Nearly 40 old bicycles, some worth several thousand dollars, grouped up by West Lake on a Sunday morning. In the noisy are of car and motorbike horns, bicycle bells sometimes stroke ding-dong, ding-dong. On the occasion of the New Year, members of the Hanoi Old Bicycle association gathered along Thanh Nien road, which runs by [...]

The Tich Dien (King’s Ploughing) Festival in Doi Son originated from the fact that on a spring day in the 10th century King Le Dai Hanh went to plough a field to encourage people to work diligently. After over 1,000 years, the old festival was reproduced right in the field where King Le Dai Hanh [...]

The northern province of Bac Ninh is compiling a record of the making of Dong Ho folk woodcut painting to submit it to the UNESCO for its recognition. The making of Dong Ho folk woodcut painting was originated from Dong Ho Village, Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province. Traditionally, Dong Ho painting, which reflected a [...]

Viking Travel and Media in HCMC has just launched a special tour to Cambodia and Thailand by bicycle, with the first tour to start from the city on March 15. The tour will be highly challenging for tourists, who will have to ride 960 kilometers for nine days on end from HCMC before ending up [...]

Blossoming peach trees, ripping kumquat trees and   hundreds furrows of colorful mum flowers are the eye-catching sights when coming to garden houses in Nhat Tan village, a suburb of Hanoi. Admire the beauty of this flower village in series photos taken by Hoang Ha on VNE:

After the success of the first Long Bien Bridge Festival in October 2009 in Hanoi, the second of its kind will be jointly held by the Vietnam Embassy in France and the Maison des Art company to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long –Hanoi. The Maison des Art wants to use the image of [...]

A restoration of the old train has added to the allure of Da Lat “It’s a pity that it is very short. I just want to travel like this from morning till evening!” American tourist Kim Fieldhouse echoes the sentiments of many visitors who have chosen to tour through Da Lat on a new, old [...]

Administratively speaking, the province of Dien Bien was created in early 2004 from the southern area of the former Lai Chau province (north of the Da River) and the town of Dien Bien. Dien Bien Phu is now a modern and historical place with a blend of administrative buildings, modern hotels and cultural or historical [...]

The Civil Aviation Administration said it would give Indochina Airlines, the country’s only private carrier, a chance to resume services in mid-January after it failed to do so late last year. Vo Huy Cuong, head of the administration’s Aviation Transport Department, said that although the administration had warned that it would revoke Indochina’s license if [...]

Many big culture and tourism events will be organized in provinces and cities throughout Vietnam in 2010 National Tourism Year 2010: named “Thang Long – Hanoi: 1000-year convergence”, the event will be associated with activities of 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. Dalat Flower Festival: take place in Dalat City from January 1 to [...]