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Hanoi will make six more pedestrians only streets during weekends beginning October 3, local authorities have said.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the online newspaper Vnexpress will promote Vietnam's beauty with a contest focusing on landscapes and slices of daily life, said Deputy Minister Vuong Duy Bien.

Ha Long Bay of Vietnam has been selected as one of the 12 greatest coastlines in the world by US travel website WhenOnEarth.

Mu Cang Chai district’s Culture and Tourism Week was launched on September 25 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, attracting a large number of local residents and tourists.

The photographer behind the popular online photo collection, Humans of New York, has turned his lens toward Vietnam.

Archaeologists on September 22 made public numerous artefacts they had found during the latest excavation off the Truong Sa, Nam Yet, Phan Vinh and Son Ca islands in Khanh Hoa Province.

Since its UNESCO recognition as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1993, the former imperial city of Hue has received nearly US$8 million from foreign governments and organisations to preserve its relics.

The Vietnam Book of Records organisation has announced the top 45 attractive destinations in Vietnam based on selections by travel agencies and tourists at home and abroad.

Many small food stalls scattered around Hanoi's streets and alleys are making large profits thanks to their special dishes.

The central city's Culture, Sport and Tourism department will launch the Da Nang Smiling City project as a part of tourism promotion next month.

A man in the Central Highlands opened a cafe and restaurant as a way of presenting the highland's stone artistry and his rare fossil collection.

The 300m long Hang Buom Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has been made a cuisine street, serving Hanoi traditional confectionery and beverages and some European and Asian dishes to night market visitors along the Hang Dao-Dong Xuan route.

Ha Long Bay in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has been selected as one of the six “Most Brilliant Places for Exploration” by travel website Youramazingplaces.com.

First colour photos capturing Hanoians’ material and spiritual lives from 1914 – 1917 are being showcased at an exhibition that was opened in France’s capital of Paris on September 15.

Touropia, a tourism website, has chosen Hoi An ancient town as one of the 10 World Famous Canals.

A group of young people from Dak Lak Province has made a video clip featuring what they see as the most beautiful spots of their home town.

Your Amazing Places, a leading world tourism website, has chosen Cai Rang as one of the top 5 Asian floating markets.

A plan is being studied to establish a one-stop food street for vendors in the Old Quarter area of Hanoi.

A man in Hanoi is trying to maintain the traditional craft of making tea from lotuses specifically grown in West Lake amid increasingly scarce supply.