From 6pm to midnight, from December 29, 2025 to January 9, 2026, and especially at the moment of New Year’s Eve on December 31, Saigon Marina IFC Tower is illuminated with colours, national flags, and iconic symbols of both countries.

The magazine said, the country continues to reopen strongly to international visitors after the COVID-19 pandemic, offering diverse experiences while maintaining its distinctive identity.

To mark the 260th birth anniversary of national poet Nguyễn Du, Nhã Nam Publishing House has launched a limited special edition of Kim Vân Kiều, bringing together the literary legacy of Nguyễn Du, the pioneering quốc ngữ translation by scholar Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh and previously unpublished paintings by master artist Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm.

Next year's Hùng Kings Commemoration Day, Hùng Temple Festival and Ancestral Land Culture and Tourism Week will be held from April 17 to 26, 2026 at the Hùng Temple Historic Site and various other communes and wards in Phú Thọ Province.

Images of people and nature around Việt Nam are depicted in a painting exhibition titled 'Những Miền Quê Yêu Dấu' (Beloved Countryside Regions) in Hà Nội.

A special five-episode documentary series titled Cuba and Việt Nam: Brothers by Choice has been launched to mark the 65th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries (December 2, 1960 –2025).

The Sydney Morning Herald, one of Australia’s most respected and long-established daily newspapers, has described Phú Quốc in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang as the “New Phuket,” praising the Vietnamese island for having some of Southeast Asia’s most beautiful beaches while offering travel costs just one-third of those at Thailand’s major island destinations.

A Đà Nẵng New Year’s Ever Run, will be organising from 10pm to 12pm on December 31, a kicking-off vibrant countdown event in celebration of new year in the central city.

Step into ‘My Zootopia,’ where artist Tạ Huy Long transforms illustration into an immersive world of imagination and craft