Travel

With its abundance of natural beauty and great efforts made by local authorities, Kon Plong district in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum is establishing itself as an attractive destination, keeping on the right track to develop sustainable tourism.

The UNESCO World Heritage of Trang An Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh will stop welcoming visitors for two weeks starting from March 13 in an effort to prevent Covid-19.

The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a dossier seeking UNESCO’s inclusion of the making of Dong Ho folk paintings in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

The Hoi An Centre for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation will carry out seven solutions in the 2020-25 period in a bid to conserve and sustain values of Hoi An ancient town, said Director of the centre Pham Phu Ngoc.

Officials from the Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA), tourism associations of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Gia Lai and Dak Lak, and the Binh Dinh Department of Tourism have met to discuss measures to stimulate tourism after the COVID-19 outbreak is contained.

Established during the 2000s, an area in HCM City known as Little Tokyo or Little Japan represents a distinct cultural enclave in the city centre.

Phu Yen hasn't had any confirmed cases of the Covid-19 outbreak and has become a popular destination, especially among domestic tourists.

Binh Thuan Province launched a tourism promotion programme entitled ‘Oh Wow! Mui Ne Beach” on March 3 to lure more visitors to the southern central coastal province.

People in the central province of Quang Ngai's Ly Son Island are currently busy harvesting garlic.

Vietnam’s immigration laws will undergo a radical shake-up this summer in an effort to widen the doors for tourists while protecting the country from foreign criminals and illegal workers.

Vietnam’s central coastal city of Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City were both named among the top 25 trending destinations in the world for 2020 by the world’s largest travel platform TripAdvisor.

South Korean people in a quarantined area in the northern city of Hai Phong are being served well-prepared meals.

A tourism stimulation programme kicked off by the Vietnam Tourism Association and Vietnam Airlines to promote Vietnam as a safe destination amid fear of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A bear sanctuary in Nho Quan district, the northern province of Ninh Binh has become an attractive destination for tourists, especially foreigners.

Hanoi streets have been brightened up as sua flowers or Dalbergia tonkinensis started blooming in late February.

Google Doodle, a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepage, on February 23 celebrated Vietnamese ca tru (ceremonial singing)’s Founders Commemoration Day.

Cu Da Village in Hanoi is known for its many old houses and pagodas built in the 17th century but many of the houses in the village are deteriorating.

The Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) organized a ceremony in Hanoi, on February 21, to announce a tourism stimulus programme and launch a tourism demand stimulus alliance, as well as announce the Safe Travel Criteria for Covid-19 epidemic.

Ho Chi Minh City aims to become one of Asia’s leading metropolitan tourist destinations by 2030, where visitors can experience unique values of local cultural heritage and lifestyle.