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Visiting Pu Mat National Park

 Pu Mat National Park, 120 km from Vinh city in Nghe An province, is the largest forest in north-central Vietnam and a world nature reserve.

Folk cakes, from family dining table to popular tourist product

 With abundant natural resources, spectacular landscape, and luxuriant vegetation, the Mekong River Delta boasts enormous potential for ecological tourism.

Folk art form diversifies Nghe An’s tourism

Nghe An has recently offered visitors the chance to enjoy Vi-giam folk singing in the province. The move is among local authorities’efforts to preserve and promote the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.

HCMC offers free fruits for tourists at next week’s festival

 Tourists staying in four to five-star hotels in HCMC can enjoy free fruits or fruit juices within a week starting from June 1 on the occasion of the Vietnam Fruit Week.

Nipa palm afforestation tour to be launched

 Tour operator Vo Tan Tan plans to offer tours of nipa palm forests that allow tourists to participate in afforestation efforts in Cam Thanh Commune in Hoi An.

Linh Quy Phap An - A pagoda in the clouds, a sunset for the soul

 Located on top of Dai Binh Mountain, some 25km north of Bao Loc City in Lam Dong Province, Linh Quy Phap An Pagoda appears to be out of this world. 

HCM City departments say will launch medical tourism

 HCMC’s health and tourism departments will join forces to promote medical tourism in the city in the coming time, as data from hospitals in the city show that the demand of international visitors for health services here is high.

Promotions offered during Quang Nam Heritage Festival

 In order to attract tourists to the Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2017, organizers will introduce attractive offers on tours to the central province during the festival, which will take place from June 7 to 14 in Tam Ky and Hoi An cities.

Electric cars to transport tourists around downtown HCM City

 HCM City authorities have approved a pilot project to operate electric cars in downtown HCM City. The city-based company Kingtour will operate 20 electric cars, each carrying from eight to 14 passengers, on three routes.

HCM City market away from home for Cambodians

 Visitors to HCM City’s Ho Thi Ky flower market in District 10 can easily find many Vietnamese people of Cambodian descent selling mainly Cambodian specialties at what is known informally as the Cambodian Market.

Nha Trang set to host sea festival in June

 The 2017 Nha Trang Sea Festival, with the theme Extending the Circle of Friendship, will be held in the central province of Khanh Hoa from June 10 to 13 with 50 arts, cultural and sporting activities.

A tour around southern food festival

The 7th southern food festival runs from May 24 to 28 at Dam Sen Park in HCM City, treating gastronomic fans to more than 250 local culinary delights.

The best tours in Hoi An

 Once a prominent Vietnamese trading port due to its proximity to the Thu Bon River, Hoi An’s sightseeing opportunities comprise traditional shops, ornate Buddhist temples, traditional markets, and interesting museums. 

Tourism industry wants visa waiver for five European countries extended

 The HCM City Tourism Association has urged the Government to extend the visa waiver for tourists from five Western European countries -- France, Italy, Germany, the UK, and Spain.

Luxury resort for summer retreat near Hanoi

Around 45km from Hanoi, Flamingo Dai Lai Resort is ideal for summer retreat with unique landscape and synchronized utility system with the rise in the value of services.

Airlines offer discount tickets in summer

 Hundreds of discount tickets from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok, Hong Kong and Los Angeles have been offered in May.

A charming north-western region begins new rice season

 May arrives with early summer rains starting to pour down, drawing water from the upper streams into the North-western region. Terraced rice fields take off their boring brown coat of winter to enter a new crop season.

Hanoi's museums, relic sites join hands to lure visitors

 Seventeen museums and relic sites in Hanoi have signed a memorandum of understanding on intensifying dissemination work to lure more visitors. The initiative aims to maximise each unit’s strength.

Community-based tourism project ropes in ethnic minorities

 A tourism development project being implemented in the northern mountainous provinces of Ha Giang and Cao Bang is expected to improve the livelihood of 10,000 poor people from ethnic minority groups.

Visit Mang Mu in pour water season

 Lying on a high mountain, Mang Mu is considered an ideal place to contemplate the panorama of Mu Cang Chai in Yen Bai province, especially in the pour water or rice harvest season.