Indochina Capital and Hyatt Hotels Corporation have announced the opening of Hyatt Regency Danang Resort and Spa in the central coast city of Danang as the first property in Vietnam bearing the luxury brand of the global hospitality company.

Saigontourist Travel Services Co. has cut a deal with Malaysia’s leading cruise line Star Cruises to welcome over 130,000 tourists on its cruises to Vietnam from next month to March next year.

Saigontourist Travel Services Co. on Thursday, October 27, 2011 opened an information and consulting service center to provide international tourists with free travel information and consulting services in Chinese, English and French.

More than 40 Japanese travel agents and Vietnamese tourism businesses attended a seminar on marketing for Japanese tourists in Ho Chi Minh City on October 25.

Phan Thiet City welcomed 80 visitors from Cruise ship Orion II on Tuesday morning, of whom 57 were from the U.S., with the remainder from Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the U.K., Spain, Italy and Ecuador.

More than 50 paintings on Vietnam created and posted on Facebook by Thai painter Direk Kingnok have received many comments from both Vietnamese and international friends.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on October 23 launched the “Environment-Culture-Tourism Week 2011” in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan.

On Oct, 20th a seminar on "Responsible Tourism and Responsible Tourism Certification in Viet Nam" was held by the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Ha Noi.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnam Tourism Association jointly held a ceremony in the Hanoi Opera House on October 17, 2011 to present the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2010 to 50 excellent tourism businesses.

Nearly 100 Ao Dai (the traditional long dress) designed by Pham Quoc Tuan are on display at an exhibition that opened at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi on October 18.