A Vietnamese firm plans to offer Vietnam's first air taxi service to several popular resorts to further boost tourism, a company executive said Monday.

Meteorologists warned that a storm forming in the East Sea off China’s Hainan Island may devastate Vietnam’s central and northern provinces.

Fishermen in Ho Chi Minh City’s suburban Can Gio district will gather for a traditional festival to welcome the Lord Whale next week.

Southeast Asia’s only unexplored primary forest in central Vietnam has been recognized as a World Biosphere Reserve.

Buon Ma Thout city’s Central Highlands Gong Culture Festival will celebrate traditions surrounding the Vietnamese gong, one of the country’s most purely-Vietnamese cultural items, this November

Cheered on by 20,000 people in a soccer stadium, water buffalo "26" was crowned this year's head-butting champion at an annual Vietnamese festival that is an economic boon for owners of the beasts.

Vietnam Airlines cancelled two flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Taiwan on Tuesday, due to effects of typhoon Wipha.

Vietnam should exploit its tourism potential by launching promotions in Russia and improving infrastructure and human resources, a Russian travel manager has said.

Vietnam Tourism Administration dispatched nine enterprises to an international tourism expo in Japan, aimed at worldwide promotion with an emphasis on Japanese audience.

Another foreign-invested company has applied to set up a private airline in Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Civil Aviation (VCA).

Ho Chi Minh City has approved a US$100 million project to build a natural history museum, Ho Uy Liem, vice chairman of the Vietnam Science and Technology Association, said.

Cham Island (Cu lao Cham), located near the coast of Hoi An town in central Vietnam, will soon be nominated as a world biosphere reserve for its rich vegetation, rare wildlife, pristine beaches, and coral reefs.

Vietnam will build a 128km railroad linking Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Phuoc province as part of the trans-Asia railway stretching from Singapore to China’s Kunming city.

Southern Kien Giang province has agreed in principle to lease several of Hai Tac islands off mainland Ha Tien township to two local tourist investors. It also plans to do so for other islands in near future.

Pacific Airlines’ Everyday Low Fare program put 40,000 discounted tickets up for sale today.