[major=BBA_TM | course_id=TTD202 | syllabus_id=13790 | semester=4 | combo=core | title=Tourism destinations and routes of Vietnam]
Course ID: TTD202
Title EN: Tourism destinations and routes of Vietnam
Title VI: Tuyến điểm du lịch Việt Nam
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: TTG201
Description: Description: The module equips students with knowledge about tourist destinations within Vietnam such as geographical distribution, social, economic, cultural, and tourism development of leading source 7 tourism regions. From a geographical point of view, based on the classification of tourism resources, the countries of origin of tourists, or generating areas; and the routes traveled between these two sets of locations teaches students how to design, develop and evaluate a tour itinerary.
Effectively apply AI to the course.

Objectives
This course helps students to master the characteristics of regions and the connections between them, from which students apply this knowledge to design appropriate travel itineraries and to present them in a convincing, attractive way to tourists/customers.

Teaching Method:
The course is designed based on the blended learning method. Students are required to read slides before coming to class. In class, the lecturer recalls the lesson and organizes discussion activities.
The course includes a lot of practical sessions for interpreting and building travel itineraries.
Student tasks: <- Students must attend more than 80% of contact slots in order to be accepted to the final examination.
- Student is responsible to do all exercises, theorical and practical assignments given by instructor in class, on site or at home and submit on time
- Use laptop in class only for learning purpose
- Promptly access to http://flm.fpt.edu.vn for up-to-date course information>
Tools: - Internet
Course type: traditional
Decision: 1402/QĐ-ĐHFPT dated 12/12/2025
Approved date: 2025-12-12
CLO1: Classify and identify the locations and general characteristics/features of different regions, subregions of Vietnam.
[1] category=Class Participation; type=on-going; weight=10.0; duration=All courses; question_type=CLO6; grading_guide=Skill to defense and support ideas, Show your own knowledge about destinations and social issues; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[2] category=Group Presentation 1; type=on-going; weight=5.0; duration=15-20 mins/Group; question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; grading_guide=Chapter 2,3; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[3] category=Group Presentation 2; type=on-going; weight=5.0; duration=15-20 mins/Group; question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; grading_guide=Chapter 4; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[4] category=Group Presentation 3; type=on-going; weight=10.0; duration=15-20 mins/Group; question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; grading_guide=Chapter 2,3,4; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[5] category=Group Presentation 4; type=on-going; weight=10.0; duration=15-20 mins/Group; question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; grading_guide=Chapter 2,3,4,5,6; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[6] category=Group Presentation 5; type=on-going; weight=10.0; duration=15-20 mins/Group; question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; grading_guide=Chapter 5,6,7; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[7] category=Group Presentation 6; type=on-going; weight=10.0; duration=20 mins/Group; question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; grading_guide=Chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[8] category=Individual ASM; type=on-going; weight=10.0; duration=NA'; question_type=CLO1, CLO2; grading_guide=Field trip report; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[9] category=Quizzes (2); type=on-going; weight=10.0; duration=45 mins; question_type=CLO1, CLO2; grading_guide=Quiz 1: Part A, Quiz 2: Part B; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[10] category=Final Exam; type=Final exam; weight=20.0; duration=PE (1 written itinerary: 45 mins) + TE (20 MCQs: 30 mins); question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4,; grading_guide=Part A & Part B; completion_criteria=; clos=4
[1] desc=Tuyến điểm du lịch Việt Nam; author=Bùi Thị Hải Yến; publisher=NXB Giáo dục; edition=2017; isbn=NXB Giáo dục; main=True; online=; note=
[2] desc=Địa lý du lịch: cơ sở lý luận và thực tiễn phát triển ở Việt Nam; author=PGS.TS Nguyễn Minh Tuệ - TS. Vũ Đình Hòa; publisher=NXB Giáo dục Việt Nam; edition=2017; isbn=NXB Giáo dục Việt Nam; main=; online=; note=
[3] desc=Referencce 1: Atlas Du lịch Việt Nam 2020; author=Trung tâm thông tin Du lịch - Tổng Cục Du lịch Việt Nam; publisher=; edition=2020; isbn=; main=; online=; note=
[4] desc=Reference 2: 'Part 22A - Itinerary Planning and Tour Packaging, The Senior Secondary Course in Tourism, National Institute of Open schooling India, 2017: https://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/tourism_337_courseE/337_Tourism_Eng/337_Tourism_Eng_L22A.pdf; author=National Institute of Open schooling India; publisher=; edition=2017; isbn=; main=; online=True; note=
Session 1: PART A: OVERVIEW
Welcome and Course Introduction
Course, syllabus overview
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: I
ITU: Textbook
Syllabus
Materials: TTD202

Session 2: Welcome and Course Introduction
Assessment overview and instructions
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: I
ITU: Textbook
Syllabus
Materials: TTD202

Session 3: Chapter 0: Overview of tourism and tourist routes
Concept of tourism and the role of tourism in economic development.
Popular types of tourism in Vietnam.
Concept and significance of tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook TTG201, UNWTO, Luật Du lịch 2017
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-Preview slide chapter 0

Session 4: Chapter 0: Overview of tourism and tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook TTG201
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-Preview slide chapter 0
CLO2: Describe the network of routes connecting tourist attractions in a region, in tourist areas and in main regions of Vietnam
Session 1: Chapter 0: Overview of tourism and tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook TTG201
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-Preview slide chapter 0

Session 2: Chapter 1. Overview of natural conditions and tourism resources and infrastructure of Vietnam
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook TTG201
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-Preview slide chapter 1

Session 3: Chapter 1. Overview of natural conditions and tourism resources and infrastructure of Vietnam
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook TTG201
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-Preview slide chapter 1

Session 4: Chapter 1. Overview of natural conditions and tourism resources and infrastructure of Vietnam
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook TTG201
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-Preview slide chapter 1
CLO3: Apply the learned knowledge to design an intra and inter-region travel itinerary
Session 1: Chapter 1A. Tour/route planning and designing
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: https://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/tourism_337_courseE/337_Tourism_Eng/337_Tourism_Eng_L22A.pdf
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-Preview slide chapter 1A

Session 2: Chapter 1A. Tour/route planning and designing
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: https://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/tourism_337_courseE/337_Tourism_Eng/337_Tourism_Eng_L22A.pdf
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Session 3: Chapter 1A. Tour/route planning and designing
Instructions for writing AI prompts
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: https://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/tourism_337_courseE/337_Tourism_Eng/337_Tourism_Eng_L22A.pdf
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Session 4: Quiz 1: Part 1 (Chapter 0, 1, 1A)
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: ; LO: 
ITU: Quiz 1
CLO4: Presents a full tour itinerary and specific destinations within it
Session 1: PART B: PRACTICE
Chapter 2: Northern mountainous and midland region
-Main tourist destinations
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 2
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Session 2: Chapter 2: Northern mountainous and midland region
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 2
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Session 3: Chapter 2: Northern mountainous and midland region
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 3
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Session 4: Chapter 3: The Red river Delta and Northeast coastal provinces.
-Main tourist destinations
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 3
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CLO5: Develop presentation skills and teamwork skills
Session 1: Chapter 3: The Red river Delta and Northeast coastal provinces.
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 3
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Session 2: Chapter 3: The Red river Delta and Northeast coastal provinces.
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 3
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Session 3: Design an intraregional itinerary
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3; LO: T
ITU: Reference 2: 'Part 22A - Itinerary Planning and Tour Packaging, The Senior Secondary Course in Tourism, National Institute of Open schooling India, 2017: https://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/tourism_337_courseE/337_Tourism_Eng/337_Tourism_Eng_L22A.pdf
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Session 4: Instruction Individual Asignment
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3; LO: T
ITU: Reference 2: 'Part 22A - Itinerary Planning and Tour Packaging, The Senior Secondary Course in Tourism, National Institute of Open schooling India, 2017: https://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/tourism_337_courseE/337_Tourism_Eng/337_Tourism_Eng_L22A.pdf
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CLO6: Develop professional working attitude of a tour guide
Session 1: Practice 1
Design an intraregional itinerary between main tourist destinations of one of the three Northern regions
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO6; LO: TU
ITU: Textbook, Slides, References
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Session 2: Practice 1 (cont)
Design an intraregional itinerary between main tourist destinations of one of the three Northern regions
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO6; LO: TU
ITU: Textbook, Slides, References
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Session 3: Group Presentation 1
Present an intraregional itinerary between main tourist destinations of one of the three Northern regions
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; LO: U
ITU: 
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Session 4: Group Presentation 1 (cont)
Present an intraregional itinerary between main tourist destinations of one of the three Northern regions
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; LO: U
ITU: 
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Session 1: Chapter 4: Northern Central region.
-Main tourist destinations
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 4
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Session 2: Chapter 4: Northern Central region.
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 4
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Session 3: Chapter 4: Northern Central region.
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 4
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Session 4: Practice 2
Design an intraregional itinerary between main tourist destinations of the Northern Central region.
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO6; LO: TU
ITU: Textbook, Slides, References
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Session 1: Group Presentation 2
Present an intraregional itinerary between main tourist destinations of the Northern Central region.
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; LO: U
ITU: 
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Session 2: Group Presentation 2 (cont)
Design and present an intraregional itinerary between main tourist destinations of the Northern Central region.
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; LO: U
ITU: 
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Session 3: Practice 3
Design an inter-regional itinerary between main tourist destinations of the Northern and the Northern Central regions
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO6; LO: TU
ITU: Textbook, Slides, References
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Session 4: Group Presentation 3
Present an inter-regional itinerary between main tourist destinations of the Northern and the Northern Central regions
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; LO: U
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Session 1: Group Presentation 3
Present an inter-regional itinerary between main tourist destinations of the Northern and the Northern Central regions
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; LO: U
ITU: 
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Session 2: Field trip
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2,CLO3; LO: ITU
ITU: 
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Session 3: Field trip
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Session 4: Field trip
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Session 1: Chapter 5: The Southern Central Coast
-Main tourist destinations
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 5
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Session 2: Chapter 5: The Southern Central Coast
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 5
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Session 3: Chapter 5: The Southern Central Coast
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 5
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Session 4: Chapter 6: The Highland region
-Main tourist destinations
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ITU: Textbook
Slides chapter 6
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Session 1: Chapter 6: The Highland region -Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slides chapter 6
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Session 2: Chapter 6: The Highland region -Main tourist routes
- Individual ASM Submission
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slides chapter 6
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Session 3: Practice 4
Design an inter-regional itinerary between the Northern, the Northern Central and the Southern Central Coast
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO6; LO: TU
ITU: Textbook, Slides, References
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Session 4: Group Presentation 4
Present an inter-regional itinerary between the Northern, the Northern Central and the Southern Central Coast
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Session 1: Group Presentation 4 (cont)
Present an inter-regional itinerary between the Northern, the Northern Central and the Southern Central Coast
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; LO: U
ITU: 
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Session 2: Chapter 7: The South Eastern
-Main tourist destinations
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 7
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Session 3: Chapter 7: The South Eastern
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 7
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Session 4: Chapter 7: The South Eastern
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 7
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Session 1: Practice 5
Design an inter-regional itinerary between the Southern Central Coast and the South Eastern
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO6; LO: TU
ITU: Textbook, Slides, References
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Session 2: Group Presentation 5
Present an inter-regional itinerary between the Southern Central Coast and the South Eastern
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ITU: 
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Session 3: Group Presentation 5 (cont)
Present an inter-regional itinerary between the Southern Central Coast and the South Eastern
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6; LO: U
ITU: 
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Session 4: Chapter 8: The Mekong Delta region (South western region)
-Main tourist destinations
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 8
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Session 1: Chapter 8: The Mekong Delta region (South western)
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 8
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Session 2: Chapter 8: The Mekong Delta region (South western)
-Main tourist routes
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO2; LO: T
ITU: Textbook
Slide Chapter 8
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Session 3: Quiz 2: Part B
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Session 4: Practice 6
Design an inter-regional itinerary between the North, the Centre and the South of Vietnam
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO6; LO: TU
ITU: Textbook, Slides, References
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Session 1: Practice 6
Design an inter-regional itinerary between the North, the Centre and the South of Vietnam
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO6; LO: TU
ITU: Textbook, Slides, References
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Session 2: Group Presentation 6
Present an inter-regional itinerary between the North, the Centre and the South of Vietnam
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ITU: 
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Session 3: Group Presentation 6
Present an inter-regional itinerary between the North, the Centre and the South of Vietnam
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ITU: 
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Session 4: Group Presentation 6 (cont)
Present an inter-regional itinerary between the North, the Centre and the South of Vietnam
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