Following National Highway 70 which lies by imposingly high mountains of the northern province of Lao Cai, we arrived in Bac Ha District, which is known by the name “white plateau.”
The 2015 Lantern Festival will be held at the centre of Sa Pa Town in the Northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on September 26th-27th, reported the Lao Cai News.
Archaeologists have discovered prehistoric sites dating back 20,000 years in Bao Thang district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, said Associate Professor Dr. Trinh Nang Chung from the Viet Nam Institute of Archaeology on August 20.
Hiu hiu, Johns’ groove-toed frog or Johns’ frog in English, is a rare frog species in Viet Nam which can be found at streams in mountainous areas in the northwestern region.
‘Kho gia gia’, a traditional festival hosted by the Ha Nhi ethnic group in Bat Xat district, in the northern province of Lao Cai to pray for good crops, has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.
KLF Joint Venture Global Investment Joint Stock Company (KLF Global) and Viet Nam Helicopters (VNH) have launched helicopter services for tourists on Ha Noi-Sa Pa tour at the price of some VND200 million.
A plan to operate electric cars in downtown HCM City especially targeted at tourists was presented by the Department of Transport at a meeting on 15 July.
A Vietnamese tourism promotion campaign will be held from August 3-7 in Surabaya and Jakarta cities of Indonesia, which is emerging as a critical and potential market of Viet Nam.
The northern port city of Hai Phong plans to focus on promoting the tourism potential of the Cat Ba archipelago, which is renowned for its diversity of tourism products.
The Royal Caribbean International Quantum of the Sea luxury cruise liner docked at Cai Mep international port at Ba Ria-Vung Tau on June 17 with more than 6,000 foreign travellers and crew members on board.
Islamic Cham ethnic people in the central province of Binh Thuan on June 16 kicked off a wide range of activities to welcome their Ramuwan (New Year) festival, the biggest of its kind of the local Islamic community.