One cannot say they have explored northwestern Vietnam fully if they have not tried the "pork hung up in kitchen", otherwise known as smoked pork.
Many regions of the country are reporting a sharp rise in the number of tourists.
In 2019, Hanoi welcomed 7.02 million foreign visitors, a year-on-year surge of 17 percent. However, the figure was only one fourth of the foreign arrivals in Hong Kong (China), and one third of that of Bangkok (Thailand) and Singapore.
The second French gastronomy festival "Balade en France" will be held in Hanoi from January 10-12.
The first Ha Long international music festival is scheduled to take place in the northern province of Quang Ninh on January 10 – 11 with the participation of over 100 Vietnamese and foreign artists.
More than 3,000 local students and young people gathered at a street festival which opened on December 23 at Lam Vien Square in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province, as part of the ongoing Da Lat Flower Festival 2019.
An old street in Da Lat city in the central highlands province of Lam Dong has been given a new artistic coat of over 30 murals, transforming it into an attractive destination in Viet Nam’s “city of flowers”.
The annual Ho Chi Minh City Tet (Lunar New Year) Book Fair will be held from January 22-28 (or the 28th day of last lunar month to the fourth day of the first lunar month of the new year) in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.
Featuring an array of renowned areas that are famous for serving delicious cuisine, Vinh Khanh and Ha Ton Quyen are among the food streets that cannot be missed when paying a visit to Ho Chi Minh City.
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is among top experiences in Viet Nam voted by Lonely Planet, a renowned travel guide book publisher, for another year.
Preparations for the upcoming 8th Da Lat Flower Festival were underway and would be completed by November 30, according to officials.
The ‘Visiting the land of Quan Ho (Love Duet) singing’ festival 2019 will take place in the northern province of Bac Ninh from February 13 to 28, to mark a decade since the folk art form won UNESCO recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity (2009 - 2019).