(VOVWORLD) - Although Vietnam has been closed for nearly two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country remains a magnet for foreign visitors. According to a report from Google Destination Insights, international tourists’ searches for Vietnam's airlines and tourist accommodations show the highest growth rate worldwide.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ha Nhi ethnic group residing in the northern border province of Lai Chau often holds Ga Ma Thu worshipping in spring. The worshipping, considered a ritual of forest thanksgiving, is when the whole community gather to pray for luck in the Lunar New Year.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ky Cung-Ta Phu Temple Festival in the northern province of Lang Son has resumed after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event attracts crowds donning colourful traditional costumes as they parade through the streets.

(VOVWORLD) - Khoi Kem, a festival held every three years during the first lunar month in the northen Yen Bai province, represents a unique cultural practice of the Red Dao ethnic group as they pray for a bumper crop.

(VOVWORLD)- Vietnam's northern mountainous region is experiencing the coldest spell since the beginning of winter. According to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, this is one of the six cold spells with the lowest temperatures in the past 40 years. At Mau Son mountain peak in Lang Son province, about 1,500 meters high above the sea level, the temperature drops to minus defrees Celsius with first frost seen from 3 am on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Relic sites and tourist attractions throughout the capital have attracted many visitors after reopening following a long period of temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - A whale worshiping ritual has been preserved by local residents of Canh Duong fishing village in the central province of Quang Binh for the past 400 years.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Quyen – Tiger Arena is located in Thuy Bieu ward, Hue city, Thua Thien Hue province. The Hue Tiger Arena was built in the early 19th century under the Nguyen dynasty to organize fights between tigers and elephants.

(VOVWORLD) - Renowned as a cultural relic and evidence of ancient Vietnamese’ creativeness and craftsmanship, Co Loa Ancient Citadel remains an ideal destination for visitors.

(VOVWORLD) - Located along lower branches of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Hau Giang is one of the last provinces in the Mekong Delta to welcome the annual flooding season. It is seen as a gift from heaven, bringing tons of fish into the paddy fields along with alluvial deposits to fertilize the next crop. The floods usually come late July or early August and remain until November or even later.