Vietnam Travel News

While growth is returning to international tourism, led to a large extent by Asia and the Pacific, public and private bodies in the region must continue to work together on responses to the crisis to ensure a sustained recovery.

This year’s Hue Festival (June 5-13) looks to highlight traditional Vietnamese values that have withstood the country’s rapid and historical changes over the last several decades.

Forty-nine troupes from 26 countries will appear at the biennial Hue Festival to be held from June 5 to 13, according to Hue Festival Centre.

Kon Tum Province lies in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam and shares borders with Laos and Cambodia.

A smattering of rice-based delicacies are put on the dinning tables of Vietnamese families everyday, but the simple, cheap and cheerful rice ball with toasted peanuts and sesame seeds continues to charm the locals

Australian singer Eleanor Clapham, or Hoang Lan, is the first foreigner to master the ancient art of tuong and cheo. She has returned to Vietnam to release her debut album “‘The Awakening” this June.

120 photos were showcased at an exhibition entitled “Vietnam-Laos relations in the Age of Ho Chi Minh” in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on May 14.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked the Ministry of Transport to submit a proposal by the end of this year for construction of a new international airport in the northern city of Hai Phong's Tien Lang District.

Chai Village, a little fishing village hidden behind a mountain in the Tri Nguyen islands off Nha Trang, offers tourists an attractive seascape and tasty cuisine.

From Duc Pho Town in the central province of Quang Ngai, we went west across seven kilometers of road through thick sugarcane fields.

Hotel occupancy rose around 30 percent in the first four months of this year on the back of a recovering tourism sector, an industry official said.

Golf is not popular in Vietnam but tour operators believe the sport has the ability to lure both international and local travelers.