Việt Nam News

Recent rains have eased droughts affecting biological diversity at two protected sites: the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve and Tràm Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An and Đồng Tháp. 

Farmers in Bình An Commune, Lâm Bình District, in the northern province of Tuyên Quang, happily harvest their bumper crop from the spring rice season. – An entry for the photo contest Khoảnh khắc vàng (Golden Moment) by Vietnam News Agency (khoanhkhacvang.vnanet.vn) by Hà Thế Đô

About 1,000 artists from several Southeast Asian countries will perform at a festival in Đông Hà City in the central Quảng Trị Province from July 18 to 25.

Goasean, the first ASEAN travel channel, has suggested five Vietnamese dishes to try when travelling to HCM City.

Shy young children often hide their faces with their hands when they meet new people. They refuse to talk to strangers and run away when unknown people try to photograph them. Their parents are also reserved. But if you are kind to them and are really interested in their lives, they open their hearts to you.

Mẫu Sơn Summer Tourism Festival was organised by the Lạng Sơn Province Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on July 9, with thousands of people and tourists attending.

The Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology in Hà Nội has received the Việt Nam’s Leading Tourist Destinations Award for the second time from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The 17m long and 4m wide wooden bridge is a big tourist attraction in the ancient city of Huế. It is an arch bridge with both sides being protected by railings with balconies. The bridge spans an irrigation canal extending from the entrance of the village to its end.

HN to host for first time a contemporary dance with traditional music

Quảng Bình is holding a performance week of sailboats on the Nhật Lệ River in an act to save the tourism industry from the mass fish deaths that have occured since April.

The central coastal city of Đà Nẵng plans to debut an open-top double-decker bus as part of the Đà Nẵng City Tour service – the first of its kind in Việt Nam.

Over 20 sculptors nationwide are joining a stone sculpture workshop at the Quảng Trị Citadel, a national relic site, in the central province.

About 100 artworks, portraying the lives and work of miners, are on display at Exhibition House, 16 Ngô Quyền Street.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform operatic extracts by well-known composers at the HCM City Opera House on July 29.

Viet Nam’s oldest woman Nguyễn Thị Trù has died at the age of 123.

Photo of the day

Charming then singing tunes, a traditional kind of oratorio art in Việt Nam, together with the melodious sounds of the gourd lute immediately impress visitors on arriving at Minh Xuân Precinct, Tuyên Quang City in the northern province of Tuyên Quang.

Central city Đà Nẵng’s tourism department has distributed 5,000 leaflets in Chinese, promoting a code of conduct for tourists at airports, stations, destinations and hotels, besides resorts and public areas.