Travel

The number of visitors to Hanoi was estimated at over 2.5 million in August, a year-on-year (YOY) increase of 10.7%.

Many travellers on National Highway N2 through Thanh Hoa District, Long An Province are stunned by the scenery of paddy fields.

The US Cable News Network (CNN) has conducted an estimated 703 broadcasts promoting Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi from June 3 to August 31.

The tourism sector of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has carried out various measures to bolster sustainable and eco-friendly tourism.

Vietnamese people will have 3-day holiday for the upcoming National Day, September 2. Seizing the opportunity, travel companies have created short day-tours with several promotional programs.

Ong Hao village in the northern province of Hung Yen is busy preparing for the coming Mid-Autumn Festival which is in the middle of next month.

Hue Monuments Conservation Centre announced that the entrance fees to various sites in Hue City would be raised for international tourists.

Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang, Jeju Island of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok are favourite spots for Koreans to spend the long Mid-Autumn holiday this year.

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has picked out Vietnam as one of the world's 10 fastest-growing tourism destinations.

HCM City will organise fireworks to celebrate the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).

Many tourists and tour agencies are complaining about the regulations that ban tourists from bathing at small beaches in Ha Long Bay.

HCM City and the 13 provinces and city in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are stepping up efforts to boost co-operation and diversify inter-regional travel packages to attract tourists.

Free entrance tickets are to be offered to local residents when visiting the Hue imperial relic site in the central province of Thua Thien Hue on August 17-18 as a way of marking the 30th anniversary of its re-establishment,

The tour of Son Doong Cave in the central province of Quang Binh has been listed among the greatest adventures in the world by the British television channel Dave.

Song Ho Commune in the northern province of Bac Ninh is busy making paper models of earthly luxuries for those in the afterworld during the seventh lunar month known also as Ghost Month.

A monthly night market will be held at Thanh Toàn roofed bridge in Thủy Thanh Commune, Hương Thủy Town in central province of Thừa Thiên - Huế at 7pm every 16th day of lunar month.

The National Cultural Heritage Council will appraise dossiers on the Vietnamese folk art of Dong Ho painting later this year, then complete them before submitting to the Prime Minister.

Trang Tien Street was known as Rue Paul Bert during the French colonial times and was the most modern street in Hanoi at that time.

Thien Mu pagoda, which is also known as Linh Mu, lies on a hill overlooking the picturesque Huong (Perfume) river in Hue city in central Vietnam.