Ha Long bay to have additional five-star cruiser

Oriental Sails Company will operate the luxury five-star Starlight Cruise on Ha Long bay from September 15.

Vietnam, Bulgaria boost tourism cooperation

Vietnam and Bulgaria should promote tourism investment and cooperation towards signing a new cooperation plan to replace their 2006 cooperation agreement in the field.

National parks threatened by hydropower plants

Managers of Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands have voiced their opposition to permission being granted to build a hydropower plant right inside the national park.

Buffalo fighting festival recognized

The Do Son buffalo fighting festival in the northern port city of Hai Phong will be recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage on Thursday when the festival takes place.

Xuan Son National Park becoming tourist hotspot

Xuan Son National Park in the northern midland province of Phu Tho, which boasts diverse ecosystems, untouched natural beauty and original cultural identities of ethnic people, is receiving investment to make it a tourist hotspot and help drive the locality’s socio-economic growth.

Vietnam to have six international standard tourist destinations by 2020

Vietnam is to have at least six tourist destinations of international stature in the region by 2020, according to the project “Developing sea, island and coast tourism by 2020” approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Ngoc Son Temple proposed as national special relic

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has asked the National Cultural Heritage Council to appraise national special relics in the fourth phase to submit the Prime Minister.

Cu Lao Cham- a “green pearl” of Quang Nam

(TITC)-Located about 15km from Cua Dai beach (Hoi An- Quang Nam), Cu Lao Cham is endowed with the beauty of primitive and mysterious forest and sea.

In the heart of Saigon, an original Hanoi touch

A few capital city specialties, including the shrimp fritter, have their ‘primitive flavors’ well preserved at a District 1 restaurant

Exhibition “Worlds of paper and wood” opens in London

An exhibition titled “Worlds of paper and wood”, a preview of Asian Art London featuring a group exhibition of contemporary Vietnamese fine art curated by Raquelle Azran, was opened at the Emmanuel Fremin Gallery on September 5 in New York.