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Hanoi’s streets are becoming increasingly colourful as traders start transporting and displaying peach flower trees for sale in the run-up to the lunar new year.

The ‘Two Countries – Four Destination’ tour, connecting Ha Long and Mong Cai in Vietnam with Dongxing and Guilin in China, was launched at a ceremony held in Quang Ninh province on January 5.

Can Tho city has approved a project to preserve and develop the Cai Rang floating market with the aim of making it a favourite destination for international and domestic tourists.

The US magazine Forbes has listed northern Vietnam as the cheapest place to visit in 2017

The Asia institute of City Management, which had commissioned a yearlong study on Danang, announced that the budding coastal city is the most liveable place in Vietnam.

Nearly 87,000 international holiday-makers visited tourist sites in the central province of Thua Thien–Hue in 2016 or nearly 10% year-on-year through Chan May port by cruise ships.

The Thang Long–Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre has just organised a symposium to announce a preliminary report on excavation results at the Kinh Thien Palace site in Thang Long Royal Citadel.

Even though the decree on sports betting has continued to be delayed, South Korean firm G.O. Max I&D still shows its determination in developing the horse racecourse in the northern province of Vinh Phuc by signing a Memorandum of

A photo of a young Vietnamese woman posing for photos in a peach garden has just been selected by Reuters to its One Photo, One Country, One Year column.

People in a village in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have contributed money to build a temple to worship a whale skeleton.

Vinpearl Can Tho Hotel, the first five-star hotel in Can Tho city, has just been inaugurated, becoming the tallest building in the Mekong Delta region.

Another 14 artefacts and groups of artefacts have been recognised as national treasures, including the mummified statues of 17th century Zen masters Vu Khac Minh and Vu Khac Truong.

CNN Travel recently posted an article on their website in which they promoted travel to Vietnam and what they referred to as five ideal tropical paradises. Here are the photos and locations they touted.

Vietnam will open its first ever astronomical observatory in Nha Trang next March, according to the Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC).

The first-ever balloon flights will take to the skies from Hoi An ancient town to the nearby My Son Sanctuary (about 40 kilometers) during the upcoming Tet Festival, according to the Quang Nam's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Hanoi was covered in surprisingly thick mist on December 19.

Danang and Hanoi will be the first two cities in Vietnam to launch open top buses for visitors wishing to take a city tour.

In 2016, despite facing numerous difficulties and challenges, particularly in relation to the serious marine environmental pollution incident which affected four central provinces and in addition to the surge of the number of foreign tourist guides, Vietnamese tourism still

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will seek the government’s approval for the recognition of Tuyen Lam Lake tourist site in Lam Dong Province to become the country’s first nationally-graded tourist site.