Originating from an indigenous sour soup made in style of a hotpot, “lau canh chua” (Sour soup hotpot) charms guests by its sour taste coming from tamarind, pineapple or vinegar, varying with seasons.

VOV.VN - Cafe 81 in Ho Chi Minh City is well known as a nice place for groups, couples or anyone who enjoys savouring a cup of coffee in a nostalgic space surrounded by items that date back decades.

The four-day calendar New Year holiday and the nine-day lunar New Year (Tet) festival are expected to offer golden chances for the Vietnamese tourism sector, with the number of holiday-makers booking tours via travel agents forecast to rise by 30 percent year-on-year.

Saigon, Hanoi and Ha Long cities are among the world’s top 100 travel destinations, says a Euromonitor International report.

Many hotels in HCMC have kicked off the most exciting season of the year with a host of exciting programs.

The ancient city of Hoi An has launched a campaign to raise awareness of good-natured behaviour and hospitality among the community, promoting a friendly tourism environment to make the city the most popular destination in central Vietnam.

The number of passengers going through Vietnamese airports is estimated to hit 106 million by the end of this year, a rise of 12.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - Sapa, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Da Lat are among the top suggestions for travelers during the New Year’s holiday.

VOV.VN -Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony to welcome their 7 millionth foreign visitor of the year, a French citizen, to the city on December 10.

Hanoi is seventh and Ho Chi Minh City ninth in a 2017 Asia-Pacific ranking of overnight business trip destinations.  

Cosmopolitan, an international magazine for women, has picked up 19 places to visit in Vietnam in 2019, to help you figure out how to get the most out of your next trip to the S-shaped country.  

VOV.VN - Passengers on flights to Van Don international airport are offered free admission to Yen Tu relic site and Ha Long Bay Natural Heritage site. 

The Vietnamese passport has made insubstantial gains, climbing up three places in a global passport power ranking from 78th to 75th this year.  

Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia and Vietnam’s Thien Minh Group on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a new low-cost airline in Vietnam.

Tour packages and flight tickets to Malaysia have been selling like hot cakes after Vietnam advanced to the finals of the 2018 AFF Championship and are scheduled to play their first leg in Kuala Lumpur next week.

The country’s first multi-platform interactive TV channel on culture and tourism has just been launched by Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines will add more flights to and from Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang to Kuala Lumpur to take local fans to Malaysia for the final of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018.

An international seminar to seek ways to develop cruise tourism was held in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on December 7.

Vietnam welcomes the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s adoption of new visa regulations for Vietnamese citizens, which will help promote the people-to-people exchange between the two countries, spokesperson for the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

VOV.VN - Moc Chau, Nghe An, Ta Xua, Da Lat, to name a few, are some of best destinations to visit this December for young travelers.

VOV.VN - The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will introduce Cao Phong orange, a specialty of Hoa Binh province to serve business-class passengers from December 8-22 on its international and domestic flights from Hanoi and HCM city.

VOV.VN - Sin Suoi Ho village in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has attracted a large number of visitors in recent times thanks to its natural scenery which includes wild sunflowers, terraced fields, majestic waterfalls and unique cultural characteristics.

Developing special agricultural products in tandem with tourism has helped farmers in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan promote on-the-spot consumption of their produce. 

Vietnam has been named among best destinations that you aren’t wasting too much time on travel, according to a list released by The Economic Times, an English-language, Indian daily newspaper.

South African website Independent Media has listed Cat Ba Island in their list of top five active travelers' destinations.  

The new InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort has won three awards at the World Travel Awards 2018, including World's Leading New Family Resort, World's Leading New Luxury Resort and World's Leading New MICE Resort.

More than 1,500 delegates, including leading local and international speakers, tourism managers, operators and experts joined the Vietnam Travel and Tourism Summit 2018 under the framework of the Vietnam Economy Forum (ViEF) 2018 for a two-day meeting held on December 5 and 6.

Three Vietnamese treats including "bun rieu" (noodle soup with freshwater crab), snails and "banh mi" in Hoi An have been listed among the top 21 dishes of the year by the Australian travel website Traveller.

The Embassy of Vietnam in India held a roadshow promoting Vietnam’s tourism in New Delhi on December 4, aiming to tap into the potential market of India. 

VOV.VN - Vietjet Air, the national low-cost carrier, has plans in the works to open air routes to and from Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh starting from mid-January 2019.