06-07-2012 13:49
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved Hanoi to host the International Tourism Expo (ITE) Vietnam, better known as ITE Ho Chi Minh City, next year and recommended the capital and the second city take turn to organize this tourism event.
10-07-2024 16:14
Prices of condominiums in Hanoi are catching up with prices in Ho Chi Minh City in both primary and secondary markets, according to CBRE Vietnam’s report on the capital's real estate market in the first half of this year released on July 9.
12-06-2023 12:00
As some restaurants in Vietnam were awarded Michelin stars for the first time, high hopes are set for the country’s food and restaurant scene. Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guide, talked to VIR’s Linh Dan about the selection criteria and Michelin’s positive outlook for Vietnam’s culinary landscape.
03-11-2020 15:49
The 2020 Israel Film Festival is slated to take place in Hanoi on November 7-11 and HCM City on November 21.
31-03-2020 10:44
Trans-provincial passenger trains will be suspended from March 30 until April 15 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to the Vietnam Railway Authority.
29-03-2020 12:15
Two of the country’s biggest cities, Hanoi and HCM City, on March 27 issued a number of recommendations on social distancing for its citizens to follow amid growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, effective March 28 until at least April 15.
01-11-2019 14:18
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have the largest numbers of key energy consumers, with 247 in the capital and 311 in the southern metropolis.
12-07-2018 11:20
The Ministry of Transport has proposed a plan to upgrade runways at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports, the nation’s two largest and busiest airports, which would cost around VND4.2 trillion (US$184 million).
25-03-2018 15:23
More than 60 of New Zealand’s education providers will be travelling to Vietnam to showcase their country’s world-class learning environment to hundreds of prospective Vietnamese students at the Education New Zealand Fairs in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on April 7 and 8.
06-09-2017 15:56
Two young pianists – Nguyen Quynh Trang from Vietnam and Jisoo Kim from the Republic of Korea – are set to enthrall Vietnamese audiences at their piano duo concert “Gemini” this month.
10-03-2017 09:39
German pianist Boris Schönleber will perform best pieces by the German composers Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann and Austrian Hugo Wolf at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on March 12.
29-02-2016 10:34
Mercer, a consulting and market research firm in the UK, has announced the rankings of quality of life of 230 cities around the world. Hanoi and HCM City are ranked 152nd and 155th respectively.
11-11-2015 17:12
Lonely Planet, the world’s popular travel guide book publisher, has listed Hanoi capital city and Ho Chi Minh City in the Top 10 best-value destinations for 2016.
02-08-2023 18:07
Vietnam's real estate market showed signs of slowing in the first half of 2023 with a large amount of inventory, mainly from incomplete projects due to a lack of resources from developers, still on the books. However, Masterise Homes is on track with its key projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and the company has just handed over keys for its first project in Hanoi with six more projects scheduled for completion in 2023.
24-11-2020 09:56
A forum to link tourism development between Hanoi, the southern hub HCM City and the Central Key Economic Region is slated for November 27-28, announced the Hanoi Department of Tourism during a recent press conference.