Mogao Caves: the Thousand Buddha Grottoes

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.

HCM City welcomes 1.8 million foreign tourists

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.

Lào Cai ethnic festival to be held

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.

’Lake as big as an ocean’ in Pleiku offers best of both worlds to visitors

Summertime arouses in everyone the yearning for cool fresh air and escape from daily urban life. Mountains, sea shores, and sandy beaches. Wouldn’t it be perfect if one could go to a place which has both a lake as big as the ocean and mountain ranges to feast their eyes on? No matter how picky you are as a tourist, Biển Hồ Lake in Pleiku city is always a place you can relax and adore.

Hải Dương launches souvenir design contest

The Hải Dương Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has launched a design contest on handicraft souvenirs that will remind tourists of the province’s cultural and tourism features.

Cù Lao Chàm to offer sea-walk service for first time

The Chàm Island Tourist Co Ltd in Hội An early next month will launch a sea-walk service allowing tourists to walk on the seabed on islands of Cù Lao Chàm, an archipelago off the coast of the central province of Quảng Nam.

Walking on water at Bà Lụa

Bà Lụa Archipelago is a pristine wild coastal area in the South, untouched by humans where one can stand on his feet amidst the water.

Tourism event held in City

There were 40 provinces at the HCM City Tourism Festival from March 24 to 27, organised before the summer peak tourism season to introduce new, unique, affordable tours.

Huế tourism revenues up by 8%

In the first quarter the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế reported tourism earnings of VNĐ737 billion (US$33.5 million), an increase of 8 per cent year-on-year.

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