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The travel magazine Travel & Leisure of the United States has recently listed three Vietnamese localities - Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Da Nang – as the 10 top best cities in Southeast Asia.

Motorbike tours around Hanoi and cooking classes in Hoi An have made it into the Top 25 Overall Experiences in Asia, as voted on by readers of TripAdvisor.

The History Museum of the central province of Thua Thien - Hue has announced the national and world records for the local Phu Dien Cham Tower.

An event took place in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on June 27 to recognise the 222 coconut-based dishes.

Tens of thousands of visitors flocked to Sam Son beaches in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa during the weekend as the northern and central regions experienced a widespread severe heat wave.

Vietnam has made great strides in improving its living standard as it jumped 39 notches in the global quality of life index rankings in 2021, revealed CEOWORLD.

Tea is being harvested in Son Kim 2 Commune in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Entry tickets to the UNESCO World Heritage site Ha Long Bay will return to their former rates set before the Covid-19 pandemic from July 1.

Hanoi motorbike tour and Hoi An cooking class have been selected by readers of US travel site Tripadvisor as two of the 25 best travel experiences in Asia.

Vietnam’s Thong Nhat (Reunification) Express, also known as the North-South railway route, has been listed among the top 10 best sleeper train journeys globally, according to The Travel magazine of Canada.

Arriving in HCM City last May to attend Vietnam international Fashion Week, Karolína Kokešová, Miss Global International 2019, made a strong impression when she appeared in an áo dài (traditional Vietnamese long dress) that had been manually coloured and

Vietnam Railway Corporation is seeking Ministry of Transport permission to connect the Hue-Danang steam train line with the Hanoi-HCM City railway route.

Hue Festival 2022, scheduled to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 25 to 30, is expected to set a new record - the longest banquet table in Asia.

The streets around Hanoi’s West Lake are currently covered by the yellow colour of Cassia fistula flowers.

Hanoi eyes to welcome over 30 million visitors, including 7 foreigners, by 2025, according to the municipal Party Committee’ draft conclusion on tourism development for 2016-2020 and following years.

The first phase of the Public Bike Sharing System – an innovative public bike-sharing scheme by the International Co-operation Agency of Germany, tech firm Vietsoftpro and the Thua Thien-Hue People's Committee – has been launched in Hue city.

Hanoi’s suburban areas are currently in the middle of the rice harvesting season.

HCM City Department of Transport has proposed launching tourist boat services to the Mekong Delta provinces of Ben Tre and Tien Giang.

The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh and the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Hanoi will be closed to the public from June 13 to August 15 for annual maintenance this year.