(CPV) - VietJetAir (Vietnam’s leading low-cost carrier) is offering a special promotion titled “Dancing with Central Highlands” for its newly-launched Ho Chi Minh city - Buon Me Thuot flight from now until May 26.

Ho Chi Minh city is expected to welcome 4.1 million foreign guests in 2013 to post a year-on-year increase of 8 percent.

Eighty international hotels from Portugal, France, Russia, Australia, Singapore and Spain have registered to participate in the 2013 Nha Trang – Vietnam International Island Tourism Fair, announced the Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Government office has sent a document to the Khanh Hoa People’s Committee announcing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan’s direction on delaying the organising of the International Yacht Festival to July 2014, reported the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park welcomed its four millionth visitor on 19 May, 10 years after being recognized as a World Natural Heritage.

As of April 2013, the total number of tourists to the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa reached 220,000. Of this, Russia led the market with nearly 40,000 tourists, a year-on-year rise of 60 percent.

Five Vietnamese restaurants are named in the list of the 101 best restaurants in Asia which was compiled by US food website, Daily Meal.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has agreed to sell low-cost tickets to stimulate demand for local tours of 12 travel agencies in HCM city, said Tran The Dung, deputy director of The He Tre (Young Generation) Tourism Company and deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Stimulus Group on May 16.

The Hanoi city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on May 16 coordinated with the Mekong Delta Tourism Association to organise a conference promoting and introducing destinations of the delta region to travel agencies in the city.

The Nha Trang - Vietnam International Sea and Island Tourism Fair 2013 will take place in the beautiful coastal city of Nha Trang of central Khanh Hoa province from June 8 -10, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Tourism Board and Association of Travel Agents of Nepal hosted a seminar in Hanoi on May 15 promoting tourism in Nepal.

(CPV) - Don’s, a Canadian restaurant in Hanoi, was listed in “Asia’s 50 best restaurants” for 2013 by worlds50best.asia in Singapore.

The Soc Trang People’s Committee has issued a plan to organize the first official Ghe Ngo boat race festival of Khmer people in Mekong River Delta – Soc Trang from November 14 to 17, 2013.

(CPV) – The Danang International Marathon Competition 2013 will take place in the central coastal city on September 1, the City People’s Committee announced in a press briefing on May 7.

Tourists who visit Quang Nam during the fifth Quang Nam Heritage Festival from June 21 to 26 will have access free of charge to Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Sanctuary.

Eight Italian couples are participating in a game show organised by the European country’s RAI Television (RAI TV) which introduces various localities in Vietnam.

The tourism sector of the Mekong Delta may need 208,000 workers by 2020, including 75,000 direct ones, according to the Institute for Tourism Development Research’s latest forecast.

The 2013 Sapa in the Cloud Festival attracted more than 33,000 visitors, said Deputy Chairman of the Sapa District People’s Committee Nguyen Ngoc Hinh.

(CPV) - The Southern Fruit Festival 2013 will co-organised from June 1 - 12 in the Suoi Tien tourist site by the Ho Chi Minh city Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the city’s Association of Tourism.

Tourist attractions nationwide were crowded with domestic and foreign visitors during the April 30 – May 1 holidays.