Located in the middle of the Central Region of Vietnam, is considered to have the world’s most beautiful beaches at its two ends and also has “the grandest fortified gateway".

Stretching 192km along the coast, the southern province of Binh Thuan boasts great potential for tourism development, especially sea tourism - the most popular in Vietnam.

The Thuong (Upper) Temple Festival commemorating Tran Quoc Tuan opened on February 6 at the Thuong Temple historical and cultural site in northern Lao Cai province.

The Huong (Perfume) pagoda in Hanoi’s suburban district of My Đuc opened on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year (January 28), attracting tens of thousands of people from across the country.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will see 29 and 6 firework displays on Lunar New Year’s Eve (January 22).

A photography exhibition entitled “Spring – Vietnam Sea and Island Tourism” opened in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16.

A tourism promotion seminar themed “Bien voyager au Vietnam” (Traveling in Vietnam) has been organized in Paris, France.

Visitors will be offered entry free of charge when they visit all relics in the Hue Ancient Citadel complex during the Lunar New Year 2012 (Tet holiday), reported the Centre for Preservation of Hue Relics.

TV channel Russia-2 broadcast a one-hour program on January 2 introducing Vietnam’s country and people.

The Da Lat Flower Festival 2012 on the theme ‘Da Lat Flowers – A World of Colours’ opened in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, on December 31.