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Three national parks and a national reserve in Vietnam have been recognised as ASEAN heritage parks, raising the total number of ASEAN heritage parks in Vietnam to 10.

Dalat Flower Festival this year is scheduled to take place in December, hoping to attract up to 300,000 visitors.

French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery honoured two Vietnamese scholars within the framework of the Franconomics international forum 2019.

Two sisters have won first and third prizes at the first Vietnam Memory Championship and will attend the Asian and world tournaments in Malaysia and China.

A man in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong’s Dalat City has received lots of orders for giant pumpkins for Halloween.

The Van Don Airport has become the first airport in Vietnam being honoured at the World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania.

Eighth-grader Nguyen Tran Pha Le from Nha Trang was announced the winner of the 2019 Superhero Comic Contest - Save the Earth, in an event to celebrate International Day for Disaster Reduction and held on October 12 in Hanoi.

Women will be able to enjoy free entry to tourist sites in Hue City if they wear ao dai traditional long dress.

Photographers of the two northern mountainous provinces of Hoa Binh and Lao Cai have showcased their works depicting the beauty of local nature and people.

Hue City is not only known for its citadel but also the beautiful landscape which has been shown via flycam photos of Le Huy Hoang Hai.

Many streets in Hanoi have been covered in colour to mark the 65th anniversary of Liberation Day.

Tour agencies have opened various programmes for the coming Tet Holiday.

The U.S. Mission to Vietnam seeks candidates for the Spring 2020 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship on civic engagement, environmental issues and natural resource management, and social entrepreneurship and economic development.

Hanoi first flag salute ceremony was held on October 10, 1954 when the city had been liberated from the French.

May Waterfall in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has been recognised as a tourist site by local authorities.

Ke So Church or So Kien Basilica in the northern province of Ha Nam has become an attractive place for visitors for its East-West fusion architectural style.

There is more than meets the eye to the towering robot resembling a character from the "Transformers" movie franchise -- it speaks Vietnamese and is made from spare motorbike parts.

The northern central province of Nghe An’s Vinh City has opened a pedestrian night street.

Authorities of Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, have proposed turning more local streets and lanes in the Old Quarter into pedestrian areas.