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Vietnam's sports authority has ruled that windsurfing and kitesurfing offered to tourists at Mui Ne beach are not classified as extreme sports or activities that require mandatory instructors.

Danang City has yet to allow paragliding services on Son Tra Peninsula to resume, one year after a fatal accident prompted authorities to suspend the activity and review safety procedures.

Gia Lai Province has ordered stricter enforcement against overcharging, touting and tourist scams to raise tourism service standards.

An ancient volcanic crater just 50 metres from the shore has become a popular attraction at Ba Lang An Cape in the central province of Quang Ngai.

The Vietnam Circus Federation has introduced an online ticketing platform, allowing audiences to book seats and receive QR code e-tickets for performances.

HCM City has approved the deployment of tourism wardens to former Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province and Con Dao Special Zone to improve visitor safety and maintain order at key tourist destinations.

Vietnam has approved plans for new bus services linking Long Thanh and Tan Son Nhat airports to improve passenger transfers and regional transport connections.

Vietnam ranked as China's fourth-largest source of international visitors in the first half of the year as inbound tourism continued its strong recovery.

Tourist arrivals at Thoi Son Islet have surged after viral social media photos of visitors on traditional sampans turned the Mekong destination into an online sensation.

Despite harsh weather and scarce freshwater, soldiers and residents on Truong Sa islands are cultivating vegetable gardens that sustain daily life and help green the remote archipelago.

A Romanian man who has spent 18 years in Vietnam is often mistaken for a local after astonishing strangers with his fluent Vietnamese while travelling across the country by motorbike.

Visitors to Con Dao can witness sea turtles nesting while exploring one of Vietnam's most pristine island destinations.

Two tourists have been fined after illegally removing 10.5kg of protected coral from a beach in Nha Trang Bay, authorities said.

Authorities are searching for a group of tourists accused of breaking coral and taking it from a protected beach in Nha Trang Bay.

A hotel owner in Mu Cang Chai Commune has opened her doors to families displaced by landslides, offering free accommodation as heavy rain continues to batter the area.

Authorities have stepped up inspections at Nha Trang's tourist piers to prevent accidents and ensure safe travel as visitor numbers rise during the summer season.

Vietnam's Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route ranked among the world's four busiest domestic air routes in 2025, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Visitors to Hue's imperial heritage complex may be removed for wearing inappropriate clothing, flying drones without permission or breaching new site rules announced on Thursday.

Nearly 300 tourists, most of them foreign visitors, returned to the mainland from Cu Lao Cham off Danang City on Friday after rough seas that had stranded them on the island eased.