Travel

Hanoi will begin a USD4.54 million project to re-open railway arches running up to Long Bien Bridge from early next year.

From late September this year, international visitors to Vietnam will be able to enjoy free walking tours in Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Da Nang, Hanoi, Hoi An and Ha Long.

Hat boi classical Vietnamese opera was performed on the newly pedestrianised Bui Vien street on the evening of September 10.

Authorities in Quang Ninh will clear 225 beach houses popular with tourists on the Co To Islands, saying they were illegally built by local people.

Hanoi’s Department of Tourism on September 8 introduced the city’s tourism potentials to Swedish travel companies and discussed solutions to boost bilateral cooperation in this field.

An exhibition about Vietnam’s beauty is being held in HCM City, displaying around 100 photos taken by flycam.

Vietnam welcomed more than 39,500 Italian tourists in the first eight months of 2017, with more Italian tourists expected, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Farmers in central Quảng Bình Province were clearing bushes when they unearthed something unexpected: a grave that is believed to be ancient.

Many visitors and tourism firms have complained about the VND400,000 (USD17.60) package to enter the Hanoi Opera House.

The Da Nang municipal People's Committee has made a proposal to change the function of six projects, and reduce the scale of 10 others, in accordance with the master plan on the Son Tra National Tourism Complex in the

Giang Dinh Co Do cruise ship has been launched on the Lam River to take visitors to popular tourist sites in the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

Along with the Trang An Scenic Landscape complex and Tam Coc-Bich Dong National Park, the untouched and pristine beauty of Van Long Lagoon has attracted many travellers to the northern province of Ninh Binh.

The H'mong King’s Palace is considered a gem of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, and is a popular tourist destination besides the Dong Van Stone Plateau.

Vietnam tops the Asian region, and ranks sixth out of ten countries around the world, with the strongest travel growth since the beginning of 2017, according to the latest report released by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

Tourism construction on Son Tra Peninsula could come to a dramatic halt, after the Da Nang People’s Committee met on August 28 with the city’s tourism association to discuss the Son Tra Tourism Area Development Master Plan.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given the green light to a proposal from Quang Binh authorities to build a cable car in the central province’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

Danang People’s Committee has decided to open three new passenger transportation routes on the Hàn River, all beginning and ending at the Hàn River Port.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai has just approved an investment of VND48 billion (USD2.12 million) to recognise Ly Son into a global geopark.

A group of South Korean actors, singers and artists from the band TWICE, JYP Entertainment, and the nationwide cable TV network and broadcasting company JTBC are making a video about the central province of Thua Thien Hue.