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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.

Chefs and volunteers at the Yasaka-Saigon-Nha Trang Hotel are on track to set a new Vietnam record with a 40m long rice cake to mark the Lunar New Year's Tet festivities.

January and February are the most exciting months of the year in Vietnam with a variety of festivals organized throughout the nation on the occasion paying homage to Buddha, ancestors and praying for good fortune.

Two Vietnamese artists have painted more than 70 goat images to mark the 2015 Lunar New Year, which according to the ancient Chinese calendar signifies the Year of the Goat.

Thousands of people gathered across Vietnam to watch the fireworks that were lit to herald the start of the Year of the Goat.

Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho City is a splash of colour in the grey days ahead of Tet.

Some ethnic minority groups across Vietnam maintain customs and habits passed down over the centuries to mark the Lunar New Year festivities of Tet.