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Hanoi welcomed 3.3 million international tourists in the first six months of 2019, an increase of 10.6% compared to the same period last year.

The US Cable News Network (CNN) has praised Hoi An as easily one of the most beautiful towns in Southeast Asia.

Archaeologists from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute and Bac Kan Museum have unearthed ancient artefacts on karst mountains in Ba Be district in the northern province of Bac Kan.

Vietnam has become one of the top destinations in the Asia Pacific region for Russians, according to global travel analysis firm ForwardKeys.

The owner of the famous H'mong King Palace in the northern Ha Giang Province, Vuong Duy Bao, has asked local authorities to urgently adopt measures to preserve the site which is facing serious deterioration.

Hanoi municipal People’s Committee has just issued a plan on developing a dossier to submit for UNESCO recognition as a creative city.

The northern city of Ha Long in Quang Ninh Province will put into operation double-decker buses to serve tourists from next week.

The annual cave festival of the central province of Quang Binh is scheduled to kick off with music-arts events on July 20, followed by a series of tourism promotion activities at home and overseas.

The US Cable News Network (CNN) has recently recommended five must-try dishes for foreign visitors on the streets of Hanoi, besides bun cha and world-famous pho.

Vietnam’s capital Hanoi and Phu Quoc Island off the coast of the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang province have been listed among the top 17 destinations to visit in Asia by CNN Travel.

Lychee growers in Luc Ngan District in the northern province of Bac Giang are busy harvesting the fruit.

Hanoi will operate four more bus routes using compressed natural gas (CNG) buses from July this year to help reduce traffic jams and protect the environment.

HCM City has piloted a tour of local artists’ houses and see art performances.

The Malaysia’s ASEAN Post newspaper has recently published an article featuring the rise of Vietnam’s tourism, in which it affirmed that Vietnam is an emerging regional star in the tourism industry in South East Asia.

Nearly 200 electricity boxes in Hanoi have been given a colourful new look.

The first fish sauce museum in Vietnam is now fully open to visitors in Phan Thiet city, in the central province of Binh Thuan.

Hoi An City on June 2 marked World Bicycle Day (June 3) and World Environment Day (June 5) by organizing an event to launch a pilot bicycle sharing scheme under the slogan “Cycling for Hoi An: A Safe –

Vietnam is included in the top seven cheapest countries for retirees, with its more than 3,000km of coastline.

An audio guide is being installed at the Complex of Hue Monuments in Hue, central Thua Thien Hue province, and will be available from the beginning of June, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Center.