In the summer, going to the highlands must be an ideal option for tourists to getting closer to nature and escape from the hot and muggy of the tropical summer in HCMC. Visiting magnificent waterfalls, poetic vegetable and flower gardens and strolling around endless pine hills will be nice experiences in Dalat, the city in mist and pine trees.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has ordered travel firms to temporarily suspend tours to Bangkok, the center of Thailand’s political unrest that has so far claimed 21 lives.

There exists a Hanoi that is intimate, profound and modern, a Hanoi silhouetted in literature, and the arts, steeped in the sentiments of youth, which is found on weblogs of Hanoi lovers that link thousands of like-minded people in and outside the country.

Restaurants, hotels and resorts around the country are introducing many attractive food and entertainment programs for locals and tourists to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year.

A growing number of visitors to the resort island of Thoi Son have grown wary of rampant overcharging at the emerging vacation spot in Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang Province.

Tasting seafood buffet dinner and coffee at the Ramana

On the occasion of Vietnam Teachers’ Day, November 20, some restaurants and hotels in HCMC of Saigontourist Holding Company are offering food promotion programs.

Three exotic hideaways in central Vietnam were ranked among the “Asia’s 25 Top Resorts” in the annual Readers’ Choice Awards of premier travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler.

Ho Chi Minh City will host a series of activities featuring Japanese culture and education that will last for a month, starting on November 10.

The central city of Da Nang will hold the third annual international fireworks competition next year to celebrate its 35th liberation day and the 1000th anniversary of Hanoi, formerly known as Thang Long.