Travel

The number of foreign visitors arriving in Vietnam in April was estimated at 1.3 million, raising the total figure for the first four months of 2018 to 5.5 million, up 29.5% over the same period last year.

The budget carrier Vietjet has announced the launch of two new air routes serving Hanoi - Taichung (Chinese Taiwan) and Da Nang – Daegu (the Republic of Korea).

Cam Ranh Bay has been named among the world’s seven best destinations for May by top travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

Local startups to join others from region in 2018 program of Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) Startup Accelerator.

Thousands of on-lookers have gone out to the streets with many models and beauty pageants to celebrate the colourful Dong Hoi Carnaval 2018.

The central province of Phu Yen kicked off a Culture-Tourism Week on April 25 night, which is designed to introduce the unique local culture and promote tourism potential of Phu Yen, thus attracting more investments in the locality.

Chuong Village, well-known for its quality conical hats in Thanh Oai District, Hanoi, is being threatened with extinction as young people do not want to learn the craft because of poor salaries.

The opening ceremony of the National Tourism Year 2018 is scheduled to be held at Sun Carnival Square in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 28.

Da Nang will be “the place to be” for travelers in Vietnam in the upcoming extra-long weekend, according to global online booking platform Agoda.com.

Hanoi has found a place on a TripAdvisor list of the world’s Top 25 destinations, together with Paris, Rome and New York.

The Dao ethnic minority group in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang are busy harvesting their first Shan Tuyet tea crop of the year.

Muong Thanh Safari Land in Nghe An Province is the northern central region’s largest zoo.

An archaeological excavation at the Thang Long imperial city in 2017 has uncovered many traces of former buildings and other artefacts dating from the period of Chinese domination up to the Nguyen Dynasty.

Authorities in the northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh and experts from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Wednesday discussed the promotion of green growth of Hạ Long Bay.

Many people in Hanoi have flocked to the Banh Troi and Banh Chay (floating rice cake and lean cake) stores to celebrate Tet Han Thuc or the Cold Food Festival.

The Hue Monument Conservation Centre will launch a virtual reality tour for visitors to Hue Imperial City on April 27.

Ta Dung Nature Reserve in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is nicknamed the Central Highland’s Ha Long Bay as it is home to dozens of islands.

Vietnam’s Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark in the northern province of Cao Bang has been declared a new member of the UNESCO Global Network of National Geoparks.

Vietnam Airlines has been named among the best carriers in Asia for 2018 by TripAdvisor, the US-based travel planning and booking site.