Hanoians enjoy late night walks around the Sword Lake the night the vehicles ban took effect September 1. Photos: Viet Hung/Zing Fences are raised to prevent vehicles from entering roads around the lake. The city has decided to save all streets around the iconic lake to pedestrians from 7 p.m. to midnight every Friday, Saturday
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Vietnam recorded the year’s highest monthly foreign arrival numbers in July after they jumped 21 percent from the previous month and 41 percent from a year ago to more than 846,300. Nearly a third of the arrivals came from China, which continued to be the biggest market after growing almost twice since July last year,
Summer is in the air and Hanoi has been chosen once again as the best destination worldwide for a cheap vacation, beating Mumbai and Bangkok. The TripIndex 2016 report by the travel guide site TripAdvisor has named Vietnam’s capital city as the least expensive among 20 favorite cities surveyed, for the third year in a
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Favorite beach destinations Da Nang, Khanh Hoa and Phu Quoc performed very well in the past five years, together accounting for 30 percent of all tourist arrivals to Vietnam, according to a Savills report. The three places, famous for their long beautiful beaches and sunny weather most of the year, have seen an average annual increase
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