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Dutch online travel firm Booking.com has compiled a list of uncanny destinations in Vietnam that are ideal for adventurers looking to spice up their Halloween experience. Along with the custom of trick-or-treating, attending masquerade parties, carving pumpkins, and watching scary movies during Halloween, exploring haunted locations is another popular activity …

A flight from Taipei arrived in Da Nang in central Vietnam on Friday morning, marking the resumption of the air route after over two years of Covid disruption. The flight operated by Taiwanese airline Starlux carrying over 170 passengers landed at Da Nang Airport at 9:25 a.m. There would be …

Authorities in South Korea’s Gangwon Province temporarily halted issuing new visas for Vietnamese tourists to Yangyang County from Sunday until the end of this month. “The suspension was due to South Korean authorities rearranging the management and visa issuance for Vietnamese entering through Yang Yang airport after a visa-free trial,” …

Authorities in the central province of Binh Dinh are looking for a new company to manage an eco-tourism complex near Quy Nhon in place of scandal-ridden FLC. The Eo Gio project spreads over more than 17.3 hectares of land and nearly 4.3 hectares of sea in Nhon Ly Commune. Built …

The government wants royal relics to be preserved and tourism facilities upgraded to turn Hue into a “city of festivals and Asia’s cultural and tourist hub” by 2045. Vietnam’s former imperial capital is set to become a centrally managed city in 2025 alongside Hanoi, HCMC, Hai Phong, Da Nang, and …

Two locals from the northern highlands’ Ha Giang Province take tour guide Giap Van Hai down a sheer and rugged cliff to the bottom of a 80-meter-deep sinkhole.     Exploring 80-meter sinkhole in rocky plateau of Vietnam Alluring sinkhole in middle of Dong Van Rock Plateau

Ho Chi Minh City’s five-star hotel Reverie Saigon has won the award for “best lobby” at this year’s “The best of the best: World’s top hotels” awards. The awards given by Australian travel site Traveller was based on votes by tourism experts who “have spent thousands of nights inside hotel …

Vietnamese travel firms say outbound tours to Japan and South Korea are selling like hot cakes after both nations eased their border restrictions. Hoang Thuy Linh, deputy director of marketing and communications at HCMC tour operator Saigontourist, said tours to Japan and South Korea were already fully booked until this …

Microsoft’s web portal MSN has listed Son Doong cave in the central province of Quang Binh among 15 “stunning places on Earth that look like they’re from another planet.” The cave is 656 feet (200 m) high and nearly 500 feet (150 m) wide and the average passage size is …

Authorities in Da Lat resort town in the Central Highlands are trialing paragliding over Xuan Huong Lake before giving it formal approval. Hanoi company Fly High Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City Paragliding Federation, which offer paragliding tours, are involved in the trials until early November, according to the provincial …