NDO/VNA – Vietnamese firms are taking part in the 2019 Specialty and Fine Food Asia (SFFA 2019), which opened in Singapore on July 17. 

NDO – Vietnam’s ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam was honoured by Google Doodles for the first time on Google Vietnamese homepage (google.com.vn) as a World Cultural Heritage and the most charming city in the world in 2019. 

NDO – A ceremony was held in Hanoi on July 15 to honour the winners of the Vietnam Tourism Awards, as part of activities marking the 59th founding anniversary of the Vietnamese tourism sector (July 9, 1960 – 2019). 

NDO/VNA – The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong unveiled that it will run its Da Lat flower festival in Da Lat and Bao Loc cities and a number of districts from December 20 to 24. 

NDO/VNA – The building of a plan on tourism development at the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area was the main topic of a seminar in Pleiku city, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, on July 15. 

NDO – Two luxury resorts in Phu Quoc island district, the southern province of Kien Giang, and the central city of Da Nang, Vietnam, have been listed among the top 15 resort hotels in Asia in a recent readers’ vote of the US travel magazine Travel & Leisure. 

NDO – A street carnival was held on the walking street around the Hoan Kiem Lake on July 14, with the participation of nearly 100 professional domestic and international artists. 

'Chao canh' (porridge noodles), a famous Nghe An specialty, is not a combination of noodles and porridge as its name suggests. 

NDO – Vietnam’s Thong Nhat (Reunification) Express, also called the North-South railway route, has been listed by the Russia’s Sputnik news agency among the ten most beautiful of its kind in the world. 

NDO – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) issued document No. 976/TCDL-KH on July 11, noting that international travel service enterprises can continue to organise tours for Vietnamese tourists to Sri Lanka. 

NDO/VNA – Foodies to the capital city of Hanoi could not miss banh da ca (soup made with tea-coloured noodles which comes from northern Hai Phong city) and banh cuon (steamed rolled pancakes), The Guardian suggested. 

NDO – Vietnam’s ancient city of Hoi An in the central Quang Nam province was named the world’s best city of 2019 by the New York-based Travel + Leisure magazine. 

NDO – ‘Ngo’(Corn) festival, also known as the “rainy season” festival, is the biggest traditional festival of the year for the Cong ethnic people in Lai Chau province. 

NDO – The Dong Thap Cultural and Tourism Week officially kicked off with a ceremony held in the Mekong River Delta province’s Cao Lanh City on July 10.