Those looking for a place with tranquility and picturesque landscapes surrounded by rivers, lakes or green trees to find inner peace and get away from stresses of urban life should make a pilgrimage trip up to Cau Mountain in Binh Duong Province.

 Tourism authorities of Khanh Hoa and Danang provinces have taken steps to diversify their source markets so as to cut their heavy reliance on China.

Da Lat has recently been tarnished by images of garbage-covered streets, aggressive scenes, tourist harassment and vendor scams.

Danang has overtaken HCMC and Hanoi, Vietnam’s two biggest cities, to become the only Vietnamese candidate listed in the world’s top 10 worth-living destinations for expats in 2018.

When March comes around, the ancient city of Hue is brought to life with colourful displays of Bauhinia, Bombax, and Chinaberry flowers each vying off in a show of beauty.

Up to 679 local and foreign tourism businesses have been registered to participate in the Vietnam International Travel Mart 2018 which is scheduled to be held in Hanoi from March 29 to April 1.

 A conference took place in the central city of Da Nang on March 14 to discuss ways to turn tourism into a pillar industry by 2020, with a focus on luxury cruise tourism. 

The mature Loc vung (Barringtonia acutangula) trees around Hoan Kiem Lake have recently begun to shed their leaves, creating a romantic scene by the water.

 Vietnamese-Australian celebrity chef Luke Nguyen will join hands with the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to bring Vietnamese cuisine to the world under an agreement inked between the two sides in Canberra, Australia on March 14.

A trip to Quang Ninh will be more richly rewarding if visitors take the chance to drop by Co To Island, also in the province.

Vietnamese travellers take the most shorts trips in the world, and the trend is expected to be on the rise with more local travel outside of Asia and spend more on their trips, according to Visa Global Travel Intentions (GTI) Survey.

The rock village Khuoi Ky, located between Ban Gioc waterfall and Nguom Ngao cave in Dam Thuy commune, Trung Khanh district, Cao Bang province, is famous for its stilt houses built of rocks.

Every Saturday when the forest is still wrapped in dense mist, people from different ethnic minority groups gather in Y Ty market in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province to sell their products.

 The 2018 Cherry blossom – Yen Tu yellow ochna flower festival will take place in the northern province of Quang Ninh from March 24-28, as part of National Tourism Year 2018.

 Businesses from 43 provinces and cities across Vietnam will participate in the sixth Vietnam International Travel Mart – VITM 2018 – from March 29 to April 1, seeking to learn about tourism trends in the fourth industrial revolution.

 As winter's cold grip loosens on Hanoi, the city has been named one of the ideal travel destinations for March by American-based Business Insider.

 For years, Ba Den Mountain in Tay Ninh Province has been frequented by pilgrims during the first lunar month, with most of them visiting the pagoda and temple complex on the mountain. 

Vietnamese expect to travel more, spend more, and increasingly travel outside of Asia over the next two years, according to the latest “Global Travel Intentions” (GTI) survey conducted by Visa.

 From January to March every year, scores of photographers rush to Co Thach Beach in Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan Province to get the best shots of stunning moss-covered stones in early morning fog.

Da Lat is known as the “city of flowers” as the meadows and fields in the land bloom all year round. Visiting Da Lat in spring, people are offered the opportunity to wander across a stunning landscape of colourful flower meadows.