For foreigners living and working in the country, the traditional Lunar New Year is special because through the holiday they can see different aspects of Vietnam ranging from cuisine to behavior and characteristic national festivals.
The central coastal city of Da Nang expects to welcome over 200,000 tourists during the Lunar New Year festival, an increase of 16.5 percent compared to the same period last year.
As the clock strikes twelve, the moment the Year of the Monkey begins, fireworks light up the sky across the nation amidst the joy of millions of people who spend the night out to welcome the lunar New Year
President Trương Tấn Sang led the country's and HCM City's leaders in a celebration kicking of the annual Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street in HCM City on February 5.
A more than 100- year old banyan tree in the central province of Binh Dinh has been certificated as a Vietnamese Heritage Tree by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment.
The world’s longest three-rope cable car system was inaugurated in the northern province of Lao Cai on February 2 to connect Muong Hoa Valley with Fansipan Mountain – the so-called “Roof of Indochina”.
For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year festival) has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February
Hanoi's tree purge continues, with more old perennials facing the axe, or more correctly the chain saw, because of a new rail line linking Nhon with Hanoi Railway Station.
Admission prices at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park will remain unchanged until end-2017, the management of the park said at a tourism promotion conference in HCMC.
More than 800 enterprises from over 35 provinces and cities around the country are taking part in the Spring Fair 2016 which officially kicked off at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Centre in Hanoi.