Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector has announced that 42 inner-city tours will be conducted for visitors, including 6 new offerings.

The pottery museum in Bat Trang ancient pottery village forms part of the Centre for the Quintessence of the Vietnamese Craft Village and is about 15km from the heart of Hanoi. The museum houses myriad cultural and historical values from the village.

Five Vietnamese destinations were named among the Top 10 leading cities and islands in Southeast Asia, as announced by US magazine Travel + Leisure’s Asia’s Best Awards 2022.

One place visitors simply should not miss when in the Central Highlands’ province of Gia Lai is the Bien Ho eco-tourism area. Also known as Ia Nueng or T’nung Lake by local people, Bien Ho is a freshwater lake 7 kilometres northwest of Pleiku city at an altitude of about 800 metres above sea level.

In June, tourists can travel to Lang Son northern province’s Mau Son tourism complex, located 1,541 metres above sea level. Here, those that make it to the exclusive peak are dazzled by the myriad colours of thousands of hydrangeas in bloom.

Giant water wheels in Na Khuong village, Tam Duong district in Lai Chau province, some 30 kilometres southeast of Lai Chau city, operate around the clock delivering fresh water to lush paddy fields by the Nam Mu River. Built by skilful hands of local Thai ethnic minority people, the wheels create a unique tourist attraction in the pristine mountains and forests of the north-western region.

The central Thua Thien-Hue province has been drawing in tourists with this year’s version of the Hue Festival for 2022, promoting its image after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Nguyen Thanh Binh, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.

More than 1,000 Asian openbills, an endangered species in Vietnam, are gathering at a savanna called Ta Not inside the Lo Go – Xa Mat National Park in the southeastern province of Tay Ninh.

Tourism has been recovering quickly in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai after the government allowed the sector’s full reopening. A constantly increasing number of visitors and revenue has been recorded and various new tourism products introduced in the locality.

Lotuses in various ponds around Hoa Lu district in the northern province of Ninh Binh are in bloom between May and September, creating a unique sight in the local countryside.

As Vietnam is open to international travellers, with no self-isolation, the New Zealand Herald daily has pointed out 10 reasons why the country is worth visiting.

The Central Highlands’ province of Dak Lak is working on a number of measures to promote its tourism sector, which has been hit hard by COVID-19 over the past two years. Of particular note, experiential tourism is being paid due regard and is expected to drive the recovery of local tourism.

The capital city of Hanoi welcomed 6.53 million tourists in the first five months of 2022, more than double the figure in the same period last year.

The south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan has welcomed back many groups of international tourists in recent days after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.