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A photo exhibition entitled “Vietnamese communal houses” opened in Berlin on October 8, introducing the unique architecture of ancient Vietnamese communal houses to German visitors.

Local ethnic people in the town of Ta Leng in the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau have been busy harvesting rice in recent days with the area’s terraced fields being covered by a beautiful yellow colour due to

The southern province of Binh Duong has decided to pour VND100 billion (USD4.56 million) into preserving a local lacquer village for tourism development.

Many streets in Hanoi have been decorated to mark the 1,010th anniversary of Hanoi and the 66th anniversary of the capital’s Liberation Day, October 10.

Several Vietnamese resorts have clinched spots at the Conde Nast Traveler 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards, with The Anam coming in as the highest-ranking Vietnamese resort on the “Top 30 Resorts in Asia” list, closely followed by Banyan Tree Lang Co.

An exhibition featuring 130 black and white and colour photos of Hanoi taken by world-renowned German photographer Thomas Billhardt during his trips to Vietnam is being held in the capital city.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to add 23 cultural icons to the list of national intangible cultural heritages.

Miss Tourism World Asia 2019 Pham Lan Anh has just spent a week exploring the beauty of the northwestern mountainous province of Yen Bai which she said made her proud of and love Vietnam more.

The American War period Vietnamese revolutionary resistance base at the Cu Chi Tunnels, located in the suburbs of present-day HCM City, has been recommended as a UNESCO-recognised world heritage site.

Only 44,000 foreign visitors arrived in Vietnam during the third quarter of this year, equivalent to just 1% of the figure in the same period last year, the General Statistics Office reported on September 29.

Thousands of people flocked to streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter as the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, causing severe congestion.

The Vietnam Travel Atlas has been republished to provide updated information on local tourism.

Google Doodle today, September 28, honoured cải lương, a style of modern South Vietnamese folk opera, on the occasion of Vietnam Stage Day.

Hoi An in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam has been named among the Top 10 best cities to visit in Asia this year, as announced by travel website Pretty Wild World.

Authorities in HCM City are planning new campaigns to develop the local tourism sector after the pandemic.

The central city of Hoi An will reopen local tourist sites from Thursday after a long suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tourists have travelled to Mu Cang Chai District in Yen Bai Province from late September to early October in order to capture the beauty of the ripening fields.

Sun World Ba Na Hills, one of the top tourist attractions in the central city of Da Nang, reopened to the public on September 20 after the city has recorded no new COVID-19 cases for weeks.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a document, asking tourism management departments, tourism associations and businesses to continue carrying out domestic tourism stimulus programmes in the remaining months of 2020.