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The InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort in the central coastal city of Da Nang was named the World’s Leading Luxury Resort 2015.

Dalat City promises an exciting Flower Festival as the city awaits potentially 500,000 visitors.

Hoi An, a UNESCO heritage site, has designated Nguyen Phuc Chu street a walking street where only pedestrians and non-engined vehicles are allowed.

Traditional festivals will be scored for the first time for their content, management as well as their compliance with the laws by state agencies and newspapers.

New York-based Business Insider has announced world’s top 22 best small towns to visit in one’s lifetime, including Hoi An Ancient Town which has a population of roughly 65,000 or fewer.

Nearly two-dozen antique houses dating back 100 to 400 years in Duong Lam village on the outskirts of Hanoi will be repaired next year.

Authorities and tourism officials of Northwest localities have discussed preparations for the National Tourism Year 2017 in Lao Cai province on December 5-6.

GOASEAN, the world's first ASEAN travel channel-tune, has named Ha Long Bay in its list of nine best sunset selfie spots in Southeast Asia.

The San Chi consider their worship books and pictures their most valuable assets. They use them in specific rites and prayers for every important event.

Twenty-three new caves have been discovered in Ha Long and Bai Tu Long bays in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The Vietnam Department of Cultural Heritage reported that tug-of-war which is a common folk game across the entire world, had been recognised as a UNESCO intangible heritage.

Archaeologists have just announced that the bronze drum found at a construction site in Baucau, in the east of Timor-Leste, was typical of the Dong Son civilisation (1,000BC-100AD).

The central highland city of Da Lat will host the biennial flower festival – a tourism trademark of the city – from December 29 to January 2.

Leading scientists from the US and countries in the Mekong River basin met at a workshop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to discuss measures to quicken the building of a Mekong Delta Museum of Natural History.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has opened a new culture centre for tourists at a historic site that had been an office during the Hue royal dynasty.

Seventeen artworks were sold for a total US$18,000 at an auction held at the Viet Nam National Museum of Fine Arts.

Tourism website www.thrillist.com has named Y Ty mountainous commune in Bat Xat district of northern Lao Cai province as one of the best-kept secrets in Asian travel.

The Vietnam Railway Department has drafted plans to lease out infrastructure in the Da Lat-Trai Mat rail section to mobilise private investment for developing railway infrastructure.

A technical report and a map of regional tourism product development for Vietnam’s Central Coast have been launched by the European Union-funded Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme (EU-ESRT).