Indonesian budget airline AirAsia inaugurated a direct flight between Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.

Bangkok Airways’ Bangkok-Ho Chi Minh City route will be discontinued on October 25, The Nation has reported.

Hanoi is gearing up to host Vietnam's prime trade show for hotels, restaurants, caterers and providers of fine food.

Ho Chi Minh City’s two busiest bus stations are bracing for passenger numbers to increase 20-47 percent on Vietnam’s National Day on September 2.

The second and third stages of a US-sponsored project to enhance Vietnam’s capacity to monitor flight safety are slated to start simultaneously next Tuesday, an aviation official has said.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) met in Hanoi on August 20 to review tourism activities in the past seven months and discuss ways to boost the tourism industry in Northern Vietnam.

Hotel operator Accor announced Monday that the Mercure brand would debut in Vietnam with two new hotel openings in Hanoi and Hue next month.

The Asian Travel & Tours JSC has launched a new special service to ‘pick up’ foreign tourists at airports in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city and other airports across the country.

French painter Victor Tardieu (1870 – 1937) opened the Indochina Art College in Hanoi in 1925 after recognizing Vietnamese’s fine arts ability during his period of living in Vietnam. Tardieu was completely successful with his first class, which created a famous generation of Vietnamese artists, including: Nguyen Phan Chanh, Cong Van Trung, Le Pho, Mai Trung Thu, Le Van De, Tran Van Can, Nguyen Tien Chung and Le Thi Luu.

Of all the many places in the world that I've travelled to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in Vietnam offers the best-value shopping opportunities for made-to-measure clothing, lacquer ware, woodwork, fine cotton goods, machine embroidered and hand embroidered goods, scarves, t-shirts, faux jewelry and shawls.