Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is still half a month from now, thousands of local and foreign tourists are rushing to the lantern quarter on Luong Nhu Hoc and Phu Dinh streets in HCMC’s District 5.  

 A festival of community-based tourism villages of the North-western provinces is scheduled to be held in Mai Chau district, in the mountainous northern province of Hoa Binh, from September 29 to October 1.

Mu Cang Chai district in Yen Bai province is famous for its golden terraced rice fields, especially in September when the ripe season begins.

VietNamNet Bridge - The flavor of tea appears clearly after drinking, and the scent spreads in the mouth with a sour and bitter taste that only tea connoisseurs can realize.

Many visitors on Saturday took a tour of the French consul general’s heritage residence in HCMC’s District 1 to gain an insight into the nearly-150-year-old building in the heart of the city.

 South Korea will support Vietnamese travel firms to arrange incentive tours to attract more visitors from Vietnam.

HCM City has many museums with French architectural styles dating back hundreds of years in addition to Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica and Central Post Office.

VietNamNet Bridge - The highest food price sold at Dong Xuan Market lane is just VND35,000 ($1.2). This alley is knownas an eater's paradise among foreign and domestic customers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chicken feet are processed with many spices and enjoyed in different ways which can satisfyany diner’s taste. The dishes have become more popular in Hanoi.

 As a refreshing dish for hot days, the lotus stem salad is healthy, vibrant, delicious and certainly crunchy.

US magazine Saveur has suggested interesting places to eat and drink out at night in the 1,000-year-old capital of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - This dish recalls slices of white, smooth and thin tofu flooded with sugar water and smells of jasmine and grapefruit flowers.

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

VietNamNet Bridge - In the past, visitors always bought boxes of salted or sugared dry fruits on Hang Duong Street as gifts.

VietNamNet Bridge - The hill town of Da Lat has long been the most popular location in the region for getaway holidays since French colonial times. 

 More than 1.5 million passengers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) travelled to Viet Nam in the first eight months of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 50%.

VNAT co-chaired with Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Quang Nam and ASEAN-Korea Center to open a seminar themed "Enhancing the capacity on Republic of Korea tourism market" in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province yesterday.

The world's seventh-fastest growing travel destination, Vietnam has been voted among the 20 most-beautiful countries by readers of Rough Guides.

The Coffee Kat, Maison Marou, Koi Cafe Spa and Ohi Tree Coffee shops are the four top favourite destinations of young people for a cup of joe in Hanoi, says Zing.vn in a recent post.

The central coastal province of Binh Thuan is striving to become a national centre for beach sports and tourism, with Mui Ne beach hoped to become a national tourist site and PhanThiet city a tourism urban area.