Investors have pledged to invest more than VNĐ36.1 trillion (US$1.5 billion) into 19 tourism projects in the central and Central Highland regions.

The Central and Central Highlands Region has been told to work harder to make tourism a key economic sector of the whole region.

A group of 16 farmers in Tiên Hà Commune in the mountainous Tiên Phước district of Quảng Nam Province have joined together in a ‘green herb’ co-operative – a model that helps promote production chains of farm produce and herbs and develop eco-tourism.

With 172 recognised relics and 97 heritage sites, HCM City boasts a wealth of culture. The city plans to spend millions of dollars preserving and promoting its rich history over the next few years, San Hà reports.

Thousands of pilgrims and tourists flocked to the Temple of Mother Goddess in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn on Thursday to attend a festival dedicated to the Goddess. Among the tourists, hundreds were from China.

Phan Thi Kim Phúc, known as the “napalm girl” in an iconic photo taken during wartime in Việt Nam in 1972, on February 11 received Germany’s Dresden Peace Prize for her work for peace.

As the Lunar New Year has just started, various spring festivals all over the country are now in full swing.

Lý Sơn Island is probably the one place on earth where you will never find any vampires… because this is the Kingdom of Garlic!

The northern province of Bắc Giang will host a Culture - Tourism Week from February 14 to 20 with a theme ‘Discover Sacred Land in Tây Yên Tử’.

The central city’s tourism department, in co-operation with Qatar Airways, plans to launch a daily flight to meet the increasing demand between Đà Nẵng and Doha, Qatar in the near future after the weekly direct flight debuted last December.