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Italian photographer and architect Gianpaolo Arena has completed a photo album titled “My Vietnam” featuring daily life of local residents in the country during one-month stay in Vietnam.

The US news station CNN has listed Hoi An city in Vietnam among 10 little-known spots that are equally dreamy.

A fighter aircraft and a map used during the resistance war against the US have been recognised by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as national treasures.

Kite-flying season has begun in Can Tho City and good weather, with good winds and stable prices could make for crowded skies and good earnings for kite makers and sellers.

Xoe dancing, an indispensible activity in the cultural life of the Tay ethnic people in Ta Chai commune, Bac Ha district, northern Lao Cai province, has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

A filmmaking team calling itself Zoomations has launched a specular video clip showcasing Danang City as part of its "Vietnam is Awesome" project.

With stunning landscapes of mountain, caves, lakes and the impressive Ban Gioc water falls, northern Cao Bang province ranks fifth among top five ideal destinations for trekking tourists, according to SkyScanner website.

The five-star UK cruise liner Sapphire Princess docked on March 4 at the Nha Trang port in Khanh Hoa Province carrying over 2,600 foreign tourists and nearly 1,080 crew members.

Thai Binh Province held a ceremony to receive the State’s certificate recognising the Tran Temple, consisting of tombs and relics dedicated to the Tran Kings in Tien Duc commune, as a Special National Relic.

Thousands of people from different localities across Vietnam have flocked to Tien Du district in northern Bac Ninh province to attend the Lim festival which is dedicated to Quan Ho (love duet singing), part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage.

Hoang Sa island district People’s Committee and Japan’s Wrights Architects have recently signed a contract on consultancy and design of Hoang Sa (Paracel) exhibition house.

Can Cau bird market in Lao Cai is a sweet cacophony of birdsong every Saturday as hundreds of traders and bird lovers gather to buy and sell nightingales.

Rough Guides – the leading publisher of travel and reference guides- has cited Phu Quoc Island in the southern Kien Giang province as top 10 best Honeymoon destinations across the world.

A photo of Vietnamese war veterans taken by Spanish photographer Sergio Diaz had its name on the shortlist of the Sony World Photography Awards 2015.

The central coastal city of Da Nang has been ranked sixth in the list of the world’s 10 most improved cities that tourists should visit in 2015 published by the website ‘The Richest’.

On the 8th day of the first lunar month (February 26 this year), people flocked to a unique market in Vu Ban district in the northern province of Nam Dinh province to wish for a prosperous and lucky new year.

Sapa Town in Lao Cai Province is as famous for its natural beauty as its unique cultural identity, expressed by the spring festivals of its many ethnic minorities.

Quang Binh Province and Australia’s Augusta Margaret River Tourism Association have signed an agreement to establish a symbiotic relationship between tourist caves in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and the Margaret River Region.

A new arena for cockfighting in Lao Cai has proved popular among fans of the blood-sport who gather each Sunday to watch the birds and bid to buy winners.