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Cruise ships bring 34,000 tourists to Thua Thien-Hue (Sep 18, 2014)

This year, more than 34,000 international cruise holiday-makers landed in Chan May port to visit Hue’s imperial sites in the central province of Thua Thien–Hue.

Viet Nam - an ideal travel destination for British visitors (Sep 17, 2014)

Viet Nam has recently emerged as one of top travel destinations for European tourists, including those from the UK, with more than 144,800 British arrivals in the first 8 months…

Hoi An ancient town cited among 10 World Famous Canals (Sep 17, 2014)

Touropia, a tourism website, has chosen Hoi An ancient town as one of the 10 World Famous Canals.

Sa Pa’s terraced fields among world’s most beautiful destinations (Sep 17, 2014)

Environmental news website Mother Nature Network has selected 30 of the most beautiful destinations on Earth, and terraced paddy fields in Viet Nam’s northern mountainous Sa Pa district is one of such wonderful places.

Da Nang launches tourism portal (Sep 16, 2014)

This central city's Culture, Sport and Tourism Department has launched its latest online tourism information portal following an eight-month trial period to further boost its tourism industry.

Cai Rang cited among most interesting floating markets (Sep 16, 2014)

Your Amazing Places, a leading world tourism website, has chosen Cai Rang as one of the top 5 Asian floating markets.

Con Son-Kiep Bac festival lures over 80,000 tourists (Sep 16, 2014)

The Con Son – Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2014 in Hai Duong province, one of the largest of its kind in northern Viet Nam, attracted more than 80,000 tourists, according to the relic site’s management board.

Tran Dynasty historical relics recognised as special national relic (Sep 15, 2014)

Quang Ninh province held a ceremony on September 13 to receive the Prime Minister’s certificate recognising Tran Dynastry historical relics as a Special National Relic.

Sapa terraced fields among top 30 beautiful places globally (Sep 12, 2014)

Mother Nature website recently listed the terraced fields of Sapa in its superlative list of top 30 most beautiful places in the world.

Ministry proposes visa exemption for five nations (Sep 12, 2014)

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has recommended the Prime Minister consider visa exemptions for travellers from France, Germany, the UK, Australia and India.

Quang Binh opens up world's biggest cave to tourists (Sep 12, 2014)

Authorities in Central Quang Binh province will officially open the world's biggest cave, Son Doong, for tourism by January, 2015. This follows a successful pilot programme this year.

Exhibition on 1946-1957 land reform in Ha Noi (Sep 11, 2014)

Nearly 150 original artifacts, materials and photos related to the land reform campaign that abolished feudalism and heightened peasants’ power of ownership in the north of Viet Nam, between 1946 and 1957, are being exhibited in Ha Noi.

Con Son-Kiep Bac festival honours national hero (Sep 11, 2014)

The Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival, one of the largest of its kind in the north of Viet Nam, commenced in northern Hai Duong province on September 10 in memory of General Tran Hung Dao – a revered historical figure.

Proposal seeks UNESCO heritage status for Bai choi singing (Sep 10, 2014)

Bai choi singing in the central provinces of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Quang Nam was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in late August, a move expected to facilitate the application for recognition of the folk singing as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in 2016.

National level recognizes 19 more intangible cultural heritage (Sep 09, 2014)