A flower festival will be held in the relic site of the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi to usher in the capital city’s 1,000th birthday from May 1 to October 30. At a press briefing on April 28 in Hanoi, the organising board said that the festival is part of the “Space of Arts” [...]

Vietnam’s first-ever Gift Festival will be held from November 17-21 in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau. The above announcement came from Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ho Van Nien on April 14. The event will feature over 300 stalls,

Three hundred journalists from 43 domestic and foreign press agencies have registered to cover the Hue Festival 2010. In recent times, wide coverage has been given by domestic press agencies, including Radio the Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam Television, the Thanh Nien (Young People), Tuoi Tre (Youth) and Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspapers.

The World Culture and Cuisine Festival 2010 will take place in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau from May 21-25. According to organisers, 50 countries have so far registered to participate in the large festival that features not only the cuisine but also the culture of those countries.

French artistes will play a substantial part in the Hue Festival 2010, which will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 5-13. Ngo Hoa, Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and Head of the festival’s organising board, said that one theatre group from the region of Poitou-Charentes will entertain visitors [...]

Tucked away just 2km from the center of Nha Trang City, Thap Ba, a Po Nagar Cham Tower, is one of the significant destinations for enthusiasts of culture, old architecture and ethnic Vietnamese peoples. The Cham towers complex is the only relic of the Cham culture. The towers have a long history of establishment, existence, [...]

Nature inherently keeps many secrets that challenge human curiosity to conquer and discover. In Hoa Tam Commune, Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province, there is a mountain called Da Bia just off National Highway 1A with a large stone jutting straight up off the peak that looks like a “thumbs-up” sign and accounts for this [...]

In the words of the local Thai ethnic people,  means the “highest peak”. Its loftiest zenith towering 1,700m above the valleys of Quan Hoa and Ba Thuoc districts, in the northern province of Thanh Hoa, about 250km south of Hanoi. Pu Luong Nature Reserve is close to several other favoured tourism attractions, including Cuc Phuong [...]

In the steamy summer heat, Binh Chau Hot Spring and Ho Coc Beach complex is a nice option for tourists. Binh Chau Ho Coc tourist complex is in Bung Rieng Commune, Xuyen Moc District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, about 150km from HCMC. Ho Coc Beach has smooth sand that slopes gently and is lined with [...]

In spite of the baking heat of Ninh Thuan in April, visitors do not flinch from touring Nui Chua National Park, including making a 10km trek to the lake on the mountain Nui Chua National Park in Ninh Hai District, Ninh Thuan Province, occupies a total area of about 30,000ha, including 23,000ha of land and [...]