Hanoians have seen a greener Hà Nội with nearly 930,000 new trees planted along local streets over the last two years.

Local people help hikers to reach the top of Nhìu Cồ San mountain. It is two thousand nine hundred and sixty-six metres high.

Imagination is a good thing till it runs riot in the wrong places.

Hundreds of maple trees have been planted on Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Láng Hạ and Trần Duy Hưng streets in Hà Nội in the past weeks to increase the capital’s green space.

Pá Kứ San Mountain in Lào Cai Province has primitive forests covered in moss, forests full of maple trees and their colourful leaves, cliffs that startle with their steepness and, at times, all this is covered in a sea of white cloud.

A group of trekking enthusiasts, guided by native highlanders, face mental and physical challenges on the way to the top of a mountain, but feel liberated as they stand in a sea of clouds. Cao Hương recounts the experience.

Northern province's pagodas and temples offer spiritual and aesthetic rewards

A red maple tourist area has just been opened to the public in the resort city of Đà Lạt. The five-hectare site has more than 2,000 red maple trees, 20,000 Juniperus chinensis trees, 500 cherry blossom tress and many other rare plants.