HCM City has great potential for restoring thousands of villas, houses and buildings, many of them over 100 years old, according to the Architectural Research Centre at the city's Department of Planning and Architecture.

After three years of renovations, Vietnamese and Indian experts have completed the upgrade of Towers K and H – rare buildings that have remained as part of the complex of temples at My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam.

The central province of Quang Ngai has organised a festival in Mo Duc district to honour the wet rice.

Border guards in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested a man suspected of illegally transporting guns and ammunition from another country to Vietnam through the city port.

The Vietnam Record Association and the Vietnam Records Organisation (VietKings) granted a record certificate to the Advanced International JSC (AIC) in recognition of the company’s Japanese cherry blossom festival in Hanoi on April 23.

As many as 76 Lao citizens have been naturalised in the northern province of Dien Bien under a decision signed by the Vietnamese President, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing, China, from April 25-27.

The Ministry of Transport has approved a 1.95 trillion VND (83.85 million USD) project on upgrading weak bridges along the railway connecting Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.

Dozen of houses built illegally on land slated for a development project in the city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, are being demolished, according to Vinh Thai Commune People’s Committee.

The poor logistics services in the Mekong Delta have pushed up the costs of export goods, especially farm produce, and caused great losses to export firms, it was reported at a workshop held in Can Tho city on April 23.

Located 490m above sea level, Hai Van Gate sits atop its namesake mountain pass and connects Da Nang’s Lien Chieu district with Thua Thien-Hue’s Lang Co township, Phu Loc district.

A festival honouring the cultural value of Khen (panpipe) of the Mong ethnic minority people will be held in Dong Van town from April 27-28.

Vietnam will work closely with the international community in preventing and stamping out sexual violence in conflicts, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN).

Many flights to tourist destinations have been fully booked, and prices for remaining seats have risen during the upcoming national holiday.

A sailing ship of the Vietnam People’s Navy anchored at Changi port on April 23, beginning a four-day visit to Singapore that lasts until April 26.

Hundreds of inter-provincial passenger buses have cancelled their routes from key bus stations over the past three months due to competition from a new form of service.

The HCM City Department of Transport wants to develop a commuter bus system to link to stations on Metro Line No1, which is still under construction.

The former battlefield of the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign, Muong Thanh valley, now Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien Province, has overcome war consequences to make changes for development.

Airlines, railway and bus stations will increase transport capacity to meet travel demand during the Reunification Day and Labour Day holiday from April 27 to May 2.

The HCM City People’s Committee has granted awards to critically and publicly acclaimed literature and art works created from 2012 to 2018.