The cyclo in Vietnam
04:57 | 13/07/2012

Old Quarter promotes craft work
04:54 | 11/07/2012
The festival will run from tomorrow (July 12) until the end of the month.

The skilled hands of artisans in and around Ha Noi will be obvious in the artworks on display.

Kim Ngan Temple at 42-44 Hang Bac Street will exhibit conical hats from Chuong village.

Fans from Chang Son village will be displayed at Dong Lac Temple at 38 Hang Dao Street.

Musical instruments from Dao Xa Village will become installation art at an ancient house at 87 Ma May Street.

The ten best destinations in Vietnam
05:06 | 06/07/2012

Love stories between mountain girls and western men
04:25 | 02/07/2012
After tours to Kon Tum province, in central Vietnam, western men experienced the real life of ethnic minority people here. Some of them fell in love with mountain girls who are honest and plain and became ‘foreign sons-in-law.’

White Waterfall - longhair fairy awaits tourists’ footprints
04:40 | 27/06/2012
All these beautiful features make the province an attractive area that tourists should not miss out on when discovering the Central region. One destination that tourists should stick it on their itinerary is the White Waterfall (Longhair fairy) situated in Thanh An Commune, Minh Long District, about 35 kilometers from Quang Ngai City.

15 Vietnamese cuisines nominated as Asian records
04:32 | 26/06/2012
Pho (noodle), cha ca La Vong (fried fish), bun cha Hanoi (vermicelli and grilled chopped meat), banh da cua Haiphong (rice pancake with crab soup) … are among Vietnamese cuisines that are nominated as Asian records.

Ha Noi welcomes over 8 million visitors in first half of 2012
04:38 | 25/06/2012
VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi has attracted about 8.33 million visitors during the first six months of this year, according to the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Tourism industry still can live well in 2012
02:30 | 22/05/2012
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism VNAT proves to be reserved when setting modest targets for 2012: receiving 6.5 million foreign tourists, up by 8.3 percent over 2011, and serving 32 million domestic travelers, up by 6.67 percent over 2011.

However, service providers do not think that way. Vo Quoc Khang, the owner of a shop of cars for rent in Bien Hoa City keeps optimistic about his business in 2012.

“Local residents in the city now like traveling more than going to cinema. They would go traveling if they have one or two days off work. Therefore, I think that carrying travelers would bring good income to me in 2012,” he said.

“Ao dai” Festival, Hue Festival 2012: Being graceful with the national flower
01:14 | 12/04/2012
In the evening of 09 April 2012, the first night of “Ao dai” Hue Festival 2012 themed “Lotus in fine arts” in the attendance of 150 models took place at Quoc Hoc stele- Hue. It was truly an impressive program to viewers.

The outstanding feature of “Ao dai” Hue Festival 2012 was the combination of “Ao dai” with lotus image expressing the permanent beauty of the flower and the value of Vietnamese long dress.

In the music of Co La troupe and the mild wind of the summer along Huong river, more than 300 “Ao dai” patterns of such designers as: Xuan Hao, Quang Tan, Viet Bao (Hue); Thuong Huyen, Duc Hai, Viet Ha, Quang Huy, Quang Long, Ngoc Han (Ha Noi); Hong Vuong, Van Khoa, Bich Ha (Ho Chi Minh city); Viet Thang company, Tuan Huy, Quynh Paris, Cong Khanh, Si Hoang and Minh Hanh blowing with 150 models from Ha Noi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh city and Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung, Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc han were performed, contributing to affirm and enhance the gracefulness of “Ao dai” and lotus.

Free tickets to Ha Long Bay during holidays
02:58 | 09/04/2012
Entry to Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh will be free to all visitors from April 28 to May 1, as a way of saying thank you to visitors for voting the Bay as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World.

The free visits to the World Heritage site are being offered during Ha Long Tourism Week and the national holiday on the anniversary of the liberation of the south (April 30) and May Day, which always see a huge number of tourists.

Visitors to Ha Long Bay this year will also have the chance to enjoy a number of new changes at the site and improved services.

In the first three months of 2012, the newly-recognised wonder of the world attracted almost 420,000 visitors, of which 70 percent were overseas tourists, up by 19 percent over the same period last year.

During the peak of the 2011 Ha Long Tourism Week, Bai Chay Port handled 16,000 visitors to the Bay on May 1 alone.