The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ranked Cat Ba archipelago in the north to national heritage status.
The number of foreign tourists arriving in Vietnam in the first nine months is estimated to have reached nearly 4.85 million, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.
Images of dragons and fairies captured at Vietnam's communal houses are being exhibited for the first time in Paris, France as part of the 16th "Foreign Cultures Week", starting on September 21.
A number of events beginning later this month will celebrate the 750th anniversary of Thien Truong, the old capital of the Tran dynasty (1225-1400) in the northern province of Nam Dinh.
The central city of Hue will provide a free wi-fi service by the end of this year, according to the Thua Thien - Hue provincial People's Committee.
With tourism promotion activities being conducted in Japan until next Tuesday, Vietnam has officially kicked off the campaign of attracting one million tourists arrivals from Japan in 2015, doubling that of last year.
Cruise tourism in Vietnam is growing in the context that this segment begins to boom in Southeast Asia.
Representatives of UNESCO in association with the Ha Giang provincial People's Committee organized a conference to introduce the Public Use Planning (PUP) kit to the Management Board of Dong Van Plateau Global Geopark on September 19th.
Soc Trang tourism sector is to continue to improve the quality of existing tourism products and gradually put into operation products and new tourism programmes associated with the strengths of the province such as cultural festival tourism, ecological tourism and shopping tourism to attract more and more domestic and foreign tourists.
A 175-year-old house has been restored to its former glory in Phuoc Tich ancient village, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Over 400 relics, mainly stone items dating back 4,000 - 4,200 years ago have been discovered in Nguom Hau cave in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.
Experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have toured Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc and Lam Dong provinces to prepare the dossiers of the Cat Tien National Park to be submitted to the UNESCO for recognition as a world natural heritage.