Con Dao Island is a world away from HCM CityIt takes us 45 minutes to travel by air from HCM City to Con Son Island, the largest of 16 islands in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province’s Con Dao District.
Vietnam sees increased international arrivalsMore foreign tourists have chosen Vietnam as their destination in recent months.
Creation of bamboo boats is a silent pleasureMost visitors who go to Phan Thiet City’s Thuy Tu Temple forget there is also a lot of life in the nearby bamboo boat making craft village.
In photos: New flowers mark the passing seasonsAlong with the heat, a rainbow of colours marks the beginning of summer in the capital city.
Farm horses get a day on the race trackAs part of a wider programme to develop tourism, Ba Ha, in Lao Cai Province hosted horse races on May 28 and 29.
Visit Huong Canh pottery villageHuong Canh village in Tam Canh commune, Binh Xuyen district, northern province of Vinh Phuc is very famous for its ceramic art.
Vietnam to show off its cultural wealth in ChinaVietnam will bring five cultural “specialities” to the exhibition for world intangible cultural heritage in China on May 27-June 3.
Thac Mai is beauty personifiedThac Mai is located in Dinh Quan District, Dong Nai Province and is a popular tourist site on the magical La Nga River.
Bobbing Ba NaBa Na is located on Chua Mount in the Truong Son mountain chain, 1,487 metres above the sea, 30 kilometres from Danang City.
In photos: the terraced fields in Y TyThe terraced fields of Y Ty Commune in Lao Cai Province make for an amazing sight during planting season.
Kites add colour to Cua Dai BeachNearly 200 kites, flown by 21 teams from across Vietnam, competed in the kite festival on Cua Dai Beach.
"Slow" photography depicting the depth of lifeLeica Vietnam Club opened an exhibition with the theme of “To Live” in Hanoi, which featured photos depicting very real life.
A pilgrim to Uncle Ho’s home townSen village in Nghe An Province is where the late president Ho Chi Minh was born and spent most of his childhood.
Hanoi during Vesak holidayMany pagodas in the capital city have been decorated with flags, flowers, and banners to celebrate Lord Buddha’s Birthday.
Beautiful scenes in the home of terraced fieldsSummer is here. The rice is almost ripe. Let’s go to Mu Cang Chai, the home of terraced fields, to admire ripening rice.
A beautiful painting of natureSa mu, known as Cumunninghamia lanceolata trees, shrouded in a thick mist of the mountain and forest looks like a water-colour painting.
Hanoi through a Saigonese’s lensPhotographer Nguyen The Duong has just finalised the first stage of a project named “I Love Hanoi”.
Thousand-year-old pagoda in northern villageHaiphong is home to a historic pagoda that was built during the Ly Dynasty in the beginning of the 11th century.
Promoting Quang Binh tourismA series of cultural and sporting events will delight tourists at the Culture and Tourism Week 2011 in Quang Binh beginning on June 5.
Visitors enjoy ‘queen of beaches' plus island and battle site toursLocated in the coastal district of Vinh Linh in the central province of Quang Tri , Cua Tung Beach is the nation's "Queen of Beaches".