Top tourist sites in Son La

You are seeking a destination where you can enjoy a vast green plateau, touch clouds on grandiose mountains but you also want to explore the most exciting part of Vietnamese culture reflected by ethnic minorities? It's Son La.

Belated floods disappoint Mekong Delta farmers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every year, the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta awaits its “flooding season” with bated breath.

Da Nang recognised as Asia’s Leading Festival and Event

VietNamNet Bridge – The central city received an award for Asia’s Leading Festival and Event at the World Travel Awards ceremony for tourism at the InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort on Saturday.

The rice harvest season at Ban Gioc Waterfall

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists can see the rushing water flowing besides golden rice fields if they visit Ban Gioc Waterfall in Cao Bang province now.

Vietnam recognizes 15 more heritage trees

 Fifteen ancient trees in Lao Cai, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Haiphong have been recognized as national heritage trees, including an ironwood which is around 1,100 years old, Vietnamplus reports.

Int’l fashion week in Hanoi to feature 23 designers

The Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW)) Fall-Winter season will unveil latest creations by 23 local and foreign designers in 20 shows at the National Convention Center in Hanoi from November 1 to 6.

VN to host regional summits, WEF-Mekong in October

 The upcoming CLMV and ACMECS summits and the WEF-Mekong are expected to boost dynamism and prosperity in the Mekong region.

More Vietnamese mini satellites to be launched

 A series of made-in-Viet Nam mini satellites will be launched into orbit in the coming time as part of Viet Nam’s effort to take command of earth supervision, said a senior official.

Gov’t launches new poverty reduction program

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue and leaders of several ministries, agencies and localities on October 15 attended the national teleconference on the implementation of the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction.

Vietnam tops table for proportion of dog eating

Vietnam is the world's second largest consumer of dogs, but proportionally the worst in the world, with at least five million dogs killed each year, according to the Asia Canine Protection Alliance (ACPA). 

Ministry investigates dam discharge during flooding

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade is investigating the discharge of water from the Ho Ho Hydropower Plant dam in Ha Tinh Province which has been blamed for making the flooding in the area more serious.


HCMC schools to pay bonus to teachers tutoring backward students

 Schools in Ho Chi Minh City will give bonus payment to teachers who teach crowded classes, tutor backward students and foster talented students.

Universities to gain autonomy

 Public universities in Vietnam are to become autonomous in academic knowledge, human resources, and finances and will tighten their accountability.

9M international tourist arrivals up 25%

 International tourist arrivals to Vietnam in the first nine months totaled 7.265 million, an increase of 25 per cent year-on-year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

$231mn ADB loan for power transmission in southern Vietnam

 The government has signed a $231.3 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to enhance the power transmission network in southern Vietnam.

Floods leave 21 dead in central Vietnam

 At least 21 people have died, eight are missing, and many are injured after severe flooding hit a number of central provinces.

HCMC mulling over new real estate policies

The HCMC Department of Construction has recently proposed to the city’s People’s Committee a number of practical solutions for the city’s Property Market Development Project in the 2016-2020 Period, Orientation to 2025, and Vision to 2030.

Viettel’s joint venture crosses $1 billion revenue threshold

As of August 2016, Unitel, a joint venture of Viettel Global Joint Stock Company and Lao Asia Telecom from Laos, reached $1 billion and $300 million in cumulative revenue and profit, respectively, since starting operation in September 2009.

VinaCapital protests Hoa Sen’s steel project in Ninh Thuan

VinaCapital opposed the latter’s decision to carry out the $10.6 billion steel complex in the central province of Ninh Thuan due to concerns over environmental pollution.

Vedan requests import own coal

 Vedan Vietnam Enterprise Corporation Limited (Vedan Vietnam) is the second 100 per cent foreign-owned company that wants to directly import coal to fuel its own plant’s operations in Long Thanh district of the southern province of Dong Nai.


Sunflower fields abloom across northern Vietnam

It’s October, autumn in northern Vietnam, and the sunflowers in the fields with their golden heads as wide as sombreros lifted towards the sun are more beautiful than any other time of the year.

Book street cultivates reading culture in society

 Books need a space in which events honouring reading culture can take place and readers can share their passion for reading while holding direct dialogues with authors.

Scottish bagpiper hits Vietnam on world’s journey

 Ross O’Connell Jennings, a 26-year-old bagpiper from Scotland, will hit Vietnam as the 55th country on his world tour on October 24.

Vietnam’s fine arts during 30 years of renewal

 Since Vietnam began its renewal process in 1986, its fine arts have flourished.

Travel firms shun floating tours in absence of floods in Mekong Delta

 Tour operators in HCM City have had to drop so-called floating tours to the Mekong Delta from September to November, which is supposed to be the flooding season in the delta, as floods have not come to the region this year.