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With a recent strong growth in international arrivals from Russia, Vietnam’s tourism has picked this country as one of the three major source markets, together with South Korea and Japan, to focus promotion activities on.

As many as 120 Vietnamese tourist businesses have won the 13th Guide Awards for their outstanding contributions to the country’s tourism sector.

The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism is considering the approval of a project to organise an International Tourism Fair of Vietnam Sea 2013 in Nha Trang.

The 2012 Southern Land Cusine Festival will open at Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25.

The first Da Nang Sandcastle Competition was held on My Khe beach in Da Nang city on May 13, with over 300 people from 70 teams participating.

The East Asia Summit on tourism, trade and travel was held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 30, as part of the World Economic Forum on East Asia. The event took place at a time that ASEAN is said to have a lot of potential to develop tourism and travel.

A Mekong Delta trade, tourism and investment fair opened in Xuan To industrial zone, Tinh Bien district, in An Giang province on May 9.

Asiana Airlines of the Republic of Korea has pledged to promote Vietnam ’s central region heritage sites on its international flights.

A ceremony to receive the UNESCO certificate declaring the Ho Dynasty Citadel as a World Cultural Heritage site will take place in the central province of Thanh Hoa on June 16.

The EU-funded Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism (ESRT) Programme is supporting the 8 Northern Highland Provinces Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Son La, Yen Bai and Ha Giang in their efforts of collaboration for tourism development.