Locals look forward to the holiday season, and Hanoi's Old Quarter is a hive of activity as Christmas preparations get underway.

The installations at historic sites, part of the Hanoi Festival of Creative Design 2024, left the ambassadors’ wives in awe.

The "Bach Hoa Bo Hanh" or "Parade of Flowers" is a celebration of the Vietnamese national attire, showing young people's love and pride for the nation's cultural heritage.

The hospital was put on lockdown on May 5 after a number of doctors and patients tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Considered as the largest panorama oil painting project in Southeast Asia, “The Battle of Dien Bien Phu”, on display at Dien Bien Victory Museum promises to be an interesting highlight for visitors to Dien Bien.

On display are impressive photos related to the foundation and development of Ba Dinh district - the ‘heart’ of Hanoi, the capital.

Vietnam’s Reunification Day is aimed to commemorate the end of war in 1975.

Although the Hung Kings' commemoration will be observed nationwide tomorrow, April 21, quite a few pilgrims have come to Hung Kings' Temple in the northern province of Phu Tho in the days leading to the festival.

Old dracontomelum or Sau trees give Hanoi a special present for their beauty and as a food.

The fabulous nature wonder in the northeastern region of Vietnam is considered as “the Inland Halong Bay” or the “Little Great Wall of Vietnam”.

The “treasure" tree of Dinh Thon village is in full bloom with wonderful bright yellow flowers in late Spring.

Located some 20 kilometers away from Hanoi’s center, the Tram mountain is a unique ‘stone plateau’ in Hanoi outskirts, housing the aged-old ritual sites and marvelous beautiful landscapes.

The love for the village’s communal house prompted a Vietnamese artisan to come up with the idea of crafting a miniature wooden house model.

Vietnamese beautiful landscapes portrayed vividly in the wonderful lacquer paintings by talented artist Chu Manh Chan.

Hanoi streets are adorned with velvet red Hoa Gao or the flower of Bombax‬ Ceiba in every March.

The newly restored ancient library in Hue city showcasing Vietnamese life under the regime of Nguyen Kings.

Tourists flock to renown Huong Pagoda from 1am on the first day of Huong Pagoda Festival on March 13.

Built at the edge of Cuc Phuong National Park within lush green forests, limestone mountains and natural water surfaces, the construction had outperformed nearly 1,000 competitive submissions of more than 500 architecture enterprises from over 20 countries and territories to be awarded such a prestigious prize.

Despite of the peak of entertainment season after Tet holiday, cinemas in Hanoi city are almost desolate due to the impact of Covid-19 pandemic.

Hanoi dresses up in yellow, red and green as leaves change colors.

For Hanoians, Sua flowers with special fragrance remain an iconic symbol of the capital city during Spring, after the traditional Tet holiday.

The flowers fragrance breeze could be smelled in the streets where a flower vendor is about to pass by.

The 300-year-old pagoda and the Buddha statute atop the highest mountain in the Southeast is a favorite spiritual destination of locals and Buddhists in the spring.