Around 20,000 visitors participated in Quảng Ngãi Province's Culture and Tourism Week, which kicked off on Thursday night in Măng Đen Commune, offering a series of activities honouring the culture and heritage of ethnic minority groups in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands).
The programme is expected to enhance the quality of the heritage destination while offering the public a novel and engaging approach to exploring the millennium-old cultural legacy.
Over 50 booths showcasing local delicacies, herbal products, and community tourism experiences have opened in the Central Highlands town of Măng Đen, launching the 2026 Măng Đen Culture and Tourism Week under the theme Pink Hues Amid the Great Forest.
HCM City will focus on developing cultural and sports initiatives at the grassroots level in 2026.
Khánh Hòa Province will host its first-ever international kitesurfing tournament from January 15-17.
Across the Mekong Delta, many tourist sites have been busy upgrading their offerings. At the Cồn Sơn tourism site in Cần Thơ City, members of the local tourism cooperative have been pruning fruit orchards, refurbishing stages for traditional don ca tai tu performances, cleaning fish ponds used for visitor experiences, and expanding areas for making traditional cakes.
The province of Vĩnh Long is calling for investment in 15 cultural and tourism projects with a total estimated capital of nearly US$596 million.
The festival will be organised under a four-season model. Its spring festival will last through the first three months of the year, featuring reenactments of royal rituals and traditional folk festivals.
Cherry trees in Đà Lạt City have started to bloom early due to the cold weather at the end of December, attracting visitors, many of whom come just to admire them.
The arrival of a major cruise liner in Hạ Long on January 1 marked a buoyant start to the 2026 cruise tourism season in Quảng Ninh, with thousands of overseas visitors stepping ashore on the first morning of the year.
The central city welcomed the first tourists visiting on the flights of the national flag-carrier Vietnam Airlines and Cebu Pacific Air of the Philippines, marking the first positive move in hosting 19.1 million tourists in 2026.
Through subdued visual rhythms and richly layered colours, the paintings evoke a deep and enduring connection between humans and nature, where the natural world does not stand apart but accompanies and resonates with inner life.
The Indian Embassy in Việt Nam hosted an interactive tourism workshop in Hà Nội on December 30, bringing together Vietnamese travel businesses to seek ways for strengthening connections, diversifying offerings, and tackling challenges to attract more Vietnamese tourists to India.
The enshrinement ceremony of the Konagamana Buddha Statue was solemnly held at Bà Đen Mountain, Tây Ninh Province, on December 29 (the 10th day of the 11th Lunar Month), with the participation of more than 450 venerable monks, monastics, and Buddhist devotees.
The year 2025 marked a highly successful chapter in Việt Nam’s cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), highlighted by a series of important recognitions, initiatives and governance roles widely acknowledged by the international community, a diplomat has said.
Puppeteer Dương Văn Học has donated more than 30 puppets to Hà Nội Museum contributing to the preservation and wider popularising of traditional Vietnamese puppetry.
Family Medical Practice coordinated the emergency medical evacuation of an Australian patient from Vietnam, highlighting the importance of timely coordination and patient safety in critical situations.
A six-kilometre trek through Việt Nam’s oldest national park leads adventure seekers deep into primeval jungle and up to Mây Bạc Peak – a misty summit locals call the 'roof' of Cúc Phương.
