Young women and men prepare their most beautiful costumes for the coming festival at Khau Vai Love Market, where parted lovers forced apart meet once a year has become the venue for a festival featuring many cultural activities. 

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Seventy-six Vietnam travel operators, hotels, and transport and tourism businesses are attending a tourism festival which opened at the 23/9 Park on April 12. The festival, which runs until April 15, is expected to attract more than 300,000 visitors.

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The Vietnam National Tourism Year in the northern central coastal province of Hue and Hue Festival will officially open at the Hue Royal Palace on April 7.

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The New7Wonders organisation has officially recognized Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay as a new world natural wonder, announced a senior official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Vietnam Tourism.

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The number of Russian tourists to Viet Nam continues to increase sharply, despite the loss of one major Vietnam travel agency, the now-bankrupt Lanta-Tur Voyache of Russia, Tuoi Tre (The Youth) newspaper reported yesterday.

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The ticket price to the ancient citadel of Hue will double as of April 16, announced by Thua Thien-Hue provincial authorities. The price for foreign visitors to get into the royal palace, the tombs of Tu Duc, Minh Mang and Khai Dinh Kings will increase from VND55,000 ($2.2) to VND80,000 ($4) per person, and from VND35,00($1.5) to VND50,000 ($2.5) for Vietnam tourists.

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Tourists just have to taste the fresh local seafood, including coi bien mai (bien mai shellfish) or ghe (small crab) and then take a cup or a bowl of tau hu (sweet tofu with brown sugar cereal and ginger in Vietnam tours) from beach vendors to keep the stomach warm.

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Bau Truc is located some 10 kilometres south of Phan Rang town. The small village is home to more than 400 families, of which 85 per cent are in the traditional pottery business (by Vietnam tours). The profession is said to have been handed down originally from Po Klong Chanh, an ancestor and founder of the village.

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Hanoi has an old quarter of 36 streets, each being closely attached to a traditional trade that is clearly shown by its name, such as Hang Muoi (salt) Street selling salt, Hang Manh (curtain) Street selling bamboo curtains, Hang Bac (silver) Street selling silver jewellery.

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It is wonderful if someone can travel to enjoy beautiful landscapes and learn to prepare the traditional dishes of the destination countries. That explains why “travelling and learning to cook” tours now attract a lot of travellers.

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After a quiet June, the number of domestic travellers keeps increasing in July. Islands, tourism sites and beautiful beaches these days receive more travellers who want to relax on brine.

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The Vietnam Urban Planning Association has proposed conversion of the century-old Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi into a contemporary art museum.

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