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Twelve animal designations in effigy have been set up at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi to welcome the Lunar New Year or Tet.

The authorities in Thanh Hoa Province and Nha Trang City have waived ticket fees for visitors to many historical sites during Tet Holiday.

2016 was a successful year for the tourism sector, with a record number of 10 million foreign tourists along with a breakthrough in improving the image of Vietnam’s tourism through a campaign to scrutinize the accommodation system nationwide.

Air travellers will be able to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to Australia without stopping after Jetstar announced its first direct passenger route between the two continents will open this coming May.

Dong Thap Muoi, the Plain of Reeds in the Lower Mekong, is a fertile land with vast lotus ponds, endless indigo tree forests, and verdant flower farms.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are preparing the last steps before opening Nguyen Hue Flower Street.

Le Duc Giap, a local from Thanh Oai District, Hanoi said that he earned VND500m (USD22,100) in profits from selling trees that grow multiple types of fruit.

The Sun Group will officially open the largest theme park in Southeast Asia, Dragon Park in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, on January 25

Already popular for its beautiful terraced rice fields, a district in mountainous Yên Bái province hopes to expand the tourist season with yellow canola blooms, Đinh Hữu Dư reports.

Yen Son Fish Market has become much busier in the run-up to Kitchen Gods’ Day on January 20.

The Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa sea festival 2017, the eighth of its kind, will take place in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on June 10-13, with nearly 50 social, cultural and sport activities.

A ten-day annual antique market has just opened in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, along Hang Ma, Hang Can, Hang Luoc, Hang Dong, and Hang Ruoi streets.

Quảng Bình Province is not building a suspension cable to Sơn Đoòng Cave, the world’s largest cave located in the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park.

A Botanical-Animal Museum has opened at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Saigon Zoo) in HCM City.

Hundreds of farmers in HCM City's District 12 are busy at their flower farms preparing for the lunar new year.

The Quang Binh People’s Committee has approved bumping up the sales of tours to Son Doong cave in 2017, one of the world’s largest caves, from 500 top 800 due to increased demand.

The Kho Mu practice many rituals and ceremonies each year: worship of the hamlet’s genie and ancestors and festivals to welcome new crops and the Rice Mother.

HCM City’s first permanent flower trading centre will open at the Binh Dien wholesale market in District 8 this year, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

A make-shift market along Highway 4D, from O Quy Ho Mountain Pass to Mong Sen Bridge, can be seen bustling with activities in Sapa, Lao Cai Province.