My Khanh Village, Phong Dien District, Can Tho Province on May 28. It is part of activities to welcome the Mekong-Can Tho National Tourism Year 2008 held from May 28 to June 2.

The National Tourism Year 2008 celebrations, themed “The Mekong Delta’s Waterways and Countryside,” will be held on Cai Khe Island, on the banks of the Hau River on February 21, 2008.

The Mekong Delta province of Can Tho will hold 30 events and festivals throughout the year as part of National Tourism Year 2008.

Street Festival in celebration of the Year of Tourism
- Time: 18:00-19:30 on February 21, 2008
- Location: Hoa Binh Ave., Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem (C) with Minister of Culture, Sports & Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and Secretary of provincial committee of Quang Ninh, Nguyen Duy Hung pressed the button to start the voting for Halong Bay

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh Province, the home of Halong Bay launched a campaign in Hanoi on Sunday asking people to vote for the bay as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

TTO - After nearly one month launching the voting, the organizor NewOpenWorld has received more than 1 million votes. Halong Bay belongs to the group with the most votes.