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The Quang Nam Tourism Promotion Information Center has launched a photo contest to promote the central province’s tourism sector as well as create a playground for photographers and visitors to capture beautiful moments of the land and people of

Archaeologists are demanding permission to conduct excavations at the site of the tomb of one of King Tự Đức’s wives, which was bulldozed recently, to preserve whatever is undamaged.

Hoang Tuan Vu, commonly known as Kar, seems to be the only trekking tour guide in the central highlands of Vietnam.

The Tài Nguyên Company plans to invest US$3 million to build a musical fountain system within its Kenton Node Hotel Complex in HCM City’s Nhà Bè District.

An International Union for Conservation of Nature art project has transformed a small village in An Binh Commune, Ly Son Island District with murals to raise awareness about environment protection.

Vietnam has ranked seventh on a list of the world’s Top 20 fastest-growing travel destinations, announced recently by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Railway arches in Hanoi running up to Long Bien Bridge that were sealed with concrete for more than a decade will be re-opened.

The central province of Quang Nam’s Culture, Sports and Tourism department has introduced eight new tourist sites this year.

Hanoi has a very special market which opens only once a week and specialises in selling different kinds of gemstones.

Many Vietnamese people have paid billions of VND to build and buy traditional houses.

High on a hilltop outside Sapa in Vietnam’s north, Topas Ecolodge has been listed No. 1 on a list of “21 Places to Stay if You Care About the Planet” by National Geographic.

The floating Vung Viêng fishing village in Hạ Long Bay, northeastern Quảng Ninh Province usually hosts about 15,000 visitors each month. During peak periods the number of visitors soars to 21,000.

Hanoi welcomed nearly 12 million tourists in the last two quarters, earning 35 trillion VND (about 1.54 billion USD), representing year-on-year increases of 8 percent and 13 percent, respectively.

The travel section of Time magazine has revealed its Top 10 ideal budget destinations in Asia, which includes Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam.

Tourists will receive a 20% discount off the Phong Nha cave fee and 30% off the Tien Son cave fee from June 15 to 20, to mark the occasion of Quang Binh Cave Festival 2017.

Local authorities in Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, have encouraged both local authorities and the private sector to contribute to protect and promote the town during the international conference on Urban Heritage Conservation and Development.

Hanoi wishes to learn from experience of Italy’s Milan city in urban construction and development for its programme to become a smart city, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

Sapa town and Mount Fansipan in the northern province of Lao Cai have recently been named among the Top 10 Southeast Asian climbing spots by world famous travel site Skyscanner.

Designer Minh Hanh said she wanted to make daily clothes from silk as many local designers were ignoring the material. She made the comments at the 2017 Vietnam - Asia Silk and Brocade Culture Festival.