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Young people have been flocking to Sapa for the New Year to experience the snow that has fallen this year.

Ba Be Lake in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan has been awarded the title of national special relic site .

Coming to Sapa tourists will be attracted by Sapa’s specialties such as grilled salmon, barbecued wild pork, smoked pork and fried mushroom with meat.

Vietnam has this year welcomed more than 6.84 million foreign visitors, a year-on-year rise of 9.5%, with arrivals from traditional markets remaining high.

Vietnam ranked second in the list of attractive destinations for foreign tourists in 2013, according to a recent survey conducted by the United States Tour Operators Association.

Hanoi has been rated best destination in Vietnam for city life by Lonely Planet Traveller, the world’s leading tourist magazine.

Lately the streets of HCM City have been lit up with lights and flowers to welcome the coming year.

Bringing rice and bacon, an omelet with Vietnamese flavour in the final round of the MasterChef US, has won blind girl Christine Ha the championship.

More than 200 members of a laughter yoga club, most of them women, attended a Hanoi Christmas festival wearing Santa Claus costumes on December 23.

Vietnam's beauty spots in Hue, Nha Trang and Danang have been highlighted in a short video by a South Korean travel firm.

A secret war bunker used by leaders of the Vietnam People's Army between 1965-75 has been opened to the public for the first time.

Thot not (coconut palm) trees are an integral part of the Khmer community in An Giang Province.

Forty years ago these days Hanoi and many other cities in the north were devastated by aerial bombardments of the US.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has announced plans for a culture and tourism week entitled “Hue Heritage—a Week for Tourists”, scheduled for December 24 to 30.

One of the first questions Vietnamese people, especially men, ask a foreigner is ‘Can you eat dog meat?’

Hoi An is not only charming due to its old houses and sparkling colorful lanterns, it is also endowed with the stunning Cua Dai Beach.

A French photographer has spent six years working on his set of photos depicting Hanoi at nighttime, being displayed at the l'Espace.

The government has decided to fund VND800 billion for a project to preserve Hue’s monuments, an official has said.

Truc Lam Tay Thien Zen Monastery is nice place for fresh air, beautiful landscape and, especially, monks' preach about Zen.