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ADB announces winners of GMS program photo contest

The Asian Development Bank has just announced the winners of its Instagram photo contest, which was held to showcase the development progress in the Greater Mekong Subregion in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the GMS program.

Pet dogs more popular than ever in Hanoi for the Year of the dog

A rising number of pet dogs dressed in colourful costumes are being walked in the pedestrian streets around the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi in the first days of the Year of the dog.

Two-decade efforts to preserve Complex of Hue Monuments

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has put many efforts to preserve and restore relics of the UNESCO-recognised Complex of Hue Monuments in Hue city, the former royal capital of Vietnam, over the past two decades.

Hanoi telephone booths get facelift

Many telephone booths in Hanoi have been decorated with colourful paintings carried out by young volunteers.

Tradition of making Chung cake for Tet

Making Chung cake for the Lunar New Year is an aged-old tradition of Vietnamese people. Chung cakes are meaningful gifts and an indispensible offering on the ancestral altars during Vietnam’s biggest festival of the year.

Bulgaria Rose Festival to take place in Hanoi

The second Bulgaria Rose and Friends Festival will be held in Hanoi with 1,000 rose trees imported from Bulgaria to be displayed.

Localities welcome first foreign tourists of Lunar New Year

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai welcomed the first group of foreign tourists on February 16, the first day of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018.

Watermelon carving service earns big money on Tet

Watermelon carving service attracts many customers in the run-up to the lunar new year.

170-year-old pagoda is popular tourist site in HCM City

The 170-year-old An Phu Pagoda at the foot of Chanh Hung Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 is an attractive destination for foreign visitors to the southern city.

Bến Tre outlines plan to promote tourism investment

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre, which has a 65-km long coastline, plans to seek more investment in the tourism sector, particularly for three of its islets.

Colourful decorations on Nguyen Hue Flower Street

Nguyen Hue Flower Street will be officially opened at 7 pm today, February 13, to welcome the Lunar New Year.

Free entry to Hue, Ho Citadel during Tet

Entry to the Complex of Hue Monuments in the central city of Hue will be free for tourists on the first three days of Tet, February 16 to 18, while entry to the Ho Dynasty Citadel in the north-central

Flowers colour Hanoi's streets as Tet nears

Hang Luoc Street in the Old Quarter of Hanoi is famous for its Tet market with various types of peach branches and trees, kumquat trees and other flowers from Hanoi’s famous flower villages.

HCM City seeks visa waiver extension to boost tourism

The HCM City People’s Committee wants the Government to extend the visa waiver period for tourists from key foreign markets to increase the country’s tourism competitiveness and attract more visitors.

Trang An complex opens new waterway for tourists

Xuan Truong Construction Company has just opened the third waterway for operation at Trang An eco-tourism site to serve tourists visiting the Trang An Scenic Landscape complex in Ninh Binh Province.

Novaland & BCG to develop Mekong Delta tourism

The Novaland Group and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have signed a major agreement on the “Development of the Mekong Delta’s Tourism Sector for Climate Change Adaptation”.

Workers busy to make dog-shaped savings containers

Many ceramic workshops in the southern province of Binh Duong have focused on producing dog-shaped savings containers to welcome the Lunar Year of the Dog.

Akzo Nobel supporting fresco project

AkzoNobel is involved in a fresco project representing the beauty of the sea and islands of Vietnam with the theme “Fresco for the Future”, helping to restore the appearance of Canh Duong fishing village.

Two destinations in Vietnam rated among the best places in Southeast Asia

Two locations in Vietnam – Sapa and Hoi An towns – have been named among the top ten places to visit in Southeast Asia in 2018, as selected by the readers of the UK-based travel website Rough Guides.

Unique coral reef found on Ly Son

Experts from the Viet Nam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources have found a unique complex of fossilised coral – believed to date from 4,000 to 6,000 years ago – on the coast of Ly Son Island, 30km off

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