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Associate Professor Bui Thanh Huong from the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan talks about the recovery of domestic tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Located in the Mekong River Delta, the magnificent Cai Rang Floating Market can be considered a typical feature of the local area that attracts plenty of visitors each day.

The ancient town of Hoi An will offer free entrance to tourists visiting the Old Quarter and craft villages from December 1-4 to mark the 21st anniversary of Hoi An's recognition as a UNESCO world heritage site.

With an amalgamation of architectural features from both the east and west, An Dinh Palace once stood out as a magnificent European palace with Vietnamese decoration within a web of monuments criss-crossing the former imperial city of Hue.

Oolong tea hill in Sapa Town in the northern province of Lao Cai will be shut from tomorrow, December 3 after being harmed by visitors.

There are many types of cakes in Vietnam, with different styles and flavors. 

Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Da Nang have agreed to develop a joint tourism promotion programme to boost travel demand to the central region.

Saigon is a typical tropical city with two distinctive seasons, the dry and the rainy seasons. It definitely has no autumn as such. However, to some romantic Saigonese, their hometown does have fall in a sense.

As the tourist magnet of Hanoi City, Hoan Kiem Lake is a nice venue, a good gathering place for visitors and locals in four seasons in the Old Quarter.

Vietnamese people have been drinking tea for thousands of years. 

Phan Thi Thuan recently returned to Vietnam from Germany and visited her friend’s home in the central province of Quang Binh where she was invited to eat lẩu cá khoai (Bombay duck fish) hotpot.

At some popular restaurants in Hanoi, customers still have to line up to wait for their turn.

If you are looking for a trekking place in Hai Phong City, Cat Ba National Park, part of a biosphere reserve in the city, offers a number of fun ecotourism options including mountain treks.

The famous Pho restaurant in Hang Chieu Street, Hanoi, sells its first bowls of pho at 3:30am, even though it opens at 2 am.

The country's tourism industry saw impressive growth between 2015-19, but now needs a dramatic face-lift in terms of quality and safety to help the ‘key’ sector recover from COVID-19 damage.