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Hanoi has many coffee shops that offer views of the city’s skyline, DtiNews offers a few suggestions of the many to choose from.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) has recently been bestowed with the “Vietnam’s leading tourist attraction 2017” award for the third consecutive year, by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The ebb and flow of history, severe weather and damage from war during the past have seriously damaged the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary, posing the need for the protection and preservation of the World Cultural Heritage Site in a

The musical instruments of Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups are on the verge of disappearing. Most of the artisans who make them are old. But some of them are working hard to teach younger generations to make and play the instruments.

Grabbing the number three spot is Cologne, Germany, followed by Playa del Carmen, Mexico; Johannesburg, South Africa; São Paulo, Brazil; Auckland, New Zealand; Mexico City, Mexico; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Busan, Republic of Korea.

The second Cai Rang Floating Market Culture and Tourism Festival kicked off in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 7.

Located 30 km east of Hanoi, Nom Pagoda in Hung Yen Province has the largest collection of terracotta statues in Vietnam.

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.