The Ocean - Oriental Light Fest 2025 is a fascinating destination for tourists and cultural enthusiasts during the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations.

The annual cultural event will welcome locals and visitors alike from now until February 9, 2025, offering a delightful experience in celebration of the Lunar New Year.

Travelers are invited to experience the charm of Vietnam's ancient Tet celebrations in the picturesque village of Duong Lam on the outskirts of Hanoi.

Son Dong, a cave belongs to the Phong Nha-Ke Bang grotto system in central Quang Binh Province, has been discovered to be the biggest in the world.

The 5th Quang Nam Heritage Festival will take place o­n June 22-26 in the central Quang Nam province to boost tourism in the region and country.

Construction o­n a four-star resort at Ban Gioc waterfalls in Trung Khanh district, the mountainous northern province of Cao Bang, began o­n December 8.

Vietnam takes the lead in the growth of the Asian hotel sector with a forecast annual rate of 15 per cent for the 2012-16 period, according to the World Travel Market's Global Trend Report 2012 in association with Euromonitor International.

The European Union (EU) will provide assistance to Vietnam to help design plans for sustainable development of tourism in Ha Long Bay in the future.

The Hanoitimes -  Sixteen Vietnamese businesses showed their products at the International Food and Beverage Fair which got under way in Paris o­n Sunday.

For those in Japan who love Vietnamese culture a host of cultural activities and artistic performances at the Vietnam Culture-Tourism Festival 2012 is scheduled to be held inTokyo and the prefecture of Fukuoka from September 11 to 20 this year.

The third cartoon festival has been held in Hanoi fromJune 1, until June 8 at the Hanoi Library.Cartoon lovers will have the chance to visit two exhibitions by well-known artists from Vietnam and Belgian. o­n display are works by 40 Belgian cartoonists and 11 young Vietnamese artists.

The Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat is celebrating its annual flower festival.

Hue Festival, the annual international event being held for seventh time in the northern central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue, will be the highlight of Vietnam's National Tourism Year 2012.

A giant picture of Khue Van Cac (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature) made of thousands of dry flowers has been featured at the 2012 Flower Festival which began o­n the evening of December 30 to celebrate the New Year.

The Spanish government will provide 400,000 euros in non-refundable aid for a project to help Vietnam raise the capacity of its tourism sector from now until 2020, with a vision for 2030.

Hanoi and Hoi An ancient quarter in the central province of Quang Nam have been named among the top ten destinations in Asia for 2011, in an o­nline poll conducted by Hong Kong-based travel and trade journal, Smart Travel Asia.

Vietnam has participated in the Japan Association of Travel Agents World Trade Fair 2011 (JATA World Travel Fair 2011), which opened in Tokyo o­n Sept. 30.

Actress Ly Nha Ky has been nominated as the first ever ambassador for Vietnam Tourism by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnamese pop singer My Linh has just been invited to act as honorary tourism ambassador for the Republic of Korea in Vietnam.

The central coastal city of Da Nang launched a programme “Da Nang-destination for 2011 summer” o­n June 25 with a variety of entertainments and discounts in hotel services.

The Hanoitmes - Looking down from mountain, the terraced fields under afternoon sunshine look like a stunning, gigantic watercolour painting curving around the high mountains.

The Hanoi Times - En route to the famous Tam Coc-Bich Dong tourist site in the northern province of Ninh Binh is Thung Nang (Sunny Valley), a popular new destination for locals and tourists exploring Vietnam’s north.

The Hanoi Times - Visit Thung Nai o­nce and you are hooked. It will be the place you will think of almost every time you want to take a couple of days off and lose yourself in beauty and serenity that o­nly unspoilt nature can provide