LIFESTYLE

Construction of a 20,000 square-metre new park in HCM City kicked off on May 19.

Hanoi has been ranked ninth among the world’s 20 greatest cities for art and culture for 2025 by the UK-based Time Out magazine, making it the highest-ranked destination in Asia.

Lien Khuong Airport in the Central Highlands city of Dalat is expected to shut down for six months to undergo a major VND 1.04 trillion upgrade of its runway and taxiways.

The large-scale outdoor spectacle Quintessence of Vietnam is performed daily in Phu Quoc, offering over 3,000 shows annually to entertain the island’s visitors.

Vietnamese climber Nguyen Manh Duy has reached the summits of Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse within 48 hours.

The northern Cao Bang Province held a ceremony on May 16 to announce the opening of a new cross-border tourism route connecting Cao Bang city and Baise city of China’s Guangxi province.

A man in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has constructed a self-rotating wooden house that can turn in any direction to avoid wind and rain.

Nha Trang has been ranked 11th among the top 15 most prominent summer travel destinations worldwide in 2025, according to the latest report by the Mastercard Economics Institute.

The Danang People’s Committee has announced plans to host Enjoy Danang Festival 2025 from June 19 to 23 at East Sea Park and other popular venues across the city.

Unfounded online rumours warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines who report less demand from worried Hong Kongers.

On May 15, Ho Tram Project Company Limited held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 35-hectare subdivision with an investment of USD1 bn in Xuyen Moc District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

The Ninh Thuan Provincial Inspectorate has proposed to the local people's committee to revoke the Ho Ba Be tourism project's investment policy following serious construction and land use violations.

Indonesia's top movie-makers are aiming to make a splash at this year's Cannes film festival, backed by one of the country's most famous cinema veterans, Christine Hakim.

Vietnam Airlines will transfer all remaining domestic flights from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport starting May 17.

If you're looking for a majestic, pristine place, Mui Treo in the central province of Quang Tri is a destination worth visiting.

The central city of Danang will invest VND104bn (about USD3.85m) into the second phase of a tourist street project in Ngu Hanh Son District.

Australian news outlet ABC News recently published an article exploring why Vietnamese bread (banh mi).

Twenty-one people have died in India and 10 are in hospital after drinking moonshine, authorities said on Tuesday, updating the toll.

Wang Dong hasn't worked for months and doesn't plan to, whiling away his days at a lakeside town as one of a growing number of young Chinese "retiring" in the countryside.