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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.

Air conditioners have been used at Hanoi's Nhat Tan Village in an attempt to ensure that the peach flower blossoms will bloom just before Tet.

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.

The Cu Chi Tunnel, Mekong Delta region, Phu Quoc, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Mui Ne and Sapa are seen as favourite destination for foreign tourists coming to Vietnam, according to Skyscanner, the world’s travel search engine.

Hoi An will celebrate the arrival of the 8 millionth tourist to visit the old quarter at the Japanese-style Chua Cau Bridge since 1995, on Thursday.

A farmer in the northwestern province of Dien Bien accidentally unearthed an age-old bronze drum while ploughing his fields.

Photographer Le Bich evokes the Tet atmosphere with Traditional villages in Tet exhibition, one of the opening events for Lunar New Year programme at the Hanoi's Old Quarter.

HCM City will ban vehicles from entering Nguyen Hue Street from February 5-12 (December 27, 2015-January 5, 2016 Lunar Calendar) for the annual flower festival.

The department of culture, sports and tourism of Ha Noi proposes to organise a street-lighting contest to choose the best design for decorating the city streets.

Tet is in full bloom on the streets of Hanoi, nowhere more so than amid the peach blossoms and ornamental trees on display at the Quang An Market.

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman handed over information boards introducing the Thang Long Royal Citadel to Hanoi People’s Committee.

People in the central province of Thanh Hoa have uncovered a new cave – Mo Nua Cave – located at the Nua Commune in the Lung Cao Village of the Ba Thuoc Mountain District.

A foundation stone-laying ceremony for a memorial monument of Hoang Sa soldiers took place in the island district of Ly Son, central Quang Ngai province.

Vietravel Company has been granted a one-year monopoly on handling air routes connecting Can Tho City to Da Lat and Nha Trang City.

Budget Travel’s Where To Go 2016 list, an annual compendium of the go-to list of top travel locales from stylish cities to alluringly remote islands, has named Vietnam as one of the top ideal destinations.

The prestigious New York Times recently named Da Lat- a romantic town with kaleidoscopic patch works of flower in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong as one of the world’s top 52 places to visit in 2016.

The northern province of Phu Tho has announced a conservation plan aiming at promoting the values of the Hung Kings Temple historical site by 2025, at a total investment of VND4.5 trillion (US$202.5 million).

Photographs of life and nature won international prizes and were published by foreign media in 2015.