Banana's Juice Shop, Five Boys and Anh Phan in Ho Chi Minh City are seen as favourite destinations for young people who like to savour fruit juices made in a special way.

From October until December is the ideal time for visitors to enjoy the buckwheat flowers blooming in various destinations in Vietnam.

Hanoi made the top 10 on the world’s fastest travel destinations list with a 16.4% annual growth rate in the 2009-2016 period, according to the MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index 2017.

La Ca Phe, Nu Bistro, The Dome Kaffe, and Tron Coffee are hot spots for young people who love cafe culture in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Chinese tourists have continued to take the lead in the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam, up more than 47% to more than 2.9 million arrivals, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

  A high-speed boat service between HCM City, Can Gio District and Vung Tau will be launched in October, the city Department of Transport has said.

 Domestic and foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh City will have exciting experience discovering the beauty of local scenery as state-owned tour operator Saigontourist launched seven new waterway tours on September 28.

The global travel site TripAdvisor has listed the top ten resorts in Vietnam that foreign newlyweds often choose for their honeymoon destination.

Increasing numbers of new international hotel operators are expanding their presence in Vietnam given the level of development in the country’s tourism sector.

Developing sustainable tourism in combination with preserving and promoting national cultural values, and protecting landscapes and the environment is among targets set in Vietnam’s master plan on tourism development by 2020, with vision to 2030.

 HCMC will soon open seven more waterway routes and implement projects to build wharfs and boat stops to continue developing waterway tourism.

Trang An landscape complex has met the criteria of UNESCO on outstanding universal values of World Heritage, for this reason, the complex has been officially recognised as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

 Agricultural tourism is one of the new tourism products of Ho Chi Minh City with high potential of development, but providers of this kind of tourism are facing difficulties in expanding their service.   

 The central city of Da Nang, which will host the APEC Economic Leaders Week in November, is planning to organise a wide range of programmes to promote its tourism potentials. 

MICE tourism should become a staple of Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector, as the lucrative business brings added value and contributes to the city’s sustainable development, experts said.

Foreign visitors are impressed by the stunning landscapes and inhabitants of the north-western region while joining the Vietnam Mountain Marathon in Sapa on September 22-29.

 Vietnam welcomed more than 9.4 million international tourists in the first nine months of 2017, a year-on-year rise of 28.4 percent.

Mong Rong rocky shore, located on Co To island in the northern province of Quang Ninh, is emerging as a popular destination for tourists.

Those who have a chance to take a sightseeing tour to Long An are advised to head for the wonders park in My Hanh Bac Ward to admire some of the world’s renowned miniature wonders.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism on September 25 held a roadshow in Jakarta, aiming to introduce Vietnamese tourism products to Indonesians and promote the image of Vietnam to attract more Indonesian visitors.