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The capital city of Hanoi's People's Committee has decided to stage five high-range fireworks displays, alongside 25 smaller ones, across the city on the Lunar New Year's Eve.

Hanoi's streets are aflutter with red flags and bedecked with decorations in the run-up to the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The Vietnamese capital has inaugurated a centre dedicated to promoting the time-honoured culture of its Old Quarter as part of activities to celebrate the 85 th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

HCM City is has made The Economist's list of 50 safest cities in the world, though at 48 it is a long way down from the safest, Tokyo.

A small village in central Quang Tri Province has finished work on preserving some 50 houses featuring meticulously sculpted beams and pillars, despite many of them being damaged during the American War.

Hanoi People's Committee has given the green light to a construction department scheme to chop down 6,700 aged trees in 10 districts and replace them with new ones.

During the coming new lunar year festival (Tet), the calligraphy writing street at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi will be organised at Literature Lake in the temple, an official said.

The first cable car system in the Mekong Delta will be put into service on February 14, making it easier for visitors to visit the Bay Nui area in An Giang province, according to the project owner An Giang

A short video of two Russian brothers on a 45-day road trip around Vietnam has been widely embraced by users of the Internet.

Hanoi authorities are restoring 82 stone tablets recording the royal examinations held under the Le-Mac dynasties (1442-1779) placed at Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) and Quoc Tu Giam (Vietnam’s first national university).

An amateur coin collector has amassed a huge hoard of ancient Vietnamese money dating back nearly a thousand years in his life-long quest to preserve part of the country's history.

Vietnam has issued a set of stamps showcasing the best of the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex to celebrate it recognition as a UNESCO world heritage site.

A grand ceremony was held at Bai Dinh Pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh on January 23 to pray for world peace and the country’s prosperity.

Ninh Binh province has kicked off the National Tourism Year 2015 celebrating Vietnam’s eight World Heritage sites under the theme–Connecting the World Heritage–with an exhibition at the Bai Dinh Pagoda.

Famous magazine dedicated to showcasing the world’s most creative artworks Boredpanda has listed Vienam’s Hang Nga Guest House among top 25 coolest hotels in the world.

A bronze bell that could date back as far as the 11th century has been found by a farmer on a field in the northern province of Hung Yen’s An Thi district.

Visitors will be offered free admission to Hoi An ancient town in Quang Nam province and some other related tourism destinations from February 18 to 21, on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

Young people are flocking to see and take photos among the early peach blossoms in Hanoi's Nhat Tan Ward in the run-up to Tet.

A 580-meter Flower Street will open in Ho Chi Minh City on February 16-22 to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) – the Year of the Goat -- which falls on February 19.