Việt Nam News

When thinking of Thanh Hóa, most immediately think of Sầm Sơn Beach. However, the lesser-known Hải Tiến, connecting the four communes of Hoằng Tiến, Hoằng Thanh, Hoằng Trường and Hoằng Hải, should not be overlooked.

Vũng Bọt Stream at the junction of the Bắc (North) and Nam (South) rivers that merge the Cu Đê River is home to the 'niên' fish (Onychostoma gerlachi), a natural freshwater fish species that is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Việt Nam has succeeded in developing its sea and island tourism with attractive tourism products, leading to a rise in both domestic and international visitors. However, the rapid growth of the industry requires planning to ensure sustainable development in the future. 

The lychee harvest season arrives in July, and various travel agencies in and outside the northern province of Bắc Giang have already planned tours for visitors to pick lychees at farms in the region.

Ecotourism, especially agri-tourism will be a dominant trend as the Mekong Delta strives to develop its tourism industry, experts say.

U Minh Thượng National Park in the southern province of Kiên Giang has been welcoming an increasing number of tourists after months of closure to prevent COVID-19 and wildfires.

Sunny, windy Ninh Thuận has come into reckoning as a renewable energy hub, but the surprisingly diverse province has much more to offer. Bồ Xuân Hiệp explains.

Côn Đảo Island, off the coast of southern province Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, are set to become a world-class site for marine, cultural, historical and spiritual tourism, according to a revised plan for Côn Đảo development by 2045 newly approved by Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành.

To make Bạc Liêu coastal protective forest become more attractive to tourists, the province are studying models of cooperatives or management groups with the help of households.

The HCM City administration should think twice about urbanising its outlying districts since that would only benefit property developers and not residents, experts said.

For Sri Lanka's National Day (February 4), Việt Nam News introduces a message from the embassy.

The Tràng An eco-tourism site, part of the Tràng An Landscape Complex in northern Ninh Bình Province, attracted a large number of visitors when officially reopening on February 2 after a long hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The outlying district of Cần Giờ in HCM City is becoming an ideal eco-destination for stressed-out urbanites to visit on two-day, one-night tours as it is considered one of the safest places in the city amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has approved a master plan to preserve and promote Ba Bể Lake, Bắc Kạn Province.

Six travel agencies and tour operators in the central Quảng Nam province have agreed to work together to rebuild the tourism industry and promote traditional livelihoods as part of the post-COVID 19 recovery plan in the central province.