Travel

Thirty six hotels in Vietnam are among 494 outstanding hotels worldwide selected to win the Gold Circle Award 2012 presented by leading Asian hotel booking site, Agoda.com.

Vietnam’s beauty in the early 20th century was featured through photos taken by several foreign photographers in 1915 and 1916.

The number of the Republic of Korean tourists to Vietnam in November showed the highest year-on-year increase of 31.5 percent.

Despite being the host of the National Tourism Year 2011 with many scenic spots, beautiful beaches and tourist attractions, Phu Yen Province is still having a lot of its tourism potentials untapped.

Thousands of people gathered in Tra Vinh City’s Ao Ba Om area to attend Khmer ethnic Ok-Om-Bok ceremony.

There have been around 656,000 international tourists visiting Vietnam this month, raising the total number of tourist arrivals in the January-November to nearly 6.036 million.

The peak season of inbound tourism has arrived, yet many tour operators have not recorded growths in international tourist arrivals.

Happy Route is the name of the area that connects the three communes of Ha Giang-Dong Van-Meo Vac in the northernmost province of Ha Giang.

At this time of the year visitors to Hue in central Vietnam are very impressed by light rains falling almost without let-up for days.

With the fast approach of winter in town, most Hanoi lovers are seeking new places for snack food and their most iconic wintry dishes are nem chua ran (fried fermented pork), banh mi thit xien (grilled pork with toast),

When you talk about tourism in the ancient city of Hue, many people will think about the mausoleums of the Vietnamese kings.

Ha Giang Province is famous for Dong Van Geopark which is recognized as a Karst Plateau Global Geopark by UNESCO.

Since being recognised as one of the 30 most beautiful bays in the world in 2009, Lang Co Bay has become a very popular stop for both international and local tourists.

The ongoing economic crisis has not hit the Mekong Delta's tourism sector too hard as tourists still continue to flock to the region.

Hoi An has been trading with the outside world since almost the 15th century.

The Phu La ethnic minority, who live in the northern province of Lao Cai, still have unique wedding traditions.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Vietnam Institute for Culture and Arts to make a dossier on Oc Eo-Ba The relic and submit to UNESCO to seek recognition as a world cultural heritage site.

Sapa has been the landscape of dreams thanks to its magnificent and misty mountains, splendid rice terraced fields, vaporous layers of clouds and snow.

Nha Trang's sun, sand and sea lured me away from other inland attractions when I came to the central coastal city for my honeymoon a couple of years ago.