Ho Chi Minh City's District 5 inaugurates ‘jewellery street’
Ho Chi Minh City's District 5 has honoured its venerable goldsmith tradition by converting Nhieu Tam and Nghia Thuc streets into a jewellery street.
Ha Giang opens Khau Vai Love Market Festival 2017
The Khau Vai Love Market Culture-Tourism Week, an annual cultural event in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, officially opened in Meo Vac District on April 21.
German festival to be held in Ho Chi Minh City
The “Deutschlandfest 2017” will take place for the first time at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ho Chi Minh City on April 22, said Germany Consul General to the…
Phu Day Festival   (Apr 20, 2017)
Phu Day Festival
A Vietnamese saying goes “Thang Tam gio Cha, thang Ba gio Me” (the Father’s Death Anniversary Falls in the eighth lunar month and the Mother’s in the third lunar month).  This shows gratitude respectively to “Duc Thanh Tran” (Saint Tran) and “Thanh Mau Lieu Hanh” (Mother Goddess Lieu Hanh) as the Vietnamese thousands of year-old religious philosophy says “uong nuoc nho nguon” (remember its source…
“Sac bua” singing recognised as national intangible cultural heritage
“Sac bua” (Tet greeting) singing in Phu Le commune, Ba Tri district, in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, has been named national intangible cultural heritage.
Music street to create a new cultural space in Ho Chi Minh City
The Ho Chi Minh City Music Street, all set to open across the Alexandre De Rhodes Street in district 1 at the end of April, is likely to to provide a new cultural space for local residents and visitors to the city.
Kong: Skull Island studio in Ninh Binh to open
The studio where film Kong: Skull Island was shot in the northern province of Ninh Binh is being restored and will open to tourists on April 15. 
Hoa Lu Festival opens in Ninh Binh
Hoa Lu Festival, the national cultural heritage in the northern province of Ninh Binh, kicked off on April 5, or the 9th day of the third lunar month.
Viet Nam’s Mother Goddesses receive UNESCO’s recognition certificate
A ceremony marking an official UNESCO certificate of recognition for "Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms" as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was held last night at the Phu Giay worshipping complex in the northern province of Nam Dinh.
Vietnam Airlines starts Ha Noi, Sydney direct service
Vietnam Airlines is adding nonstop across-the-pond service between Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi and the Sydney Airport in Australia three times weekly starting on 29 March, according to a release.
Saigontourist to offer huge discounts at int’l travel expo
Saigontourist Travel Service Company has announced that it will offer discounts of up to nearly US$230,000 for visitors at the Viet Nam International Travel Mart – VITM 2017 scheduled for April 6-9 at the International Exhibition Centre in Ha Noi.
‘Kong Skull Island’ Filming Locations You Can Visit Right Now
In an era where CGI reigns supreme in Hollywood, there are few places left in the world that are able to jar the senses the way computer generated imagery does. Which is why, when Warner Bros. first released the trailer for the long-awaited Kong: Skull Island, viewers marveled at the use of real world locales to bring to life the mythical lair of the mighty…
Ninh Binh Province: Legendary land in “Kong: Skull Island”
(TITC) – The tourist sites of Ninh Binh Province including the World heritage site of Trang An Landscape Complex, Tam Coc – Bich Dong, Van Long Wetland Natural Reserve… have been chosen as filming locations for the blockbuster movie Kong: Skull Island.
Conference looks at archaeological research’s role in preserving Trang An complex
The role of archaeological research in the preservation of the Trang An Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh was highlighted at a conference held in Ninh Binh on March 18.
Budget airlines benefit tourism
Airlines transported an estimated 52.2 million passengers in 2016, up 29 percent from the previous year, according to a report by the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam.