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The Asian Records Organisation (ARO) has included ten more Vietnamese culinary specialties in its latest Asian Records listings.

Hanoi authorities has announced that they will spend VND18.5 billion to upgrade the One-Pillar Pagoda.

The Hue Relic Conservation Centre in collaboration with the local tourism and hotel associations will launch a tourism promotion week from December 24-30, to lure more tourists during the festival season at the end of the year.

Thousands of people flocked to a field in Hanoi to see and pay their respects to a recently discovered tomb which may be from the Le Dynasty.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision recognizing 14 sites as special national relics.

Vietnam’s national currency, Vietnamese dong, features special cultural destinations in the country, including Hoi An bridge pagoda, the Constellation of Literature pavilion in Hanoi, Ha Long Bay and the cottage of President Ho Chi Minh in central Nghe An province.

During his trans-Viet tour in 1992, talented French journalist and director Raymond Depardon captured the essence of Vietnamese people and their environment in a series of evocative images.

Many farmers in An Giang province have found a new way to make income by catching hylidae, of the frog family, and making dry products for sales.

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.