Travel

Con Dao, despite its ugly history as a prison island, is now one of Southeast Asia’s most untouched and breathtaking getaways.

A Korean reporter writes about what impressed her during her trip to Vietnam and how everything is far different from what she had expected it to be.

CNN has recently announced a selection of 28 most relaxing spas in Asia. Among them is the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnam’s pavilion at China’s Expo 2010 will center upon its capital city with the theme “1,000-year History of Hanoi.”

A three-month, $60,000 renovation transformed the two-story, 940-square-foot structure into a lush, barefoot-friendly haven.

Hanoi is often seen by visitors as a bustling city but there is a more secluded and quiet side to it that not many people discover.

Four days, two nights spent boating through majestic Halong Bay is like a dream, wrote Sarah Robinson of the San Diego Reader.

An interestingly unique, prestine and genuine horse racing festival will take place this summer in Lao Cai.

As Hanoi celebrates its 1,000th birthday, Clifford Coonan visits a city that offers an appealing mixture of gritty Vietnamese street life and relaxed post-colonial ease.

The event is one of the State level activities to mark the 120th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth.

Authorities are looking forward to turning Hue's Buddhist culture into an attractive tourism resource.

For nearly a hundred years, the Khau Vai love market in Vietnam's northern Ha Giang province has been known as a lovers' rendezvous.

The shoes fit and a palace beckons — Julietta Jameson is in Cinderella mode at a hotel in Vietnam.

Completely enclosed by forest, Ke Go Natural Reserve has become a highly valuable tourist location in Ha Tinh.

In summer, when temperatures begin to rise, many Hanoians find release watching the ancient art of fish fighting.

Visitors to a town on Truong Sa archipelago are often surprised to see that life here is very similar to any other town in the country.

"Responsible Travel" - the new approach in tourism that can improve businesses income and create more jobs, has been recently introduced.

The 18-hole, links-style layout weaves its way through — while seamlessly blending into — rugged sand dunes that trundle down to a stretch of beach.

Locksmiths used to hold a high place in society, times have changed but the art is still alive on the streets of Vietnam.