Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision to recognise 14 artifacts as national treasures.
The Viet Nam Embassy has opened a Viet Nam Culture Week in Tehran, Iran with a view to helping people from the two nations get deeper insights into each other’s culture.
The travel guide and information website Roughguides has released a list of the 10 best places to travel as student, in which Viet Nam was suggested as an attractive spot for foodie adventure.
The Complex of Hue Monuments, located in central Thua Thien-Hue province, welcomed the 2.5 millionth tourist this year on December 26.
A population of three gold apple trees (known scientifically as Diospyros decandra) in Tien Chau village, Thang Binh district of the central province of Quang Nam, has been recognised as national heritage trees.
A collection of Nguyen Dynasty (1802 - 1945) royal costumes is on display at the Museum of Vietnamese History in HCM City.
A riding tour of the Son Tra Nature Reserve in the central city of Da Nang took place on December 25.
The Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort, one of the most popular destinations in the central city of Da Nang, on December 24 welcomed its two millionth visitor in 2016.
The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City welcomed its five millionth foreign visitor at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on December 24.
Da Nang will organise numerous activities during New Year holidays, with an aim of attracting more tourists to the central city.
Viet Nam is one of the most favourite destinations of Russians for the New Year holiday, according to Maya Lomidze, Director of Association of Tour Operations of Russia (ATOR).
Circus on ice shows by artists from Ukraine will be performed at 21 cities and provinces throughout the country for the first time from December 23.