The southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu will organise a series of vibrant cultural, sports and tourism events to boost tourism for the upcoming April 30 holiday, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Viet Nam''s premier multi-sport event, the Le Fruit
Off-Road Triathlon, will take place on May 30 at Ho Tram Beach near Vung
Tau in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.
A ceremony in recognition of Con Dao National Park
as an international wetlands area will take place tomorrow, according to
the People''s Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ba
Ria-Vung Tau Province said that 6.9 million tourists visited the
province in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 17
per cent.
Con Dao, an island district in Ba Ria – Vung Tau
Province, has been included in Lonely Planet''s travel magazine as one of
the top nine of the world''s most mysterious islands.