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Vietnam won three categories at the World Tourism Awards 2020, including “Top Destinations in Asia 2020”, “Top Gastronomic Destinations in Asia 2020”, and “Top Cultural Destinations in Asia 2020”.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed on the pilot operation of a tourism dive boat service in Nha Trang Bay.

A market in the northern province of Hai Duong has become famous for selling rat meat which is a local specialty.

International visitors to Vietnam in October, 2020 were estimated at 14,800, up 7.6% over the previous month and down 99, 1% over the same period last year.

Vietnam has been ranked in the ninth place among 10 terrific locations around the world for cycling enthusiasts in an article published in early October by MapQuest, an American free online web mapping service.

The ceremony to grant a special national historical site certificate to Sam Son City was held on October 26.

A variety of spooky toys are being sold on Hang Ma Street in Hanoi as Halloween draws close.

An evening tour named “Decoding the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long” is scheduled to be launched later this year, promising unique experience for visitors to the world heritage site in Hanoi.

The Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Department in coordination with the city’s Tourism Association launched a domestic stimulus tourism programme on October 23 in a bid to attract more visitors to the city.

Autumn has arrived in Hanoi with gentle breezes tenderly penetrating street corners, replacing the summer heat and scattering bunches of yellow leaves on the pavements.

Travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler has ranked its favourite countries worldwide to visit following its Readers’ Choice Awards 2020, with Vietnam coming in ninth place with a total of 92.12 points.

Thousands of local people and tourists flocked to celebrate the first pedestrian street in Lang Son Province on October 16.

Hanoi’s double-decker bus service has been reopened today, October 17, after a long suspension due to Covid-19.

Vietnam welcomed more than 3.68 million foreign visitors in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year slump of 67.4 percent, heard a press conference held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi.

A 30-second video for Vietnamese tourism promotion is expected to be screened on CNN TV channel from today, October 15.

Viet Nam ranked ninth in travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler's favorite countries worldwide to visit following its Readers’ Choice Awards 2020.

The authorities in HCM City has started to rebuild Ton Duc Thang Museum that will be five times bigger than the previous site with a budget of VND270bn (USD12m).

Many beauty spots in HCM City have been featured on long dresses (Ao Dai) which were displayed at the on-going HCM City Ao Dai Festival.

Van Chan district in the northern province of Yen Bai aims to boost tourism development and expand tourism linkages with other districts in the province. To this end, the district has provided all possible conditions for local enterprises and