Sports

Vietnamese woman conquers highest mountain in the Americas

Saturday, Feb 15, 2025

The mountain is part of the Andes range in Mendoza province, Argentina. It is located 112km from the capital of Mendoza province.

Sports

Amateur Nam cycles to top of Asia

Friday, Feb 14, 2025

Hoàng Hải Nam became the first-ever Vietnamese champion at the 2025 Asian Road Cycling Championships, winning gold in the men’s masters +60 individual time trial (TT) event.

Sports

Former world bodybuilding champion wins Asian cycling gold

Thursday, Feb 13, 2025

Tôn Hoàng Khánh Lan''s strength and speed brought Việt Nam a second gold medal at the 2025 Asian Road Cycling Championships on February 12 in Thailand.

Faces of VN

Inspiring climber reaches ever new peaks

Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025

For Nguyễn Thanh Bình, the first Vietnamese woman to conquer Ama Dablam, a stunning peak that soars to 6,812m in the Himalayas, true mountain climbing is about pushing one’s limits.

Artist

Tây Ninh offers new tourism products

Monday, Jan 06, 2025

The southeastern province of Tây Ninh is focusing on developing a range of new tourism products to serve a large number of tourists during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, according to its Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

News

The forest worship ritual of the Thái recognised as national heritage

Sunday, Dec 22, 2024

The Xên Đông festival, known as the forest worship ritual, of the Thái residing in Nghĩa Lộ Town in the northern province of Yên Bái, has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.

News

Vine festival kicks off in Bà Nà Hills Mountain Resort

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

The Vine Festival 2016 in the Bà Nà Hills Mountain resort kicked off at the 93 year-old Debay wine cellar yesterday.

Travel

Mountains, islands in Viet Nam top Huffington Post ‘bucket list'

Friday, Dec 25, 2015

The Huffington Post, an American online blog and news aggregator, has published a list of five amazing adventures for your "Southeast Asia bucket list", including Hike Viet Nam''s highest mountain (ranked first), Viet Nam''s four-island boat tour (ranked fourth) and the sunset from Ham...

Travel

Cloud Lake, mountains give tourists feeling of floating on cloud nine

Friday, Dec 18, 2015

Like its name, May (Cloud) Lake offers tourists a chance to feel like they are on cloud nine.

News

Residents asked to donate relics

Thursday, Nov 12, 2015

The management of the Oc Eo Cultural Relic site in the southern province of An Giang has just launched an antique donation programme which calls upon residents to donate Oc Eo objects for preservation and promotion of their rich cultural values.

Travel

Elephant Mountain gifts tourists lasting memories of peaks, falls

Friday, Oct 30, 2015

From a distance, Elephant Mountain looks like two giant elephants kissing the ground. They are lying between mountains and forests that extend endlessly.

News

Living with children inspires artists

Monday, Oct 12, 2015

Paintings of children and artists in Mountain Star programme 2015 are on display at the "Chroma of Rock" exhibition, which opened yesterday in Ha Noi.

News

Monsoonal

Thursday, Oct 08, 2015

Rock band Great Mountain Fire from Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgium, arrives at a press conference in Ha Noi for the second Monsoon Music Festival (MMF).

Travel

Da Nang to develop river tourism to diversify its city offerings

Friday, Oct 02, 2015

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Da Nang City has announced that it will work with related parties to open new river tourism programmes, such as the Han River – Co Co River Tour, the Cu De River Tour, and the...

Sports

Soan wins Asian mountain cycling bronze

Monday, Aug 17, 2015

Viet Nam''s Quang Thi Soan was awarded a bronze medal at the 21st Asian Mountain Bike Championships, which closed in Malaysia yesterday.