Travel

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central Binh Thuan province plans to work with the Southern Institute of Social Sciences to carry out excavation at an ancient tower complex of the Cham ethnic group in the province.

Thirty outstanding farmers in Mu Cang Trai District, Yen Bai Province, joined a competition at a local terraced field for harvest time.

Haiphong city leaders held a meeting with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on September 28 to consider Haiphong’s dossier seeking a UNESCO title for its Cat Ba islands.

The laterite walls or the ruined gates covered by moss are the traces of original structures in ancient times.

The Asian Book of Records has acknowledged Hanoi’s Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre as the only Asian theatre performing water puppet shows every day of the year.

The central province of Quang Ngai plans to build a history museum showcasing artefacts and documents about the country's sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

A famtrip delegation comprised of 30 international travel agencies conducted a fact-finding tour of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 20.

Vietnam’s Hanoi capital has risen to fifth place among the top ten destinations in Asia 2013, according to a recent report by Hong Kong-based travel and trade journal, Smart Travel Asia.

A clip about Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai province recently posted on Youtube has drawn great attention from viewers.

The beauty of Hanoi’s land and people will be spotlighted at a photographic exhibition themed “Tu do” (Freedom).

The buffalo fighting in Do Son Town in Hai Phong City is a traditional festival attached to a Water God worshipping ceremony and the sacrifice custom.

A five-star cruised officially launched in Ha Long Bay on September 15 will be one of the largest of its kind, not to mention the safest, its owner has said.

Craftsman Huynh Ri, 74, from Kim Bong Village in ancient Hoi An Town, still makes wooden carvings, but his age limits his output.

The Con Dao Museum has just been inaugurated in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau and will feature 2,000 images, artifacts and documents on the history of Con Dao District.

A weekly fair in Hanoi has become a unique venue for lovers of antiques across the country.

Three Chu Dau pieces, a plate and two vases, have been recognised as the largest pottery products by the Vietnam Book of Records, Hanoi Trade Corporation (Hapro) said on September 7.

The historic buildings in Duong Lam Village and the lost bomb shelter of the Hotel Metropole Hanoi were honoured in the 2013 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards.

Great work has been done to renovate and preserve the war-torn ancient Hue citadel to be a beauty spot nowadays.

Vietnam has set the goal of developing six sea-based tourism destinations up to international scale by 2020 under a project recently adopted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.