Deputy Director General of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Ha Van Sieu received the World Travel Awards for Vietnam. Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn.

Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An, Da Nang, and Moc Chau were named among the winners.

Hanoi was honored as a leading destination in Asia in 2022.

The Hanoi pedestrian street around Hoan Kiem Lake (Photo: zingnews.vn)
Hanoi’s Pho rice noodle is well-known in the world (Photo: toplist.vn)
Foreign visitors are making pottery in Bat Trang pottery village in Gia Lam district, Hanoi (Photo: Thu Phuong/ dulichbattrang.net)

Being Vietnam’s economic hub with modern infrastructure, Ho Chi Minh City was named Asia's Leading Business Travel Destination.

An aerial view of Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: vovgiaothong.vn)
Foreign visitors take photos at Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Hoang Tuyet/ baotintuc.vn)
Visitors get around the city by Vespa scooter during the Mid-Autumn festival 2022 (Photo: Hoang Tuyet/ baotintuc.vn)

The ancient town of Hoi An is known for its charming, traditional beauty with its impressive architecture. It iboasts intangible cultural heritages, traditional craft villages, and unique art forms.

Hoi An (Quang Nam Province) was named Asia's Leading Cultural City Destination 2021 by the World Travel Awards (WTA) in 2019, 2021, and 2022 (Photo: Vo Rin/ VNEpress)
Houses with mossy roofs, ancient yellow walls, and lanterns are typical of Hoi An’s architecture (Photo: Nam Nguyen/ toquoc.vn)
Bai Choi singing is perfermed every night in Hoi An, attracting many locals and foreign tourists (Photo: Nam Nguyen/ toquoc.vn)

Da Nang is the central point connecting four UNESCO World Heritage sites. With its diversified tourism resources and products, together with modern infrastructure, and safe environment, Da Nang has become a popular destination.

The central city of Da Nang was honoured as Asia's Leading Festival and Event Destination at the 2022 World Travel Awards (WTA) (Photo: vnexpress.net)
Da Nang promotes golf as a high-quality tourism service (Photo: golfnewsvn.com)
Festivals are held all year round at Sun World Ba Na Hills in Da Nang (Photo: zingnews.vn)

Dubbed as the “Green pearl” of the Northwestern mountainous area, Moc Chau is endowed with splendid natural scenery, magnificient mountains, lush green tea hills, and fields of colorful flowers. Moc Chau was named Asia's Leading Nature Destination 2022 by the World Travel Awards for the first time.

Green tea hills in Moc Chau (Photo: TITC)
Endowed with manificient natural beauty, temperate weather all year round, and well-known natural tourist attractions, Moc Chau has become more and more appealing to many visitors (Photo: baodantoc.vn)
Specialities of Moc Chau (Photo: baodantoc.vn)
World Travel Awards were established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the global travel and tourism industry. Heralded as the “travel industry’s equivalent of the Oscars”, the awards are based on votes from the public and travel professionals across the globe.