Vung Tau food fest fetes National Day

Vung Tau City in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will celebrate the National Day as well as its status upgrade to a Grade 1 city with a four-day (August 22-25) food festival.

Hoi An eco-tours attracts visitors

A seven-kilometre tour around Hoi An’s Cam Thanh Village takes visitors through the beautiful countryside and straight to the heart of Vietnamese traditional crafts and lifestyles.

Ly Son - Kingdom of onions and garlic

The island district of Ly Son in Quang Ngai Province is known as not only the homeland of the Hoang Sa Flotilla, but also the kingdom of onions and garlic which have distinctive delicious tastes that other products of its kind can not compared with.

A day with Phong Nha – Ke Bang heritage

Aiming to meet increasing demand from both domestic and foreign tourists to visit the central province of Quang Binh, Phong Nha – Ke Bang tourism centre officially opened the tour “One day with Phong Nha – Ke Bang”.

‘Green Shopping’ – The trend of the world

On August 17th and 18th, in Hai Phong city, the training course with the theme ‘Think green - Buy Clean’ was organized by place going training on the theme "Think Green - Buy Clean" by the Centre for Development of Community Initiative and Environment (C & E) with the support of the project ‘Enhance the capacity of mainstreaming sustainable development and climate change into planning in activities Vietnam".

UNDP continues to support VN’s environmental projects

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam will pay attention to new projects proposed by the Vietnamese side in the fields of climate change and preserving bio-diversity.

Phong Nha cave - heaven on earth

Phong Nha Caves in the central province of Quang Binh's Bo Trach district have been declared one of the best tourism destinations in the world.

Endemic turtles come home from Europe

As many as 71 individuals of Annam leaf turtle (Mauremys annamensis), an endemic tortoise species of Vietnam , have been sent from zoos in the Netherlands and Germany back to their native land.

Farmer cultivates unique car-shaped watermelons

Since they first appeared last year in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho, watermelons in the shape of a car have drawn so much attention from the public that their price has jacked sky high, yet they sell like hotcakes.

Openbill storks land in Tram Chim park

Over seven thousand Asian openbill storks have found a home at Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta's Dong Thap Province, according to park Director Nguyen Van Hung.