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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.

Mother Nature website recently listed the terraced fields of Sapa in its superlative list of top 30 most beautiful places in the world.

The Hai Au Aviation joint stock company (JSC) held a ceremony at Tuan Chau marina, Quang Ninh province, on September 9 to launch its Hanoi – Ha Long Bay seaplane tours.

Visitors to Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh can now take to the skies with ziplining, a new adventure tourism service launched on September 9.

The Museum of Cham Sculpture in Danang City has announced that 161 antiques were recently excavated at Hoa Vang District.

A photo contest offering professional photographers, hobbyists and enthusiasts the opportunity to showcase their most impressive photos of Ha Long Bay was launched on September 8.

These days, the old centre of Hoi An has been covered in colour for the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Hundreds of giant lanterns were on parade through major streets in the northern mountain city of Tuyen Quang on September 7, celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Vietnamese Tourism Ambassador to Europe Bobby Chinn has introduced foreign tourists to Singapore and local islanders to genuine Vietnamese dishes from September 6-9.

The rivers that have crossed the country for centuries have made it necessary to build bridges, and some of them have earned a place in peoples' hearts.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced the recognition of the Ok-Om-Bok festival as the 4th national intangible cultural heritage of southern Tra Vinh province.

In the lead-up to the mid-Autumn festival, an old couple in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has made themselves busy creating traditional paper masks.