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Hanoi will spend VND60 billion (US$2.6 million) on preserving and promoting the value of the Co Loa historical site in Dong Anh district during the 2018-2020 period after the site is reported to be encroached seriously.

US News has listed Vietnam as one of the 30 best solo travel destinations alongside its neighbours Singapore and Thailand.

A café in HCM City offers customers a very special atmosphere as it is home to up to 40 parrots of 20 different species.

US News has listed Vietnam as one of the 30 best solo travel destinations alongside its neighbours Singapore and Thailand.

A farmer in Soc Trang Province successfully propagated the new type of longan after accidentally discovering a longan with purple peel.

The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi will reopen for visitors from August 16 after the temporary closure for annual maintenance and renovation in 2018, according to the mausoleum’s Management Board.

Additional 44 caves have been discovered in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, raising the total caves found so far in this area to 405, according to the park’s management board.

A collector has donated 376 items in his collection to the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province Museum.

The central city of Huế has announced plans to restore a palace in the former royal citadel in an attempt to give visitors a glimpse at how the former kings of the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) lived.

Banh giay Quan Ganh, a white, flat, round glutinous rice cake with or without green beans inside, is enjoyed by lots of people, both Vietnamese and foreigners. The cake is a specialty of Hanoi.

The Vietnam heritage photo contest has been launched by the Cultural Heritage Association of Vietnam to celebrate Viet Nam National Heritage Day on November 23.

Vietnamese design company H&P Architects has recently been named among the July Winners and Popular Choice Winners of the Architizer A+Awards.

Various cafes have been opened on the rooftops of high-rise buildings near Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City to attract customers who want to watch planes fly by.

Nestled in the forested hills of central Vietnam two giant concrete hands emerge from the trees, holding up a glimmering golden bridge crowded with gleeful visitors taking selfies at the country's latest eccentric tourist draw.

According to the General Statistics Office, the number of foreign tourists travelling to Vietnam reached over 9 million in the first seven months of 2018, up 25% over the same period last year, of which 77% came from Asia,

Ho Chi Minh City has been listed among the 15 fastest-growing tourist cities in the world.

The road running along the coast from Nha Trang city of Khanh Hoa province to Quy Nhon city of Binh Dinh province in central Vietnam has been named one of the most spectacular in Asia.

Tours to Hanoi’s Opera House, a historic landmark in the capital, have been put on hold after less than a year.

Sapa, in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, has been included in a new list of the top 50 most beautiful places on the planet by travel site PureWow.