Vietnam Travel News

Traditional dishes of Vietnamese and Japanese food will be on display at a gastronomy night, which is to be held in Hoi An town, Quang Nam province on July 7.

The best photos from the 5th tourism photo contest entitled Viet Nam – My Homeland are on display at the Exhibition House in Ha Noi.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a conference recently to collect ideas on the selection of a national flower. Local newspapers discussed the issue with two culture experts.

This is a reality TV show hosted by foreigners with short stories about Vietnam and Vietnamese people.

The fifth National Congress in the 2010-2015 term of the Vietnam Dancers’ Association was held yesterday in the capital city of Hanoi.

Thay Pagoda, one of the famous attractions in the vicinity of Hanoi, is also known as Thien Phuc Pagoda and is dedicated to the worship Sakyamuni Buddha and 18 Arhats.

The central province of Quang Binh is home to some of Vietnam’s most enchanting coastal areas with a string of beautiful beaches that could also help reverse the province’s economic fortunes.

Ba Na Mountain in the central city of Da Nang offers more than an escape from the summer heat

More than VND3 trillion (US$150 million) will be invested in the second phase of the Dai Nam Tourist Site, announced the Dai Nam Joint Stock Copmany on July 1.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on June 29 presented the Vietnam Tourism Award 2010 to 30 hotels, 20 travel agencies and 15 tourism service enterprises at a ceremony in Hanoi.

Vietnam Airlines will resume direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Nagoya of Japan twice a week from August 13 and offer a discount up to 60 percent on the resumed route.

Nearly 17,000 cherry trees will be planted around Tuyen Lam Lake in the Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat by the end of this year.

An extensive exhibition of Vietnamese silk paintings is scheduled to open in Paris in late July, said the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The awards presentation ceremony of the fifth National Tourism Artistic Photo Contest took place in Hanoi on July 1, coinciding with the opening of an exhibition showcasing the best photos.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has allowed the Vietnam History Museum, the Department of Cultural Heritage in coordination with the Belgium Institute of Fine Arts and the Belgium Centre for Fine Arts to hold an exhibition in Belgium featuring 2,500 years of joint Asian-European history.