VietNamNet Bridge – Le Ha Uyen wanted to share her passion for her native cuisine with her international friends, and in doing so she discovered the subtleties that made Vietnamese cuisine so diverse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – April is the harvest season for the rice fields of central Vietnam. And thousands of foreign tourists come to explore the countryside and Vietnam’s wet rice culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The prices of food sold at the small road on the side of the Dong Xuan Market in Hanoi so inexpensive that the maximum price is VND35,000 ($1.7). It has become a favourite destination of Hanoians and foreign backpackers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eleven tourists from Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom witnessed a landmine destruction mission in Cam Lo district of the central province of Quang Tri.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign tourists have shot beautiful video clips about Vietnam, which help introduce Vietnam’s beauty to the world. Below are several of them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city has launched new direct air routes to Japan, Korea and Kuala Lumpur, promoting familiarisation (FAM) trips and road shows in Japanese, Russian and European markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism in the Mekong Delta has failed to develop as expected in the absence of innovation and variety, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Anh Tuan has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Tan Muoi, a 72-year-old artisan based in Hoi An, is producing bamboo bicycles to attract more tourists and make the town more eco-friendly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have signed a tourism co-operation agreement with 30 cities and provinces so that it can promote inter-regional tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An increasing number of foreign tourists are enjoying the hospitality and traditional Vietnamese culture in Yen Duc commune, Dong Trieu district, Quang Ninh province.

Carrying a British and an American tourist for about a kilometer, a taxi driver who did not have a driver’s license and used a fake taxi logo charged the passengers for VND245,000 ($12), 20 times higher than the normal charge.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the near future, visitors to HCMC will have more tour choices due to new projects to develop river tourism around the city, said a project owner.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unlike in previous years, the plans for the Da Nang Beach Tourism Season 2014 were announced many months ago, aiming to attract more visitors to Da Nang this summer, a local newspaper reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional theatre is becoming less and less attractive to the domestic audience. However, Ha Noi Cai Luong [reformed opera] and Viet Nam Tuong [classical drama] troupes are successfully running traditional shows

 Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has said Islamist militants in the Sinai peninsula are becoming a threat to foreign tourists, state TV reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives from 30 Tokyo tourism companies, travel agencies, airlines and hotels have launched a scheme in Hanoi to attract Vietnamese to the Japanese capital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The French cruise ship Le Soleal set sail from Saigon port, Ho Chi Minh City, on February 6, finishing an eight-day voyage from Hai Phong City to the southern hub for 200 passengers.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign visitors in farmer clothes participated in a vegetable growing competition in Tra Que village in Hoi An town, Quang Nam province in the Cau Bong traditional festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam has risen sharply during the 2014 New Year holiday as many provinces and cities across the country have offered attractive tourism services and incentives.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi ranks second on a worldwide list of 2013’s cheapest cities for tourism, following the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, published by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website.