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Hoi An and the UNESCO office in Hanoi plan to develop a tourist card to replace entrance-tickets used to enter the old section of the ancient city.
World hip hop dance champion Pockemon Crew will hit the stage of the Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre on June 14 with a performance combining hip hop and silent films of the 1930s and 40s.
Vietnamese mermaid Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on June 8 set three new records at the ongoing 38th Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in Singapore.
Pop singer Thu Minh will attend the official launch of Whose Side Are You On, a new project of the United for Wildlife campaign, and commit her involvement in protecting wildlife.
Danang will host the International Fireworks Competition 2015 from April 29 to May 3, the annual event's organising committee said.
Vietnam and Iran as well as the business communities from the two nations need to accelerate bilateral cooperation in the future.
Ancient Hoi An is probably the most popular destination in the central coastal region, but getting a view of it from the Hoai River at sunset shows how little it has changed in a thousand years.
Hanoi has been listed in the top three cities with the most crowded retail market in the Asia-Pacific region in 2014, after China's Beijing and Shanghai.
Top Vietnamese swimmers Nguyen Thi Anh Vien and Hoang Quy Phuoc will compete in the 38th Southeast Asian (SEA) Age-Group Swimming Championship, which started on June 6 in Singapore.
The People's Committee of central Phu Yen province has asked the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to recognise two musical instruments, dan da (lithophone) and ken da (stone horn), as national treasures.