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There will be three new types of tourism in the nation added to the tourism industry during the 2021 to 2030 period, including health care and medical tourism, agricultural tourism, and sports tourism, according to details given by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism. Tourists enjoy farming skills at Tra Que herb farm tour service in Hoi An Town. – File photo This information was unveiled on August 4 during a workshop held on planning the Vietnamese tourism system for the 2021 to 2030 period, with a vision towards 2045. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet underscored the importance of the event in devising appropriate tourism plans and policies aimed at keeping up with development needs moving into the new period. Under the terms of the draft plan of the Vietnamese tourism system in the 2021 to 2030 period, the tourism industry will continue to develop four main product lines, including sea and island tourism, cultural tourism, ecotourism, and urban

Thua Thien-Hue has not been famed with the former royal citadel with valuable architecture of palaces, royal tombs, and spiritual institutions, the province also host various natural landscapes including spectacular lakes. Thừa Thiên - Huế boasts natural landscapes, including spectacular lakes, which have added to the attraction of this province famous for its royal citadel, palaces, tombs and spiritual institutions. Truồi Lake – gem of Huế Located in Lộc Hòa Commune, Phú Lộc District of the province, at the foot of Bạch Mã Mountain, Truồi Lake is like a gem in the middle of the road between Huế and Đà Nẵng cities. The lake is the first and biggest irrigation system in Huế with a total area of 400ha. The lake stores some 60 million cubic metres of water. In November 2019, the lake was officially recognised as a tourism site. An aerial view of Truồi Lake. — File Photo A trip to Truồi Lake should be combined with a visit to Bạch Mã Trúc Lâm Zen Monastery, Voi Stream and Lăng Cô Beach. Ac

A woman on a boat on Phu Quoc Island. Photo by VnExpress/Phan Phuong Canadian travel magazine The Travel listed Phu Quoc Island in the south and northern Cat Ba Island among the most stunning islands in Southeast Asia. The magazine said Thailand is known in the region for beautiful islands, but there are other idyllic islands in other parts of Southeast Asia that are even more affordable. It came up with a list of the top 10 islands in Southeast Asia that aren't in Thailand, which includes Phu Quoc and Cat Ba. "Cat Ba Island offers diverse wildlife, scenic hiking trails, and relaxing beaches. It has a budding tourism infrastructure with some hostels and hotels available to book on the island," the magazine wrote. Cat Ba Archipelago in the northern city of Hai Phong, adjacent to world heritage site Ha Long Bay, has 367 islands, of which Cat Ba is the largest. The island is surrounded by limestone karst mountains rising from turquoise waters that make it an ideal destinatio

Since March, many families have booked long-distance tours for the summer now that the economy has reopened. Within the last three months, since the tourism reopening day on March 15, Dang Xuan in Nam Tu Liem district in Hanoi has taken three trips. Xuan likes traveling, but she could not travel over the last two years because of the pandemic and lockdown. She said she was excited traveling with parents, friends and co-workers. “All of us enjoyed the trips. We ate, drank and had a campfire. In general, I traveled a lot before the pandemic. But I think I will travel more as I had to stay put for a too long time,” she said. Xuan and her family returned from a trip to Nha Trang last year, when the fourth Covid wave broke out in HCM City. And they only could travel again since March. “My kids are also anxious to travel. They always complained that they had to stay at home for too long,” she said. Xuan also booked a tour to Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province for her parents and her husband’

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Bach Long, the world’s longest glass-bottom bridge, offers the brave a special walkway 150 meters above a valley.

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Located in the middle of a beautiful valley in the border district of Tra Linh, Angel Eye Mountain, locally known as Nui Thung, is a favourite place for camping activities of young people in the northern Cao Bang Province. Nui Thung: the angel eye of the mountain in Cao Bang Province. Nui Thung impresses visitors with its unique appearance as it has a hole, measuring 50m in diameter, passing through its face, which looks like a giant eye in the centre of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, campers can find the perfect place to set up their camps on immense grasslands or by green lakes. They can admire charming natural landscapes while walking around and taking photos. When night falls, the temperatures can drop as low as winter. Even though a campfire may be built, campers should prepare warm clothes in advance. Tay ethnic women rowing a bamboo raft on the lake at the foot of Angel Eye Mountain Upon rising, an interesting activity at the beginning of the day is paddling a stand-

A lotus festival, the first of its kind in Vietnam, is scheduled to take place in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap between May 19 - 21, which is expected to set a record of 200 lotus-made dishes. Pham Thien Nghia, chairman of the Dong Thap provincial People’s Committee, said the festival will provide an opportunity for the locality to introduce its tourism potential and typical lotus products, whilst simultaneously calling for greater investment in local socio-economic development. During the three-day festival, a wide range of activities will be held, including an exhibition of lotus products, a photo exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh, as well as a photo and song contest about Dong Thap province. There will also be performances on lotus tea tasting, lectures on the lotus in Vietnamese culture, and calligraphy on lotus leaves. The highlight of the festival will be performances by artisans who are to create 200 lotus-made dishes to be decorated in the shape of a giant lotus flow