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German photographer Astrid Schulz will present her photos depicting the full flavours of Vietnamese cuisine at an exhibition that will open to the Hanoian public on Saturday.

TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, has just announced a list of top ten tourist destinations around the world, and Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, is also named in the list.

The People's Committee of Hanoi must abolish collecting money as entrance fees at major parks in the inner capital city, the city's People's Council has ruled.

Findings from two recent excavations in central Thanh Hoa province show the development of stone tools by early cave dwellers and their adaptation to climate change, according to scientists.

Kieu Ky Village in Hanoi is well-known for its gold-leaf making and it is also the only village in Vietnam adept at this craft.

Several old pieces of pottery dated to around seven centuries ago were recently found in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Authorities in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai plan to expand and upgrade traditional markets in Bac Ha district to facilitate more trade by ethnic minority communities and attract more tourists.

The world heritage Gong, a sacred and precious musical instrument of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) is likely to lose its original cultural significance, a UN cultural expert warned.

Central Da Nang city and Hoi An town (Quang Nam province) have recently been chosen for the 2013 Asian Townscape Award by UN-Habitat Regional Office in Asia.

An international conference on spiritual tourism for sustainable development opened in the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh on November 21.

A display of wooden funerary sculptures made by local people from the Central Highlands was opened during the on-going Vietnam Cultural Heritage Week.

Buu Son Temple in Soc Trang Province has set two Vietnamese records for the two biggest Buddhist ritual objects made from clay.

The flood season is being turned to a tourist advantage in Tram Chim National Park in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap.

Every year, between the 9th and 10th month in the lunar year, An Dinh Village, in the northern province of Hai Duong, has sandworm season.

Da Lat city is on its last- minute preparation work to celebrate a long-awaited tourism week which is scheduled from December 27 to 31.

The styles of Vietnamese long dress, or ao dai, have gone through a number of changes over different periods, and it still survives today, marking Vietnamese traditions.

A man in central Quang Nam Province has spent the last 20 years collecting and preserving old houses from across the country, gathering them on his land.

A group of 20 young people trekked three days and two nights into the lush forest home of some fabulous wildlife in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

For many years, people in many suburban areas in Hanoi have hunted rats at harvest time for sales and special dishes.