The Vietnam Record Centre (Vietking) has announced top 5 floating markets in the western region of the country that attract a huge number of domestic and foreign visitors. Phung Hiep Floating Market (Hau Giang Province) Phung Hiep Floating Market, also called Nga Bay, is…

From three simple ingredients, arrowroot starch, egg and sugar, villagers in the central province of Quang Ngai have turned them into special cupcakes that look like yellow apricot blossom. The cupcake, known locally as bánh thuẫn, is made all year round. It is particularly…

The Ho Dynasty Citadel in the central province of Thanh Hoa has attracted an increasing number of tourists since it was recognised as a World Cultural Heritage site last year. A total of 11,000 visitors came to the site in the first six months…

HANOI – Signs at two patio cafés here in my walkable patch of Tay Ho District have caught my eyes. Perhaps they are signs of change. First, I noticed some curious words scrawled on a white-board lunch menu: a dish that featured “false dog…

The authorities of a north-central province, which is home to Son Doong Cave- the world’s current largest grotto, are working to readjust admission fees to some of its tourist attractions. Truong An Ninh, office chief of Quang Binh Province’s People’s Committee said on Friday…

Visitors to Ho Chi Minh City can now search for where to go and what to do at a brand new tourist assistance station downtown. The station, in front of the Opera House, has a touch screen of 47 inches that can connect to…

“Com nam” (a Vietnamese rice dish pressed into cylinder or sphere shape) is sold in small alleys in Hanoi by vendors. This dish is very familiar with Vietnamese people. In the past, “com nam” was regarded as a popular meal of Vietnamese farmers. “Com…

An ecological tour in Hoi An lets tourists cast fishing nets and row coracles like a real local. Video credit: Nguyen Dong/VnExpress English subtitle: Thanh Nien News

Vietnam’s tourism authority has asked the central province of Quang Binh to bring entrance fees at its world famous caves back to the original level, following a steep increase heavily protested by travel agencies. The move came with bad timing, as Vietnam was in…

Four new records for food are expected to be set at the Tet (Lunar New Year) flower festival in a Mekong Delta city, known as the delta region’s largest flower growing area, next month. The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings), which recognizes extraordinary local…