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The Vietnam's Institute of Archaeology has announced their findings of valuable artefacts in Gia Lai Province that they say belong to ancient humans dating back 800,000 years ago.

An Bang Beach, 3km east of Hoi An city, central Quang Nam province, has been voted one of the top 25 beaches in Asia by travel website TripAdvisor, according to the ancient city’s officials.

An exhibition featuring photos taken by French journalist Michel Blanchard in Hanoi during the 1980s are being displayed in the capital.

The People’s Committee of Quang Binh Province have voted to rescind their application for Son Doong Cave to be recognized as a world’s largest cave, citing the associated fees as excessive.

President Tran Dai Quang offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh and planted a tree at the K9-Da Chong historic relic site in Hanoi’s outlying Ba Vi district.

Passenger ships will soon be banned from staying overnight in Ha Long and Bai Tu Long bays, local authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh said.

The 2016 National Tourism Year – Phú Quốc and Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta, themed ‘Discovering southern land’, opens on April 10 in Phú Quốc.

A 490-hectare safari park will be built in Lac Duong district of Da Lat city by the Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park and Dalat Tourism.

The Sheraton Phu Quoc Resort designed by Vo Trong Nghia won the 2016 Green Era Award.

Many tours will be offered at low prices at the Vietnam International Travel Mart – VITM Hanoi travel expo according to local travel agencies.

The PM has just approved spending of over VND 1 trillion to renovate the Hue Imperial Citadel according to the Hue Historical Conservation Centre.

A television series entitled ‘Tour de Vietnam’ was launched recently with the aim of promoting Vietnam’s tourism to viewers around the world.

Rong (Dragon) Bridge, which spans the Han River in the central city of Da Nang, won the 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award during the annual Outstanding Projects and Leaders Gala in Arlington,

Nha Trang received TripAdvisor’s “Destinations on the Rise – Asia” award for its growth in ratings and international recognition it received from online travel communities, according to a recent press release from the Nha Trang Destination Marketing Organization.

Various activities will be held at this year’s Hung Kings Festival scheduled to take place in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 12-16.

A photo contest called Hoi An-Untold Stories featuring the beauty, people, culture, and tourism of Hoi An kicked off to mark the 41st anniversary of the city’s liberation.

Bad services and a lack of entertainment are said to be the reason for Hanoi’s fall in TripAdvisor’s tourism rankings this year.

The legendary turtle living in Hoan Kiem Lake (lake of the returned sword), which died in January, will be preserved using a plastination method, according to authorities.

The Cua Dai bridge spanning the Thu Bon River and a coastal road in the central province of Quang Nam has just been put into service.