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Streets of Hanoi and other major cities in Vietnam have been decorated with colourful lights and flowers in preparation for the calendar New Year on January 1.

Hue Relics Preservation Centre has welcomed its 30 millionth visitor during the end of the year Golden Tourism Week celebrations at the Hue Heritage Site.

The tourism sector of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is expecting a boost following the recent discovery of a unique volcanic cavern system.

Vietnamese and Japanese scientists have discovered a volcanic cavern system in the Central Highlands that they say is as beautiful as the Manjanggul Lava cave, a UNESCO heritage site in Jeju island, the Republic of Korea.

Street-located arrangements of flowers brightened up Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, which is in the dull grey of winter, on December 23 in a festival to wrap up the National Tourism Year of Central

The northern central region will focus on developing culture-history tourism taking advantage of the rich cultural and historical heritage, it was agreed at a December 22 conference on how to implement the Master plan on the region’s tourism development

A Vietnamese farmer has grown what he hopes will be an award-winning giant chicken and has refused offers of more than VND 30 million to sell it.

A 36-metre Christmas tree has been lit up at the Thanh Le Cultural Park in the southern province of Binh Duong as part of a programme to celebrate the coming Christmas and New Year 2015.

The Ha Tinh Museum is preparing a plan to preserve a 200-year-old "typical Vietnamese house", officials say.

Twelve archaeological, historical and architectural relics around the country have been recognised as national relic sites by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Conde Nast Traveler, one of the world's premier luxury and lifestyle travel magazines, has cited three famous resorts in Vietnam’s central region as top 40 of World's Best Beach Resorts: Readers' Choice 2014.

Previously, scientists had only found relics from two dynasties at Thang Long Royal Citadel, but this year they had a major breakthrough when they were able to identify objects from several more dynasties at the historical site.

Winter beauty has come to Sapa as temperatures drop to 2C, shrouding the town in a mantle of mist.

The National Tourism Year 2015, themed ‘Connect world heritage sites’, is set to begin in March 2015 in the central province of Thanh Hoa with numerous unique activities.

A Hanoi artist has found a lucrative market for his unusual artwork, which is made from discarded used bottles.

Around 100 of the best photos from the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.

Tet is a sweet-smelling, smoky time for all, but in one village in Hung Yen Province it is the culmination of months of work as households sweat over machines to make the incense sticks.

A private company has begun to chop down and remove about 200 trees on Kim Ma and Nguyen Thai Hoc streets in the capital city.

TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, has named the central coastal city of Danang as a top destination on the rise in Asia and the world.