Hòn Đỏ beach in the central province of  Ninh Thuận attracts tourists though it doesn’t have a white sandy beach.

Instead, tourists enjoy walking and fishing on the beach covered by rocks and green moss. There, the rising and ebbing tides create caves, crevices and srange stone formations next to the sea.

Cái Chiên Island is around 330km from Hà Nội. From Hải Hà Port, tourists can reach the island by ferry or by canoe, which takes 40-50 minutes.

A mere 85km north of Hà Nội lies Tam Ðảo, accessible only by a single road, the National Road 2B, a ribbon of automotive perfection which snakes and climbs around acres of lush green valleys.

My native place has never lacked sunshine.

You could even say that it has had more of it than needed.

Chiềng Khoi Lake is located in Pút Village, Yên Châu District, the northern mountainous province of Sơn La. The large lake, surrounded by mountains, creates a beautiful landscape that lures many tourists to its shores.

Dunhuang, a city in China’s north-western Gansu Province described as an oasis in the Gobi desert, is emerging as an international cultural "melting pot" because of its famous ancient Buddhist cave temples, the Mogao caves.

A special sports, culture and tourism festival of the Chăm ethnic group will be held in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang between July 15 and 17.

Nearly 1.8 million foreign tourists visited HCM City in the first four months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 14 per cent, according to a report from the municipal People’s Committee.

The 13th Cultural, Sports and Tourism Festival of ethnic groups in the northeast region will take place in Lào Cai Province in October, according to the Ministry of Cultural, Sports and Tourism.