Around 3,400 from over 50 countries and territories were treated to breathtaking vistas in Sa Pa Town last weekend. They made it to the mountainous town of Sa Pa in northern Lao Cai Province to run the September 21-23 annual Vietnam Mountain Marathon 2018. The timing of the race, September, coincides with the rice harvest season in...
Tourists enjoy the blue sea in Da Nang in central Vietnam Da Nang should be high on the list of places to visit in Southeast Asia, says Channel News Asia. The Singaporean pay TV channel has included the Vietnamese city in a list of five under the radar destinations in south and southeast Asian regions....
Phu Quoc is renowned for its pristine beaches. Photo by VnExpress. The Hon Xuong Island offers the same beauty as Maldives without the 5-star expense. The Evening Standard, a U.K based newspaper, has named Hon Xuong island in southern Vietnam among seven cheaper options that are on par, beauty-wise, with the renowned Indian Ocean island nation...
Vietnam was crowned the leading destination of Asia in 2018. Photo: Ma Pe Leng Pass – Ha Giang. Vietnam won the award for “Asia’s Leading Destination” at the 2018 World Travel Awards in Hong Kong this month. It is the first time the country has achieved this honor and the only win for Vietnam despite being...
Foreign tourists climb into the underground network during a tour to Saigon’s Cu Chi Tunnels. Photo by AFP The famous tunnel network that survived intense Vietnam War bombings by the U.S. is among world’s best underground tours. The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post (SCMP) has listed the Cu Chi Tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City among...
En Cave, the third-largest cave in the world, is a feeder to Son Doong. Photo by Ryan Deboodt Americans have comprised the largest continent of visitors to the Son Doong Cave in 2018. Of 873 visitors who have joined the restricted tours to explore Son Doong, the world’s largest natural cave, in the first eight...
A CNN advisory urges visitors to enjoy the fall on Vietnam’s sunny Phu Quoc Island. In its list of five up-and-coming Asia Pacific destinations not to be missed during the autumn, CNN has chosen Phu Quoc Island off Vietnam’s southern province of Kien Giang. A notorious prison island during the French colonial times, Phu Quoc, dubbed Vietnam’s Maldives,...
Senator John McCain was a prisoner of war at the Hoa Lo Prison for more than five years The former prison is now a monument to colonial and imperial crimes as well as the resistance. It stands on Hoa Lo Street in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District. Built by the French in 1896 and called “Maison...
A foreign tourist takes pictures as she visits the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City TripAdvisor readers have picked Saigon’s War Remnants Museum among the world’s top 10 museums. Founded in 1975, the museum on Vo Van Tan Street in District 3 is a must-see for anyone who wants to know Vietnam’s history....
Vietnam’s Golden Bridge is selected as among best travel photos this year by CNN Vietnam’s new architectural masterpiece, the Golden Bridge, is one of CNN’s best travel photographs of the year. CNN has released its top travel photos from the first six months of 2018, and the image of the 150-meter-long bridge apparently held up in...
