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More than one million visitors from across the country visited the Hung Kings Temple historical complex in the northern midland province of Phu Tho during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet). It has become a tradition for the Vietnamese people to express their gratitude to the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nation at [...]
Reasoning that Konstantin, General Director of Lanta Viet, abandoned Russian tourists in Binh Thuan; the Binh Thuan Tourism Association has asked police to ban this man from leaving Vietnam. According to the association, Lanta Tur Voyage is Russian leading tourism company, with thousands of agents in the world. In Vietnam, this company cooperated with a [...]
Tens of thousands of monks, nuns, Buddhist followers and tourists nationwide have flocked to pagodas and Spring festivals at the beginning of the new-year, wishing for peace, good weather, happiness and prosperity for all. The Bai Dinh pagoda festival opened on January 28 in Gia Sinh commune, Gia Vien district, in the northern province of [...]
Ho Chi Minh City has plans to implement a new project to restore and preserve the old heritage architectural buildings located within the city. Ben Thanh market, one of antique architectural relics to be preserved According to Nguyen Trong Hoa, Head of the Institute of Research and Development of HCMC, while old heritage buildings [...]
The Phu My Hung Spring Flower Festival this year hopes to bring a richer assortment of blossoms to attract more residents and visitors during the Lunar New Year holiday. The five-day event, co-hosted by the Ho Chi Minh City-based Phu My Hung Corporation and the Association of Orchids and Ornamental Trees, will open at 7:30pm [...]
The Saigon River has a host of tributaries, of which many have remained heavily polluted but some have been cleaned up, allowing fish to return. If some might think of going to the bar, café, theater or tourist park for recreation, other Saigonese love fishing at night. Fishing is not new but doing it in [...]
A story of Huong River in the central city of Hue is being told by 100 videos and photographs by both professional and amateur photographers. A visitor at the exhibition The exhibition, which belongs to a community project named “The Story of a River”, initiated by artist Phan Le Chung, features the works of those [...]
The largest tourist development project in Viet Nam will start in eight northwestern mountain provinces next year. Local authorities, officials from the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), tourism operators and training institutions in the region gathered in Lao Cai City yesterday to discuss the plan. One of the first steps to be [...]
Hue Festival 2012 will coincide with the National Tourism Year for the north central coastal region, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced at a press briefing in Hanoi on November 23. The opening ceremony of Hue Festival will be held on April 7, 2012, showcasing distinctive music and dance programs, carnivals, religious rituals, [...]
Carrying luggage of up to 40kg on papooses to the peak of 3,143m Fansipan mount is the job of native porters, who assist tourists to conquer the highest mountain in Indochina. Fansipan is located in Lao Cai province in Northwest Vietnam, 9 km southwest of Sa Pa Township in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. [...]