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Three Vietnamese cities, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc (Kien Giang Province), have been named among the world’s to 100 extraordinary destinations to explore in 2021, as voted on by the renowned US-based Time magazine.

The Ministry of Transport has basically agreeing to the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s draft pilot plan on welcoming international tourists to Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang province expects to welcome international visitors with vaccine passports beginning in October.

A total of 25 designs have been selected to enter the voting round of the Hanoi creative space design contest, which seeks initiatives to inspire new and unique ideas in designing and exploiting Hanoi’s spaces.

Property developer FLC Group has put forward a proposal that the south-central coasta province of Binh Dinh should consider a pilot plan aimed at welcoming the return of international tourists with vaccine passports via charter flights to the province.

More than 63.4% of respondents in a survey conducted by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) said they want to go to Vietnam for sightseeing, and a high percentage of those who had visited the country (over 70%) want to go again.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has added four more cultural practices of ethnic minority people in the northern province of Lao Cai to the national list of intangible cultural heritages.

The central city of Danang has allowed people to go to beaches and resume outdoor activities as Covid-19 in the city has basically been brought under control.

A top gear motorbike tour from Hue to Hoi An and a private street food tour by motorbike with students in Ho Chi Minh City have been named among the world's 25 best travel experiences by Tripadvisor readers.

The management centre of the Temple of Literature in Hanoi has announced a plan to restore the cultural values of a lake known as Literature Lake as part of this special national site, the Nhan dan newspaper reported.

A series of activities showcasing the unique features of rural markets in the north of Vietnam has kicked off the reopening of Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism on the outskirts of Hanoi.

The Social Practices and Beliefs of Phong Luu Khau Vai Market, or Khau Vai Love Market, in Khau Vai Commune, Meo Vac District, Ha Giang Province has become a new National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Vietnam, according to a

The Ha Giang Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will host a culture and tourism week from September 4 to 30 to highlight the terraced rice fields in Hoang Su Phi District.

The ancient beautiful city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has been ranked second among top ten most beautiful car-free cities in the world, which was announced by Australian Traveller magazine.

The north-eastern border province of Quang Ninh has been selected to receive foreigners, providing that they hold a vaccination certificate known as a vaccine passport.

The resort island Phú Quốc in southern Việt Nam is planning to fully vaccinate its residents against COVID-19 by September to welcome the year-end foreign tourism surge, as part of a vaccine passport pilot programme.

Hanoi received about 2.9 million tourists in the first six months of 2021, mainly domestic visitors, a year-on-year decrease of 25%, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Hundreds of local people flocked to the beaches in Sam Son, Thanh Hoa Province, despite social distancing rules to cope with the current heatwave.

The beauty of the terraced rice fields in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang's Hoàng Su Phì District will be highlighted at a culture and tourism week in September, according to a report from the provincial People’s Committee.