Travel

The Hue Imperial Citadel will commence with a trial programme opening-up parts of itancient complex to visitors at night from April 22.

100 fans made from valuable aloe wood will be given as souvenirs to the heads of states who will attend the Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC in Nha Trang City.

The People’s Committee of the southern central coastal province of Binh Thuan has issued a plan to boost tourism through 2020, aiming to make tourism a spearhead sector of the province and turning the locality into a national sea

Quang Ninh Province authorities is planning to build the USD26.4m Bai Chay International Wharf for luxury cruises in Ha Long Bay next year.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a list of eleven newly recognised forms of the nation’s intangible cultural heritage.

The Presidential Palace in Hanoi was named among the 13 most beautiful palaces in the world by US magazine Architecture Digest.

The 2017 National Tourism Year, themed ‘Northwestern Colours’ has officially opened in the northwestern province of Lao Cai.

Vice Chairman of HCM City Tran Vinh Tuyen has worked with the city Department of Tourism and related agencies to discuss tourism activities in 2017.

The 2017 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition will be made into a nearly two-month festival taking place from April 29 to June 24 with assorted activities rather than a two-day competition as in previous years.

Quang Binh Province will auction the rights to operate tours to caves in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park after Oxalis Company ends the contract.

A park with sand statues named “Forgotten Land” in the south central province of Binh Thuan opened for visitors in January 2017.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will provide public bicycle rental services on a pilot basis this year, Le Tien Dung, deputy director of the city’s Transport Department, has said.

Many provinces across the country have reported a decent number of visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) 2017 holiday.

Thousands of visitors flocked to the annual Vieng Market in Nam Dinh Province on the night of February 3 to buy luck and sell their misfortune.

A street meal and a beer in Vietnam can cost the same as a coffee from Starbucks, travel writers say.

Floating markets are the special feature of Vietnam’s south-western region, The markets become more crowded near the Lunar New Year.

Bai Tu Long Bay in the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh is described as a secret heaven as it is less known than its sister Ha Long Bay, which is compared a glamorous beauty queen surrounded by flowers.

The rooster is associated with Vietnam’s historical myths. From a domestic animal, rooster became a sacrifice that Vietnamese offer to the genies during the Lunar New Year festival.