Việt Nam News

On the occasion of the 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas, on January 9 the Indian consulate in HCM City organised a gathering of the local Indian community at the premises of the HCM City Union of Friendship Organizations.

Tourism association seeks longer visa exemptions for Europeans.

Animal protection group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has listed HCM City among the top 10 havens for vegans and vegetarians in Asia.

Electric cars have already taken thousands of foreign and local visitors to Sa Đéc flower village in the Mekong province of Đồng Tháp after the service was launched on January 10.

Some 6.5 million Vietnamese travelled abroad last year, up 15 per cent from 2015, according to the Việt Nam Tourism Association.

Getting to the top of Chiêu Lầu Thi Mountain is hard, dangerous and scary, but the reward is memories for a lifetime. Thanh Nga recounts the experience.

I arrived at the homestay as the setting sun cast a red glow over the mountainous village. Shortly after I unpacked my bag, the host invited me to a shared meal with the family and some Australian travelers. After a few days eating out in Hà Giang City, the cozy atmosphere was welcome. All gathered in the middle of the second floor of the stilt house to enjoy the delicious home-cook chicken dishes, five-color sticky rice and corn wine, a "must" in Hà Giang. 

There is a local rumour that swimming in Khe Xanh Stream in Bắc Sơn village, Nghĩa Phúc Commune in the central province of Nghệ An will help women to have fair complexion while the children will grow up healthily. It is that rumour that has attracted many visitors to come and try.

A village populated by the Thai ethnic minority, Porn Coọng in Mai Châu District is a must-see for travellers to the northern province of Hoà Bình.

Flower growing regions are an attractive destination for short getaways.

This time of the year, with the first chilly winds blowing through the north, the winter flower season signals travellers to hit the roads.

An Giang province’s Tà Pạ mountain is one of seven peaks named Thất Sơn, which means "seven famous mountains".

I begin a one-day tour in Tai Chung, in central Taiwan, on a beautiful day in autumn. The weather is so cool that it makes me feel happy to mix with the green atmosphere and daily life of the local residents.

Việt Nam’s travel agencies offering budget tours valued at less than VNĐ12 million (US$537) a visitor to South Korea can neither receive advertising assistance nor participate in joint tourism promotions from the Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO).

Four hotels in Việt Nam won coveted spots in this year’s Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards, with the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and the Park Hyatt Saigon being placed in the top three on a list of the “Top Hotels in Southern Asia.”

A delegation of Vietnamese artists attended Malaysia Art Expo 2016 last week, aiming to promote Việt Nam’s lacquer paintings.

Tour operators in HCM City have had to drop so-called 'floating tours' to the Mekong Delta from September to November, which is supposed to be the flooding season in the delta, as floods have not come to the region this year.

Trà Quế Vegetable Village is a “must-see” for visitors to the ancient town of Hội An in the central province of Quảng Nam.

Wandering of streets of Fukuoka, where you may find yourself thrilled and immersed by the city’s mix of modern and traditional elements.