Prime Minister approved a master plan for Trang An Tourism Complex on April 29, 2003. The complex, closely related to the ancient capital of Hoa Lu in the northern province of Ninh Binh, is an attractive and lively natural landscape with diverse biology and many historical and cultural sites.

The National Administration of Tourism has recently made a survey of tourism in three provinces of Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang and Bac Can with the participation of 25 businesses and six tourism management offices.

The increasing number of tourists who travel to Viet Nam for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) is causing a new development trend for the nation's tourism sector to emerge, said economic experts.

Ben Thanh Tourist has launched five new tours to the Mekong Delta to visit the well-known Nam Can mangrove forests, Ca Mau and Cai Rang floating markets, Ba Chua Xu Temple, and the Bang Lang Stork Garden. The tours will also take visitors to several ecological sites within the region.